Although most of the people in the village moved or worked in towns or urban areas, during school holidays and the Gawai Dayak and Hari Raya, they will return en masse to celebrate the festivities.

[6] Most of the residents of Kampong Melilas practice a subsistence economy such as growing rice, gardening, collecting forest and river produce.

Even though it is short, the road is totally made of tarmac, making it safe for small sedans to travel all the way to the finish, where there is another Iban encampment called the Teraja Longhouse.

The road leading into Mukim Melilas has already been renovated to concrete, which undoubtedly makes life easier and more comfortable for both the villages and the general public who wish to travel there.

[6] The community's medical requirements were supported by the construction of a helipad and a linked access path, which also accommodated notable guests.

Despite the fact that termites had eaten through the structure's hardwood floors and stilts, which compromised the whole basis, the community's major concern was their leaking roof.

[5] The mandate was swiftly started under Julangan Titah, a unique initiative sponsored by donations from the public and commercial sectors as well as from individuals and managed by a secretariat made up of top government officials and Prime Minister's Office.

The first time trucks, excavators, and cranes were heard in Melilas in October 2016; locals recollect construction workers working shifts from early in the morning until late at night.

Those with the means purchased 4x4 cars, shod them with mud terrain tires, and made the jarring trip up the twisting, mountainous path.

Any automobile should be able to reach Brunei's border by the middle of 2018 if the road improvement is completed and the potholes and cracked pavement along Jalan Merangking are repaired.