Kampong Tungku is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

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 ...

, about from 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 population was 1,689 in 2016. It is one of the villages within Mukim Gadong 'A'. The

postcode A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

is BE2119.

Geography

The village is located on the outskirts of the municipal area of the country's capital

, and about from its

city centre A city centre, also known as an urban core, is the Commerce, commercial, Culture, cultural and often the historical, Politics, political, and geographic heart of a city. The term "city centre" is primarily used in British English, and closely e ...

. As a village subdivision, it borders Kampong Rimba to the north-east; Area 1 and Area 5 of RPN Kampong Rimba, and

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 ...

to the east; Area 1 and Area 2 of STKRJ Kampong Tungku to the south-east; Kampong Katok and STKRJ Kampong Katok 'A' to the south; and Kampong Peninjau to the west. It also borders the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan island, Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luz ...

to the north.

Administration

Kampong Tungku shares a

village head A village head, village headman or village chief is the community leader of a village or a small town. Usage Brunei In Brunei, village head is called or in the Malay language. It is an administrative post which leads the community of a ...

() with the neighbouring village Kampong Katok.

Economy

Efforts made by the residents of Kampong Tungku and Katok through

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...

or more precisely producing ''kelulut''

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of pl ...

. The production of kelulut honey is planned to be the brand of the village's product, especially in response to the government's call to make one product one village, given the growing involvement of the population and their liking for it. The Ketua Kampong Tungku/Katok explained that, seeing the development through animal husbandry, the members of the Village Consultative Council (MPK) suggested that it be made a

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a form of intellectual property that consists of a word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination that identifies a Good (economics and accounting), product or Service (economics), service f ...

of the village's product and it was well received.

Rimba Digital Junction

The Rimba Digital Junction, a Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) initiative, aims to create a cluster for information and communication technology and high-tech industries on a site near the RPN Kampong Rimba. Initially considered as a potential location for a new district hospital, the site was ultimately designated for the digital junction. In 2012, the government announced a joint venture with Canadian-based CAE to develop a world-class multi-purpose training centre (MPTC) at the site. The MPTC is designed to provide training across various sectors, including defense, aerospace, emergency management, healthcare, and energy, with modern facilities such as flight simulators. It will also offer specialised training to support Brunei's growing oil and gas exploration and production activities.

Agro Technology Park

To assist creative, tech-driven companies in the agro sectors, especially in the food industry, the Brunei government is developing the Brunei Agro Technology Park (BATP). Situated on a 500 hectares plot of land in Kampung Tungku, the park seeks to give both domestic and foreign businesses access to a cutting-edge platform. Business spaces, government labs, a Food Development Center, a Halal Science Center, food processing incubators, and the first phase of botanic gardens are all part of Phase 1A, which started in January 2011 and is anticipated to be finished in 2013. Roads, high-voltage cables, and substations are all part of the park's infrastructure, which supports small and medium-sized businesses, the halal sector, food security, and biodiversity development.

Infrastructures

Roads

Road access to the village is served by Jalan Tungku from the south-east, and Jalan Rakyat Jati Rimba and the Tungku–Jerudong Highway from the north. Jalan Tungku is the main road in the settlement which traverses the area in the north-west–south-east direction. Jalan Rakyat Jati Rimba and the Tungku–Jerudong Highway terminate in Tungku at a roundabout junction with Jalan Tungku north of the settlement.

Education

The village's government primary school is Tungku Primary School. It also shares grounds with Tungku Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education. The following educational institutions are located within the village's administrative boundary: * University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD), the country's national university * University of Technology Brunei (UTB), the country's

institute of technology An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...

Jerudong International School Jerudong International School (; Abbrev: ) is a co-educational, boarding and day school in Brunei, Southeast Asia. It has over 1660 students - of which around 200 are boarding students. Less than 50% of its student body are Bruneians, with the ...

, one of the few international schools in the country and offers British curriculum * The Mechanical Campus of the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE)

Religion

Pengiran Muda Abdul Malik Mosque is the village mosque, which is also shared with the residents of Kampong Katok. It was inaugurated on 27 July 2012 by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei. The mosque has a capacity for 1,000 worshippers. It is named after Prince Abdul Malik, a son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah with the queen consort Queen Saleha.

References

{{reflist, 30em Tungku