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Tasek Dam^[a] (Malay: Empangan Tasek^[b]) is a dam in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei. Built in 1965, it is the first dam built in the country.^[1] It has the capacity to hold about 2 million gallons of water.^[2] The dam is also home to a prominent recreational park in the capital.

Construction

The dam is built on a 60-acre (24 ha) site on a hill near an old pool.^[2] It was built by the Government of Brunei at a cost of B$8.5 million at that time.^[2] The dam was inaugurated on 13 February 1965 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III,^[2] the 28th Sultan of Brunei and the father of the current monarch Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

Recreational park

The dam has also also been developed into a recreational park.

Notes

^ "Tasek" is the obsolete spelling of tasik, the Malay word for lake. However, the obsolete spelling has been formally retained.
^ Originally spelt Ampangan Tasek

References

^ "Projek 'Membaik Pulih Empangan Tasek' giat dilaksanakan". Pelita Brunei (in Malay). 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "D.Y.M.M. MERASMIKAN PEMBUKAAN AMPANGAN TASEK" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 10 #4. Jabatan Penyiaran dan Penerangan Kerajaan Brunei. 17 February 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[Tasek-1] "Tasek" is the obsolete spelling of tasik, the Malay word for lake. However, the obsolete spelling has been formally retained.

[Ampangan_Tasek-2] Originally spelt Ampangan Tasek

[Pelita_23.5.2015-3] "Projek 'Membaik Pulih Empangan Tasek' giat dilaksanakan". Pelita Brunei (in Malay). 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[Pelita_17.2.1965-4] "D.Y.M.M. MERASMIKAN PEMBUKAAN AMPANGAN TASEK" (PDF). Pelita Brunei (in Malay). No. 10 #4. Jabatan Penyiaran dan Penerangan Kerajaan Brunei. 17 February 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

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