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Borneo Bulletin, Monday July 15, 2019
Page 11
Royal Birthday
| Daniel Lim |
BEING able to live in a house to call
one’s own is one of the many bucket
list items most individuals would love
to tick off during their lifetimes.
Such a luxury is not easy to come
by, not least because of the financial
heft it involves, andHisMajestySultan
Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin
Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan
Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul
Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam is
certainly aware of this.
Because of this, His Majesty has
strived to make affordable housing
available to his subjects as much
as possible, efforts which are seen
throughtheconstructionofthousands
of houses under the government
National Housing Scheme (RPN)
and Landless Indigenous Citizens
Housing Scheme (STKRJ).
Accordingtothelatestdatafromthe
Housing Development Department,
over 28,000 government-subsidised
houses and land lots under the RPN
and the STKRJ have been given to
citizens since the government began
granting them in the 1980s.
Of this total, 18,699 units are in
the Brunei-Muara District, 6,581 are
in Belait, 2,695 are located in Tutong,
while 635 are in Temburong.
The houses were most recently
handed out in May this year when His
Majesty presented key plaques to 451
citizens for homes under RPN Bukit
Beruang in the Tutong District, in a
ceremony held at the Seri Kenangan
Hall of the Civic Centre Complex in
Pekan Tutong.
Out of these 451 recipients, 65
were assigned cluster-type units,
while 386 were provided with
terrace-type houses.
RPN Bukit Beruang – the latest
housing development under the RPN
– consists of 756 house units built on
474 hectares of land, comprising 368
cluster-type units and 368 terrace
units. The complex was developed
with a comprehensive housing
concept which will soon include
public amenities such as a school,
a mosque, a recreational park and a
playground.
Another545peoplewerepresented
with new homes in February as well:
489 received cluster house units
under the Kampong Lugu National
Housing Scheme (RPN Kampong
Lugu), while 56 were awarded semi-
detached houses – 24 under RPN
Kampong Panchor Mengkubau, 10
under RPN Kampong Meragang,
three under RPN Tanah Jambu, and
19 of the ‘E’ and ‘F’ types under STKRJ
Kampong Lugu.
Some 601 citizens also become
proud new homeowners in February
last year.
Cluster and terrace houses at RPN
Bukit Beruang were allotted to 354
individuals – 301 were given keys to
cluster houses and 53 were awarded
terrace houses – while an additional
247 individuals received terrace
houses under RPN Lumut and RPN
Lorong Tengah Seria in the Belait
District.
Over 28,000 government-subsidised houses and land lots
under the RPN and the STKRJ have been given to citizens
since the government began granting them in the 1980s
Housing dream becoming a reality