Penghulus Briefed On Kampong Borders

Bandar Seri Begawan – A briefing aimed at updating and determining the limit areas of villages and mukims was held for the benefit of penghulus and ketua kampong in the Brunei-Muara District yesterday.

Pengiran Haji Metussin Bin Pengiran Haji Metassan, Surveyor General, delivered the talk during a briefing held at the district office in Berakas.

The session dealt with updating border position of mukims and kampongs in all the 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 also will relocate and update the position of such borders in maps on 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 taking into account such as the hill terrain, rivers, compatibility of residence and the effect of history, to name a few.

The Survey Department organized the talk for the penghulus and ketua kampongs of Brunei-Muara District. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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