Mata-Mata, Brunei
Mata-Mata, locally known in Malay as Kampung Mata-Mata or Kampong Mata-Mata, is a populated place in Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is a group of settlements on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, comprising the original settlement of Mata-Mata, the Perpindahan Mata-Mata settlement and the Mata-Mata public housing areas of the Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme.
Geography
Mata-Mata is located in the central part of Brunei-Muara District. It is also located on the outskirts of Bandar Seri Begawan, thus functions as a suburb of the capital. It neighbours the settlements of Katok to the north and Beribi to the south-east.Mata-Mata consists of three main clusters of settlements, namely: Mata-Mata, Perpindahan Mata-Mata and Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme. Perpindahan Mata-Mata is a housing area established for a group of village residents in Kampong Ayer who had been relocated to live on land. Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme is also known as Katok 'B' Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme even though the settlement is not contiguous to the original Katok settlement area.
Administration
The area of Mata-Mata is currently divided into five sub-areas and they are designated as village administrative divisions, the third and lowest subdivisions of Brunei. The community of each subdivision is led by a ketua kampung or village head. The subdivisions serve the smallest population census by territory. Each subdivision is also a designated postcode area, thus has its own postcode. All 'villages' are subdivisions of Gadong 'B', a mukim or subdistrict of Brunei-Muara.| Name | Name in Malay | Postcode |
| Mata-Mata | Kampung Mata-Mata | BE1718 |
| Perpindahan Mata-Mata | Kampung Perpindahan Mata-Mata | BE1918 |
| Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme Area 1 | Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Kampung Mata-Mata Kawasan 1 | BE4119 |
| Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme Area 2 | Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Kampung Mata-Mata Kawasan 2 | BE4319 |
| Mata-Mata Landless Indigenous Citizens' Housing Scheme Area 3 | Skim Tanah Kurnia Rakyat Jati Kampung Mata-Mata Kawasan 3 | BE4519 |
Education
The levels of education available in Mata-Mata only include primary and secondary. There are a few public primary schools as well as Katok Secondary School which are run by the government's education ministry.The Ugama or Islamic religious primary education, which has been made compulsory for Muslim pupils in Brunei, is also available in Mata-Mata. They are provided in a few religious schools which share grounds with the primary schools in Mata-Mata and they are run by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Within Mata-Mata is also located Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha Girls' Secondary Arabic Religious School, a government secondary school. However, it is a specialised school providing Islamic religious education and taught in Arabic; it is also run by the religious affairs ministry.