Riadah Sarubing Lake Park at Kampung Belimbing Mukim Kota Batu is being groomed to become the village's main attraction. Picture: BT/Syed Rory Malai Hassan
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
THE Kampung Belimbing community in Mukim Kota Batu is nearing the halfway mark in its development stages of the Taman Riadah Tasik Sarubing, a recreational park that would be the upcoming main attraction of the village.
The park, developed in mid- 2009, is the result of a combined financial and community effort towards beautifying the village and attracting visitors to boost the development of the country's eco-tourism initiative.
Two acres of the five-acre recreational park is currently is already complete with jogging tracks, rest huts, barbecue pits and so on.
In an interview with The Brunei Times, Kampung Belimbing village chief Hj Mohd Daud Karim said that the recreational park started off as a small community project that turned into a bigger production once the relevant government agencies got involved.
"We started off small with a community cleaning campaign in which after seeing the huge potential that the area had in becoming a beautiful recreational facility, we started enlisting the help of the government through the district office," said Hj Mohd Daud.
The lake is now slowly fulfilling its potential with crowds of people and families gathering at the park every afternoon and weekends.
The village chief said there is a lot more development which needs to be met before it can be fully commercialised as a recreational facility. "People are still welcome to come over and relax at the park even though its not yet complete," said the village chief.
"The second stage of our build will be to connect the park to our existing recreational park which is the Bukit Marakucing Recreational Park," he added.
A member of the Kg Belimbing Village Consultative Council pointed out that their latest project would be to build a proper walkway and bridge to connect the pond to a small island in the middle to complete the jogging path. Education officer Mafshah @ Shahrin Hj Majid said the recreational park has managed to attract a lot of attention.
One of the aims in building the park was so the village could have a proper catch and release fishing outlet but since many came to fish in the pond every day, we feared that the pond would run out of fish especially since they are so big, said Shahrin.
There is no fishing allowed at the recreational park unless the village consultative council organises a proper fishing competition. "Last year in December, we held our first activity of the park which was a fishing contest, however when so many came to participate we feared that it would run out and we would actually lose that attraction once the fish are gone," said the village head.
One major development for the park would be to provide visitors with a proper parking area the district office can assist the village with, said the officer.
"People may park at the side of the roads but attracting a large crowd may pose problems such as safety issues since the visitors would mostly be families," said Shahrin.
Aside from the development, the projects catered around the building of Tasik Sarubing Recreational Park, has also helped to bring the community closer, said Shahrin.
Next month, the village has plans to organise an array of festivals such as consumer fairs, fishing competitions and family outings.
The park, developed in mid- 2009, is the result of a combined financial and community effort towards beautifying the village and attracting visitors to boost the development of the country's eco-tourism initiative.
Two acres of the five-acre recreational park is currently is already complete with jogging tracks, rest huts, barbecue pits and so on.
In an interview with The Brunei Times, Kampung Belimbing village chief Hj Mohd Daud Karim said that the recreational park started off as a small community project that turned into a bigger production once the relevant government agencies got involved.
"We started off small with a community cleaning campaign in which after seeing the huge potential that the area had in becoming a beautiful recreational facility, we started enlisting the help of the government through the district office," said Hj Mohd Daud.
The lake is now slowly fulfilling its potential with crowds of people and families gathering at the park every afternoon and weekends.
The village chief said there is a lot more development which needs to be met before it can be fully commercialised as a recreational facility. "People are still welcome to come over and relax at the park even though its not yet complete," said the village chief.
"The second stage of our build will be to connect the park to our existing recreational park which is the Bukit Marakucing Recreational Park," he added.
A member of the Kg Belimbing Village Consultative Council pointed out that their latest project would be to build a proper walkway and bridge to connect the pond to a small island in the middle to complete the jogging path. Education officer Mafshah @ Shahrin Hj Majid said the recreational park has managed to attract a lot of attention.
One of the aims in building the park was so the village could have a proper catch and release fishing outlet but since many came to fish in the pond every day, we feared that the pond would run out of fish especially since they are so big, said Shahrin.
There is no fishing allowed at the recreational park unless the village consultative council organises a proper fishing competition. "Last year in December, we held our first activity of the park which was a fishing contest, however when so many came to participate we feared that it would run out and we would actually lose that attraction once the fish are gone," said the village head.
One major development for the park would be to provide visitors with a proper parking area the district office can assist the village with, said the officer.
"People may park at the side of the roads but attracting a large crowd may pose problems such as safety issues since the visitors would mostly be families," said Shahrin.
Aside from the development, the projects catered around the building of Tasik Sarubing Recreational Park, has also helped to bring the community closer, said Shahrin.
Next month, the village has plans to organise an array of festivals such as consumer fairs, fishing competitions and family outings.
courtesy of-- The Brunei Times
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