Briefing on border positions

A briefing, aimed at updating and determining the border positions of villages and mukims, was held yesterday morning for the benefit of penghulus and ketua kampong in the Brunei-Muara district, RTB reported last night.

The talk was organised by the Survey Department at the District Office in Berakas.

Surveyor General Pengiran Haji Metussin bin Pengiran Haji Metassan delivered the talk.

The session, among other things, dealt with updating border positions of mukims and kampongs in all four districts, observing and planning of suitable borders for kampongs and mukims, preparing guidelines to be used as specification in determining borders for mukims and kampongs, as well as discerning and evaluating public complaints from time to time regarding the limit line of mukims and kampongs.

According to Pengiran Haji Metussin, the Survey Department would relocate and update the position of the borders in maps upon completion of surveys.

Border signposts will also be put up by the District Office, marking the land area in accordance with the data provided by the Survey Department.

The surveyor general explained that the survey of setting of borderlines for mukims and kampongs entailed precise considerations such as the hill terrain, rivers, compatibility of residence and the effect of history.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin