| James Kon |
THE Board of Housing Developers, established recently by the Ministry of Development, will start enforcing the Housing Developers Order 2012 from early next year.
With the implementation of the Order, housing developers undertaking development of more than four units of houses must get registration and approval from the Board of Housing Developers apart from complying with international regulations and standards.
The latest initiative to streamline local housing industry was highlighted by Minister of Development Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Gafar in his speech as the guest of honour at a ceremony to present certification as Registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers and ASEAN Architects and to engineers and architects, held at the Atria Simpur Hall of the Public Works Department yesterday.
“The aim of the Housing Developers Order is to regulate the housing sector which involves the residents of Brunei Darussalam,” he said.
The minister also highlighted the Valuers and Estate Agents Order (Amendment) 2016 which has already been passed.
“The Ministry of Development has also established the Board of Valuers and Estate Agents where members were appointed from private and public sectors. The Valuers and Estate Agents Order will be enforced by end of this year.
“The Order aims to regulate and monitor the real estate agents and land valuers as well as to ensure that they have valid licence from the Ministry of Development before carrying out any estate business and they follow the established guidelines,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the Institution of Surveyors, Engineers and Architects (PUJA) Brunei yesterday received the PUJA Professional Assessment Route 1 recognition from BAPEQS (Brunei Darussalam Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors) which will allow PUJA to carry out professional assessment of its members.
The minister said that the recognition will further raise the credibility and professional integrity of PUJA and its members regionally and internationally.
The ceremony yesterday saw 11 engineers and four architects receive certification as Registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers and ASEAN Architects from the Minister of Development.
The recipients of the Registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers certification are Chin Lee Teck of Jurutera OMC; Seah Ngin San of JP Engineers Sdn Bhd; Hajah Rosmeta Noordin binti Abdullah of Jurutera Tempatan; Haji Sapawi bin Bolhassan and Pengiran Zulhazmi bin Pengiran Haji Yasin of Petar Perunding Sdn Bhd; Julian Fung Yoon Siong of Jurutera Basecon; Lim Siew Yong of Ove Arup dan Rakan Rakan; Haji Amir Hamzah bin Haji Abdul Karim of Jurutera OMC; Chin Kok Kong of Ove Arup dan Rakan Rakan; and Low Lock San and Chong Kiet Khong of Sepakat Setia Perunding (B) Sdn Bhd.
The four recipients of ASEAN Architects certification are Haji Abdul Rudi bin Haji Abdul Rahim of Rudi Rahim Architects; Haji Mohd Asmadee bin Abdullah of Asmadee Abdullah Bumi Architect; Haji Ahmad Nizam bin Pehin Dato Haji Abdul Wahab from OWMP International; and Lim Cheng Hoo from Seri Sezaman Architects.
In his speech at the event, Permanent Secretary (Technical and Professional) at the Ministry of Development Haji Marzuke bin Haji Mohsin said, “The Board of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors was established to register and architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors in the country. The board also is involved in discussions with ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Services for Registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers and ASEAN Architects in support of ASEAN’s objective to encourage the movement of professionals across the region.”
To date, he said, “A total of 184 architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors have registered with BAPEQS. Of this, 35 have received certification as Registered ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineers and ASEAN Architects.”
Haji Marzuke also congratulated PUJA (Brunei) for receiving the PUJA Professional Assessment Route 1 recognition from BAPEQS.