Temburong Needs More Guesthouse
Written by Rasidah HABWednesday, 30 December 2009 06:26
Bangar - The Tembumng District Officer has called on the districts community leaders to establish mom homestays and guesthouses, due to the increasing demand for such facilities.
Speaking to the The Brunei Times on plans for the district next year, Matusin Orang Kaya Sum Hj Tuba said that they are experiencing a lack of guesthouses."Mukim Bangar is a suitable place due to its short distance from the town and jetty," he said.
He added: "What we have right now is not enough. The publicity (for the homestays) are there, but not up to our expectations yet." He said that the district is trying to move towards promoting entrepreneurship, as one of its efforts to improve Temburong.
Next year will see also Temburong mom aggressive in implementing its "Youth as the catalyst for development" programme. "Youths are our assets. We want our youths to play their part in all aspects in their respective villages," he said.
He added: "I want youths to be our backbone. We are responsible for providing them with the support and trust. There are many areas our youths can venture into in the district economic and agriculture, among others."
The target for this programme is youths aged 15 to 30 years. "We need to ask our youths what they want. This way, youths in Temburong will be appreciated," he added.
Meanwhile, the district officer said that the Cuti-Cuti Temburong 2009 programme has achieved its objective of promoting the district not only to people of Brunei, but also to its neighbours.
People are looking forward to see what we have to offer in 2010, based on what has been done so far, he said.
The district officer hoped that the month-long programme would continue, but changes may be made to accommodate more events and activities. `We have received encouraging responses from the public on our activities," he said, adding that it was a success for such as small district On terms of its population) to be able to organise such an event.
The programme had put for ward the district's various products locally produced by its members of village consultative councils.
"What is left for us to do now is to continuously upgrade and create a value-added dimension to the quality of our products. I don't want to see any of the projects be stunted," he said.
"We must be dynamic in developing our products. We must not be satisfied and complacent with the current ones," he added.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
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