During this point, the rubber sector started to play a significant role in Southeast Asia's economies, particularly Brunei.

[6] Local people were employed at first, but by 1930, the 300 hectares (740 acres) rubber plantation had also hired foreign workers.

[5] The Government Rubber Estate at Labu not only failed to meet the constitutionally mandated financial standards (as did the Estates at Gadong and Berakas), but it also accrued debts to the Government of Brunei of $40,151, as stated in paragraph 25 of the State Auditor's Report on 1960.

These debts, which represented money borrowed from the Miscellaneous Advance Fund, reached a total of $221,828.65 by 31 December 1965, and the State Financial Officer communicated his concern to the government about the growing losses that these Estates were suffering in April 1966.

Compared to other locations in the nation, Labu Estate still contains the majority of the remnants of the rubber industry.

For the purpose of remembering Brunei's early 20th-century commercial agricultural economy, it is crucial to conserve and protect this location.

[9] In February 2006, the Museums Department got royal approval to gazete a 9 acres (3.6 ha) portion of the site for preservation under the Antiquities and Treasure Trove Act of 1967 (as amended in 1984, 1991, and 2002).

The Labu Estate Rubber Industrial Site Research and Conservation Project, Phase I, Launching Ceremony took place on 12 June 2007.

The Museums Department and Kampong Labu Estate Consultative Council jointly oversee the facility.