KiMiGaYo A.K.A Lumut Crew

The Government first allocated a provision for housing development under the 3rd National Development Plan, 1975-1979. The housing development, which is a continuous programme, is aimed at providing comfortable home for landless Brunei citizens especially government employees who are entitled to have housing loans. Another on-going government shelter project is the Landless Indigenous Citizens Housing Scheme (LICS), which also has eight sites in different parts of the country.

Eight sites have been initially chosen for the National Housing Development Program (NHDP). They are the Lambak Kanan, Kampong Rimba, and Mentiri (Pengkalan Sibabau) in the Brunei/Muara District; Kampong Pandan, Sungai Liang and Lorong Tengah in the Belait District; Bukit Beruang in the Tutong District, and Kampong Rataie in the Temburong District. Due to the increasing number of applications and the pure commitment of His Majesty government to provide housing to its citizen, two other sites were added to the list. They are the Meragang and Tanah Jambu, both in the Brunei/Muara District. The site development works and construction of houses are both carried out in stages to facilitate occupation by the inhabitants progressively in a modern community with public amenities and service all within an attractively landscaped environment.

At Brunei/Muara, since 1972 to 1997, more houses have been completed bringing the total of 3,255 houses. This include 2,056 houses in Lambak Kanan, 586 houses in Mentiri, and 613 houses in Kampong Rimba. Furthermore, the remaining houses under construction in Brunei/Muara are estimated about 1,088 houses.

Likewise work are also in progress on the rest of the sites, where is a total of 1,412 houses have been completed. Of these, 831 houses are in Belait District, 504 houses have in Tutong District, and 77 in Temburong District. There are 121 houses under construction where 26 houses in Tutong and 95 houses in Temburong District.

Meanwhile the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation also provides housing for eligible citizens at the four districts of the country under its Housing Scheme. Two new villages in Kampong Ayer have been established namely Kampong Bolkian 'A' and Kampong Bolkiah 'B'. This housing scheme was set up specifically for citizens affected by disasters.