RPN Kampong Rimba or Kampong Rimba National Housing Scheme () is a
public housing area in
Brunei-Muara District,
Brunei
Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo. Apart from its coastline on the South China Sea, it is completely surrounded by the Malaysian state of Sarawak, with ...
, on the northern outskirts of the capital
Bandar Seri Begawan
Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) is the capital and largest city of Brunei. It is officially a Municipalities of Brunei, municipal area () with an area of and an estimated population of 100,700 as of 2007. It is part of Brunei–Muara District, the s ...
. The total population was 15,658 in 2016. It is part of
Mukim Gadong 'A', a
mukim
A mukim is a type of administrative division used in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The word ''mukim'' is a loanword in English language, English. However, it was also originally a loanword in Malay language, Malay from the Arabic word ...
in
Brunei-Muara District.
Demography
This housing area is for the general public, apart from the
Malays, it is also inhabited by a number of
Chinese
Chinese may refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
people. A total of 251 houses are found in this area of which 45 houses are inhabited by the Chinese community while the rest are Malays. In total, this area is inhabited by 2,600 residents who mostly work with the government, in addition to the private sector. In this village, a total of 190 old age pension recipients, 98 people receiving welfare assistance, six poor people, 34 orphans and six converts.
Administration
For administrative purposes the area has since been divided into, and established as, five
village subdivisions:
All of them are villages under
Mukim Gadong 'A'.
Education
There are two primary and two secondary schools in the public housing area and they are all government schools. The schools include:
* Secondary:
Rimba Secondary School and
Rimba II Secondary School
* Primary: Rimba I Primary School and Rimba II Primary School
The schools provide the public education for the pupils and students residing in the public housing area as well as the neighbouring
Rimba settlement.
A new secondary school is also currently built in the area which will cater for the Islamic religious education of the Arabic stream.
See also
*
STKRJ Kampong Rimba
Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati (STKRJ) Kampong Rimba or STKRJ Rimba is a public housing area on the northern outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is officially a village subdivision under Mukim Gadong 'A', a mukim in B ...
*
Lambak Kanan
RPN Lambak Kanan, Kampong Perpindahan Lambak Kanan or simply Lambak Kanan is a List of public housing estates in Brunei, public housing estate in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei, on the outskirts of the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The t ...
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