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Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla has expressed optimism that the construction of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport`s terminal-3 would be completed at the end of this year.

"I have just inspected the construction site of terminal-3 and I find that it will be completed at the end of this year," the vice president said after the inspection at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Saturday.

Meanwhile, project manager Yudhi Listiono said the completion of terminal-3 has reached 38 percent from the original target of 37 percent.

Yudhi also explained to the vice president that the construction of the terminal was divided into five phases and would be completed in two years.

"But the first phase will be ready at the end of this year," Kalla said.

The vice president explained that when the first phase of terminal-3 was ready, it would be able to accommodate 4 million people, but when all five phases were ready they would accommodate 20 million people.

"So far, terminal-1 and terminal-2 only accommodate around 20 million, but every year they accommodate more than 34 million passengers," Kalla said.

Therefore, he asserted that the construction of terminal-3 should be accelerated to anticipate the increasing economic growth.

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