‘Significant accomplishments in Brunei’s construction sector’

Minister of Improvement Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Muhammad Juanda bin Haji Abdul Rashid outlined the numerous accomplishments made by the development sector in Brunei Darussalam, most notably the Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Bridge, the longest sea bridge in Southeast Asia and the event of a petrochemical plant by Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd within the Sultanate.

He stated this in his keynote speech on the inaugural China-ASEAN Ministerial Roundtable on Building themed ‘Attaining Mutual Advantages and Win-Win Outcomes via Opening-up and Cooperation, and Sharing the New Alternatives of ASEAN-China Cooperation within the Discipline of Building’ on September 16 in Nanning, China.

Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Muhammad Juanda additionally shared the quite a few development initiatives beneath the Nationwide Improvement Plan, the event of the Building Business Framework 2022-2035 by the Authority for Constructing Management and Building Business (ABCi) and inclusive design necessities via the Completely different Skills Design Guideline, in keeping with the United Nations Conference on the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities.

He stated the Nationwide Housing Scheme programme has allotted over 30,000 homes and land plots for residents since 1984, and outlined the significance of embracing modern applied sciences and environmental sustainability in public housing development in addition to exploring vertical housing options with the purpose of optimising land useful resource utilisation whereas accommodating the rising demand for public housing.

The development sector has performed a pivotal function in propelling financial development within the Sultanate, the minister stated, rating among the many prime contributors to the income by contributing BND 446.5 million of the gross home product (GDP) in 2022.

The ministerial roundtable was held along side the twentieth China-ASEAN Expo and serves as a platform for ministers from ASEAN and China to share experiences and focus on collaboration of frequent pursuits, akin to housing, constructing trade and urban-rural growth.

Chaired by Chinese language Minister of Housing and City-Rural Improvement Ni Hong, the ministerial roundtable aimed to implement additional the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Improvement and the New City Agenda, in addition to to deepen the Belt and Highway Initiative by enhancing China-ASEAN cooperation in housing and urban-rural growth.

That is in keeping with the aspirations of the ASEAN-China Complete Strategic Partnership and the constructing of a better China-ASEAN group with a shared future to enhance the realisation of ASEAN Group Imaginative and prescient 2025 and help ASEAN community-building course of and ASEAN as an epicentrum of development.

In keeping with the Ministry of Improvement (MoD), the China-ASEAN Ministerial Roundtable on Building concluded with the adoption of the Nanning Initiative, which displays the frequent aspiration of ministers from ASEAN member nations and China answerable for development to reinforce cooperation between the 2 nations in housing and urban-rural growth.

Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam to China Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Pahlawan Colonel (Rtd) Dato Paduka Haji Abdu’r Rahmani bin Dato Paduka Haji Basir, Everlasting Secretary (Infrastructure, Housing and Skilled) on the MoD Ir Haji Amer Hishamuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Amar Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Zakaria and senior officers from the Public Works Division and the MoD have been additionally current.

Previous to attending the China-ASEAN Ministerial Roundtable on Building, Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Muhammad Juanda held a bilateral assembly with Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Area Lan Tianli, the place the 2 sides mentioned the potential enlargement of financial and commerce funding, industrial cooperation and people-to-people exchanges particularly with the upgraded third Brunei-Guangxi Financial Hall memorandum of understanding signed in February 2023 in addition to the Worldwide Land-Sea Commerce Hall.

The minister additionally held a bilateral assembly with the Chinese language minister to debate alternatives to additional deepen the bilateral relations by studying greatest practices and enhancing capability within the development of public housing. – James Kon