Ma ʻAukake 19, 2009, kāna Aliʻi Kiʻi Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni Ke Aliʻiwahine Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzadin Waddaulah, ke Kamāliʻiwahine o Brunei Darussalam, ke aupuni kahiko momona o ka aila ma ka mokupuni i uhi ʻia ma ka wao nahele o Borneo, i alakaʻi i ka hoʻouka ʻo ka hui o kahi huahana huakaʻi hou a koʻikoʻi hoʻi i ka puʻuwai o nā kenekulia kahiko ʻo Kampong Ayer (Water Village) aia ma waena o ke kaona o ke kapitala nui o Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan. ʻO ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻĀiwi a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Kampong Ayer (KACTG), i mālama ʻia e ka ʻOihana Hoʻomohala Huakaʻi ʻo Brunei, ka huahana huakaʻi hou loa o ka ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ke kipa ʻana i ka Village Water kaulana o Brunei.
E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Kuhina e mālama ana i ka huakaʻi ma kāna haʻi ʻōlelo, he mea hoihoi loa ʻo Kampong Ayer no ka hapa nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku ana iā Brunei, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka waiwai nui loa me nā kenekulia o ka mōʻaukala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me ka ʻokoʻa o ka honua nui loa. kauhale ma luna o nā paepae, me kekahi poʻe 30,000 e noho nei i nā kūlana ʻoluʻolu āpau ma o ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana o nā kauhale 28 i kahakai ʻia i ke kahawai o ka muliwai ʻo Brunei, kahi muliwai mai ka Brunei Bay, he mau minuke wale nō ka mamao mai nā moku mai nā kaona o ke kapikala.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻaʻole loaʻa kahi manawa e aʻo hou ai i ka ʻike hohonu e pili ana i ka hope, ka mōʻaukala, nā kuʻuna, ke kaiāulu, a me nā hana noʻeau o kēia noho kūpilikiʻi, i kapa ʻia ma ka makahiki 16th ma ke ʻano he "Venice o ka Hikina" na he mea hoʻokele Italia.
No laila, ua kūkulu ʻia ka KACTG e hoʻoponopono i kēia kūlana, hāʻawi i nā malihini kipa i kahi hōʻike ʻike pili lima pāʻālua, ʻelima mau kiʻi liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ka ʻike pili ma Kampong Ayer mai kona wā i kū mai a hiki i kēia lā, a me nā kiʻi a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike. nā mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hōʻike. ʻO nā hōʻike lima hana lima, nā hōʻikeʻike hana lima ola, a me kahi kiosk hoʻomanaʻo e ʻae i nā mea kipa e hoʻihoʻi i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo a me nā mementos o kā lākou ʻike ʻo Kampong Ayer.
Kūkulu ʻia i ke kaila o kahi hale nui ʻo Kampong Ayer, a me kahi hale kiaʻi kūikawā e hāʻawi ai i nā mea kipa ke nānā aku i ka maka o ka Water Village a me nā wahi a puni, e lilo ana ka Hale Kuʻuna a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Kampong Ayer i hōʻailona hou no Bandar Seri. Begawan a me kahi wahi haʻaheo no nā kamaʻāina ʻo Kampong Ayer.
