Just Curious
December 6, 2009 – 6:59 pmI’m just curious why Brunei doesn’t build tall building likeother countries. We all know that our country is small and our population is growing, so as a measure to conserve our limited land preserve our rain forest, I think it is a good idea to think about it sooner.
By the way, I don’t think it is against the Islamic law to erect buildings taller than mosques’ minarets. Do you know that, currently the tallest building in the world is in Dubai (which is a Muslim country), the Burj Dubai which will be open early next year. The Petronas Twin Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian (which is also a Muslim country) was once the tallest building in the world.
So, back to my curiousity, why not Brunei???
I also have another suggestion, while you at it, please consider introducing mono-rail train (MRT). By looking at the current traffic congestion and the rapid growing number of cars, we must take necessary action, introducing MRT would be sensible.

15 Responses to “Just Curious”
High building… bangunkan tia oleh mu… bangunan tinggi2.. dari Muara ke Belait ah..
By bubukkaring on Dec 6, 2009
apa yg ku tau, brunei bru jua kn membangun, klu buat tingi2 tuk apa?sejamput jua 2 karang jelamanya.. MRT? orang brunei ni kadai sebalah umah lagi kn makai keta.parking g klu blh ampir2 pintu,nda jua mbli brg,window shoping ja 2.berapa jua penduduk brunei kn naik public transport, bus purple bkn local melaku kn bus 2..
By berparut on Dec 7, 2009
1. Bukan negative thinking, jangan ta kan bangunan tinggi, bangunan randah pun banyak yg kosong… Alasan lumrah..sewa mahal jeng!
2. Mun kan Dubai dijadikan contoh, liyat tia masane…hutang berbillion inda ia tebayar pemaju bangunan tinggi2 atu.. Banyak pekerjanya balik semula India Pakistan Bangladesh Sri Lanka. Baiktah balik kampong boi!
3. Petronas Tower memang mengkagumkan menakjubkan amazing fantastic, tapinya banyak kosong nyanta…Sewa mahal boss!
By komodo on Dec 7, 2009
isuk tah ku stat mbuat hotel mcm di dubai ah hahah brapa ko mau 5, 10 buah? 50 tingkat?? 379 tingkat?? manasja sediakan ja usin pastu bagi pat kontrektor ku gerenti beres hahahahhahahaha adios!!!
By SamDoL on Dec 8, 2009
its sad to read the intellectual product of some individuals in responding to a perfectly sensible post. they themselves may find it funny or probably trying to be funny, but the responses are childish in nature. no wonder there’s little or no progress when people think this way. its not only in this post, but also in lots other posts on HYS. if you want to criticize the post, do so in a productive way, rather than blasting it with useless/meaningless comments. i know it’s have your say but if you are here just to provide punchlines, i think there’s a jokes section somewhere on this site.
so far only ‘berparut’ & ‘komodo’ gave reasonable explanations on “why not”. but there must be some people out there who may feel “why must there be”. do provide productive thoughts since this is a suggestion about the development of Brunei itself.
By observer on Dec 8, 2009
who knows kn in 60 t0 70yrs …we might see skyscrapers in Brunei…
By snailz on Dec 8, 2009
moonshooter,atu luluuuui….inda tia tahu pakah kan MIB………KDYMM atu steady kali aaaah pemikirannya……mun kan dibangunkan tinggi2,ujung2nya inda bapakai manara masjid SOAS sama bukit2 di bunai ani….mun bangunan tinggi2 ganya kana pakai maliat anak bulan ehehhehhehee…..inda hada baaaaah bangunan yang melabihi tinggi manara masjid SOAS….
By jeng on Dec 9, 2009
moden, moden jua tapi cara hidup sebagai seorang Islam jgn diketepikan. Inda semestinya bangunan tinggi melangit ani melambangkan negeri atu maju & prosper. Bnar nya kodomo atu, now Dubai is having berbillion-billion utang due to obsession with amazing construction. Jgn disalahi what our previous ruler wanted i.e no building shd be over menara masjid. Berkat wah negeri!!!! WE LOVE our country the way it is.
By synergy on Dec 9, 2009
moonshooter jgn tah kau pikir tu. baik pulang kau pikirkan macamana cara nya harga barang ani dapat d kurang kan harga nya. meliat kali udah ah harga brg masa ani mahal2. inda ku tau ah kau ani, kali org berada kali. kalau brunei ani ada bangunan tinggi yang punya atu mesti ada hubunganan dgn menteri tu o yang membuat atu nanti menteri2 jua tu o banyak tia rusuah nya. ada jua kali sudah contoh nya…. d brunei ani. Ingat Borneo Bul pasal 500 ribu atu kata nya ada lah sebagai hadiah?banar kah tu….
By belalang on Dec 11, 2009
salam semua…bagus plng jua modern but gantikan dulu round about to jambatan, to prevent traffic akan datang….
By mr.zico on Dec 12, 2009
selesaikan dulu masalah sekarang ani macam pengangguran anak2 tempatan. banyak yang berlubang2 perlu ditambal.
jangan sampai ‘masalah’ dulu berulang kembali, sayang duit ditabur/buang camatu saja. kalau dibelanjakan ‘duit besar atu’ kearah kesejahteraan rakyat inda jua mengapa.
By Jagat on Dec 13, 2009
Pak Belalang cuti masa ani ,kalau ia ada baru berakal bunyi komennya.Pada Moonshooter jgn tah,kan keluarkan idea DiBrunei ani,banyak yg inda berakal nya mu.Sekolah tinggi utk cari gaji tinggi saja arah negeri kitani ani, tapi utk pembaruan nasib….
By santul on Dec 13, 2009
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CUBA LIHAT MOONSHOOTER DARI SEGI GEOGERAPY BRUNEI NI LETAKNYA MACAMNAMA MUN FAHAM BISAI JGN MACAM DI AS YG MANA SATU NEGERI DITENGGELAMI AYER ADA MASIH TU KESAN SEJARAHNYA SAMPAI MASANI DIBAWAH TANAH NI TANI INDA TAHU MACAMMANA USULNYA ENTAH BERKERAWANG KALI SO LAU BANYAK BANGUNAN TINGGI DIBANGGUNKAN KEKUATAN GRAVITI MUN FAHAM BISAI. JANGAN MARAH YA!!!!!!!! PEACE.
By penglima kecil on Dec 14, 2009
To semuanya, mohon maaf mberi komen sikt saja, saya nda brp stuju dgn mbangunkan bangunan2 yg tinggi ani psalnya ianya kurang dimanfaatkan. Pbgunan luar negara spt yg dsebutkan bukan contoh ikutan utk negara kita ani, tapi bentuk sederhanaan saja dah mmadai dan bsesuaian dgn konsep negara dan keperluan org kita dan lagi ianya kurang byk mghadapi risiko. Bangunan tah tinggi2 apa hasilnya f hanya utk dbanggakan saja? Liat saja tah, kawasan yg tlhpun baru dperbisaikan masa ani byk saja(tak perlu dsebutkan)dah byk kkurangannya, apatah lgi kawasan2 bangunan yg ada yg sharusnya dberi phatian, blum jua dpt diatasi spenuhnya.
Baiklah atu saja, terima kasih jumpa lagi…
By Tangahnya on Jan 20, 2010
To Observer:
Adangtah ko menjudge cara org reply ani wah. Sanak ku nyamu. Andang jua cara org brunei berckp. Sikit2 mengucap org lain childish. Ko tu terlabih sensitif bah. To the poster, there is no use to erect skyscrapers when there are still some empty buildings lying around.
By Hani on Feb 15, 2010