Katok 'B'


Katok 'B', also known as Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme or the abbreviated Malay name STKRJ Mata-Mata, is a public housing estate on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is officially designated as three villages, the third- and lowest-level subdivisions of Brunei. Katok 'B' is one of the estates in the country under the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme, a public housing programme.

Name

The full Malay name for Katok 'B' is Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Kampung Mata-Mata, whereby "Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati" is often translated as "Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme". The estate is named after the original villages of Katok and Mata-Mata.
"Katok 'B'" was initially the name for the first phase of the STKRJ housing estate developed in the area, in which it was then part of Katok. It is now known as Area 1 of STKRJ Mata-Mata, a village subdivision and separated from the latter. However, STKRJ Mata-Mata initially referred to the STKRJ estate in Mata-Mata; the latter usage is now uncommon ever since it is administered as part of the Perpindahan Mata-Mata village. "STKRJ Mata-Mata" now refers to the Katok 'B' housing estate instead.

Geography

Katok 'B' is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District and in the western part on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. It is contiguous with, and officially borders, Perpindahan Mata-Mata of the Mata-Mata settlement to the east. Although Katok 'B' is named after Katok, they are not contiguous but nevertheless located in their vicinity.

Administration

The area of Katok 'B' is divided into three villages, the third- and lowest-level administrative divisions of Brunei. They are consequently among the village subdivisions under Gadong 'B', a mukim of Brunei-Muara. As a village, it thus has a village head as the leader of respective community.
Each village is also a designated postcode area and therefore has its own postcode.
NamePostcode
STKRJ Mata-Mata Area 1BE4119
STKRJ Mata-Mata Area 2BE4319
STKRJ Mata-Mata Area 3BE4519

Education

Katok 'B' is home to Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha Girls' Arabic Religious Secondary School, a girls' government school which provides secondary level of the public Islamic religious education which are taught in Arabic. It is one of the few Arabic religious schools in the country. It is also home to Katok Secondary School, also a government school but provides general secondary education for the residents of Katok 'B' and the neighbouring settlements.
Katok 'B' Primary School is the primary school for the pupils residing within Katok 'B'.