Jakarta, June 3 -- Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir said the Cibubur Youth Elite Sport Center will be transformed into a hub for sports science and athlete recovery as part of efforts to optimize national sports infrastructure.

"There has been a ministerial agreement that the sports facility in Cibubur will become a center for sports science and recovery because a hospital already exists there," Thohir told lawmakers on Tuesday.

The plan forms part of broader efforts to restructure national sports facilities to ensure government-built infrastructure is utilized more efficiently.

Thohir said he had coordinated with Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Reg...