Kampong Bolkiah Explained

Bolkiah
Settlement Type:Village and housing estate
Pushpin Map:Brunei
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brunei
Pushpin Label Position:none
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Brunei
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Brunei-Muara
Subdivision Type2:Mukim
Subdivision Name2:Sungai Kebun
Established Title:Inhabited
Established Date:1980s
Established Title1:Established
Established Title2:Inaugurated
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:2,143
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:BNT
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postcodes
Postal Code:BK1125, BK1325
Official Name:Kampong Bolkiah
Native Name:Kampung Bolkiah

Kampong Bolkiah is a village and housing estate in Kampong Ayer, the traditional riverine settlement in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. The total population was 2,143 in 2016.

History

Prior to the early 1980s, the area of what is now Kampong Bolkiah was still uninhabited.[1] A few houses had been built in the area as of 1985; in 1994, it was reported that there were 48 houses and they were part of the existing village Kampong Buang Sakar which was administered under the village head of Kampong Kasat.

Kampong Bolkiah was established on 5 October 1992 by the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation as a housing scheme to accommodate the residents from the villages of Kampong Setia Pahlawan, Kampong Peramu, Kampong Saba, Kampong Petagian, Kampong Kota Batu and Kampong Sungai Matan who had lost homes due to events of fire. The construction of the houses began in 1993 and completed in the following year. It was inaugurated on 22 August 1994 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

The second phase of the housing scheme involved the construction of another 250 homes.[2] It was built to accommodate another group of residents who had lost their homes to fires in 1993. The second phase eventually becomes the administrative village Kampong Bolkiah 'B'.

Administration

For subdivision purposes Kampong Bolkiah has been divided into, and established as, two administrative villages:

VillagePopulation
(2016)[3]
Postcode[4]
Kampong Bolkiah 'A' 1,000 BK1125
Kampong Bolkiah 'B' 1,143 BK1325
Total 2,143 -
Both villages are under Mukim Sungai Kebun, a mukim in Brunei-Muara District. They have also been subsumed under the municipal area of Bandar Seri Begawan.[5]

Infrastructures

Kampong Bolkiah Religious School is the village's Malay: sekolah ugama i.e. school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. It was established in 1999. The school complex occupies seven of the houses, out of which six for classrooms and one for administration office. Prior to its establishment, the local students go to the religious schools in the neighbouring villages.

The village has a health clinic which has been in operation since 2003.[6]

There is a mini local library inside the branch office of the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation located in the village.

A community centre for the local youths was established in 2021; it occupies a former house which has been donated for the purpose.[7]

Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque is the village mosque.

Notes and References

  1. News: Pg. Hajah Fatimah Pg. Haji Md Noor . Nurul Syakirah Zaini . Kampung Bolkiah jadi ristaan . 13 December 2014 . Pelita Brunei . 59 #153 . 9 . Jabatan Penerangan . ms . 1 November 2021 .
  2. News: Norliah Md. Zain . Kemakmuran Kampung Bolkiah 'B' . 19 December 2015 . Pelita Brunei . 60 #151 . 10 . Jabatan Penerangan . ms . 1 November 2021 .
  3. Web site: Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016 . . December 2018 . www.deps.gov.bn . Department of Statistics . 1 November 2021 .
  4. Web site: Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018) . . 26 December 2018 . post.gov.bn . . ms . 1 November 2021 .
  5. News: Brunei capital to become nearly ten times bigger . Za'im Zaini . Sonia K . 23 July 2007 . bn.china-embassy.org . 1 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609035203/http://bn.china-embassy.org/eng/wlxw/t343648.htm . 9 June 2008 .
  6. News: . Working Visit . 11 October 2018 . Brudirect.com . 1 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181011063834/https://www.brudirect.com/news.php?id=55910 . 11 October 2018 .
  7. News: Hakim Hayat . New community centre set to focus on youth . 6 March 2021 . Borneo Bulletin Online . 2 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211101161856/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/new-community-centre-set-to-focus-on-youth-2/ . 1 November 2021 .