Weekly Highlights: Bandung Clears Illegal Buildings, Government Shuts Illegal Beauty Clinic in Bali, and Affirmative Scholarships for NTT Lecturers

1.) Bandung City Government dismantles 174 illegal buildings on Jalan Terusan Pasirkoja

The Bandung City Government dismantled 174 illegal buildings along Jalan Terusan Pasirkoja in West Java during a joint operation held from 17 to 19 June 2026. Head of the Bandung City Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), Bambang Sukardi, stated the enforcement was carried out to restore the function of the road right-of-way (Rumija) and to organise the area to be more orderly and safe.

2.) Indonesia shuts down foreign-owned illegal beauty clinic in Bali to protect the public

The government closed an illegal beauty clinic in Bali after it was proven to be providing medical aesthetic services without a licence and illegally employing foreign medical workers. Head of the Ministry of Health’s Communication and Public Information Bureau, Aji Muhawarman, said in Jakarta on Wednesday that the closure of PRIME Skin Clinic, formerly known as Elasto Beauty, was a swift government response to protect the public from medical practices that endanger health.

3.) Patients evacuated from Anuntaloko Parigi Hospital following magnitude 6.7 earthquake

Staff at Anuntaloko Parigi Hospital in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi, evacuated patients from the treatment rooms following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that shook the regency on Tuesday. The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported the earthquake occurred on Tuesday at around 10.27 Western Indonesia Time (WIB) at a depth of 10 kilometres, approximately 42 kilometres southeast of Palu.

4.) Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture: Oversee post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction budget for Sumatra

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture (Kemenko PMK) stressed the importance of overseeing the post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction budget for Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, so that the planned programmes can be immediately realised on the ground. “Most of the budget for ministries/agencies has been disbursed, while some is still in process. But what we need to oversee is not just the budget disbursement, but also how the programmes can be implemented as quickly as possible in the field,” said Coordinating Minister Pratikno after chairing a meeting of the Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Task Force Steering Team in Jakarta on Thursday.

5.) Lacking doctoral graduates, Ministry of Higher Education opens affirmative pathway for lecturers in NTT

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek) has opened a special affirmative pathway for lecturers in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to accelerate the improvement of academic qualifications, following the persistently low number of teaching staff holding doctoral degrees in the province. Director of Resources at the Directorate General of Higher Education, Sri Suning Kusumawardani, in a statement received in Kupang on Friday, said the ministry has prepared various scholarship schemes and mentoring programmes for lecturers in affirmative regions and underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas.