Overview Of National Master Plan
By Azrol Azmi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Minister of Home Affairs, Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Paduka Awang Haji Adanan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Mohd Yusof yesterday attended a presentation of the National Master Plan by the Town and Country Planning Department at the Conference Room of the Brunei Fire Services Headquarters.

The objective of the presentation was to provide an overview of the various plans that have been prepared by the department as well as projects that have been executed and future plans that are to be work upon.

Mr Hong Kok Seng, the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning Department, overseeing the presentation to Dato Paduka Awang Haji Adanan, stresses the need for planning to promote sustainable development and to provide a land use framework that supports the national social and economic development.

He also further added that the need for planning was to provide guidance for various land use requirements and to facilitate the guidance and control of development.

The National Master Plan is divided into five groups, namely Brunei Muara Plan, Belait District Plan, Tutong District Plan, Bangar Local Plan and Rural Area Development Plan.

At the National Master Plan presentation, plans to improve the surroundings and environment were shown for the BSB and Gadong area, development of a Subok Heritage Park, Mulaut Local Plan, Muara Local Plan and a Kampong Ayer Improvement Plan were also presented.

The National Master Plan also included the Mumong Local Plan, Tutong Coastal Development Plan, Pekan Tutong Local Plan, Penanjong Local Plan, Lamunin Local Plan and also Bangar Development Plan.

Also present at the presentation were the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Pehin Orang Kaya Dewa Pahlawan Dato Paduka Awang Haji Dani bin Haji Ibrahim, permanent secretary, district officers and senior government officers from the department under the Ministry of Home Affairs. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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