CHAPTER 8 - RESOURCES OF BRUNEI

What were Brunei's resources in the past?

• Coal Mining, rubber and cutch

• Plastics, Cutch and Car

• Hand phone, coal mining and wood

They used the cutch to colour cloth, nets and sails

• True

• False

By 1930s, they had to bring in cutch from North Borneo since there weren’t enough mangrove trees around the Brunei Rivers.

• True

• False

In .........................., the cutch factory in Brunei was shut down since it was no longer profitable.

• 1918

• 1938

• 1996

The discovery of coal led to the growth of towns like in Muara such as roads and shops were built.

• True

• False

In the 1920s, coal mining in ......................... was shut down due to the low price of coal.

• Bukit Beruang

• Muara

• Batu Apoi

Oil was discovered in Seria in 1929, which was more .......................... compared to coal.

• useless

• profitable

• unprofitable

Rubber plantations were first introduced in Brunei in .............................

• 1906

• 2006

• 1946

The largest rubber estates were the Batu Apoi Estate and Labu Estate in ...............................

• Tutong

• Belait

• Temburong

By 1930s, it was no longer profitable to produce rubber as there was a fall in demand for rubber which made the price of rubber very low.

• True

• False