157 / 252
155
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION
the final girder box. The installation completed
the construction of the 13.35-kilometre Marine
Bridge, which is the biggest part of the Temburong
Bridge Project.
Currently, Bruneians wishing to travel between
these two districts have to spend more than an
hour passing through Sarawak’s Limbang and
similarly travellers from Sabah or Sarawak will
have to drive past Temburong to reach either
state.
Some who live in Temburong commute to
Bandar daily for work. The bridge will make their
journey shorter. In a medical emergency at the
Temburong Hospital, patients can be transferred
in an ambulance by road any time of the day
quickly. It will also spur more cross-border
movement between Brunei and Malaysia.
This mega project boosts the country’s
construction industry and reflects His Majesty
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin
Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali
Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s concern
for the welfare of the citizens and residents of
the country. The construction is being carried out
in several phases or packages.
The construction takes place over five-contract
package, or phases, to include work on a two
13.4km marine viaducts, a 1.1km cable-stay
navigation bridge, the 11.8km Temburong viaduct,
the installation of systems encompassing traffic
control and surveillance, supervisory control and
data acquisition and road lighting as well as the
power supply system to provide high-voltage
electricity to power the entire bridge.
In tune with Brunei’s Malay Islamic Monarchy
philosophy, the bridge, which overlooks the
Brunei Bay to one side and the water village on
the other, will also feature several stars placed
within crescent moons set atop towers, or
pylons, that will also carry the three ‘Kalimah’
of ‘Subhanallah’, ‘Alhamdulillah’, and ‘Allahu
Akbar’, with each signature tower dedicated to
the country’s four districts.
Pulau Muara Besar
One of the most significant foreign direct
investment (FDIs) projects in Brunei is the
ongoing construction of Hengyi Industries
Sdn Bhd’s multi-billion dollar refinery and
petrochemical plant at Pulau Muara Besar,
which is slated to be completed by May 2019.
Once completed, the over USD15 billion project
by the Chinese firm that is situated on a strategic
260 hectares plot of land overlooking the Brunei
Bay is expected to produce eight million tonnes
of by-products annually, including gasoline,
diesel, jet fuel, LPG, paraxylene, benzene,
propylene, sulphur, isopentane, chemical light
oil and isobutene that is expected to meet the
demands of regional markets and as well as to
China as it begins operations in July 2019.