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[The Managing Editor of Brunei Times asked me to write about the regatta in time for the Brunei River Regatta last Sunday. Usually my article on my column The Golden Legacy is every Monday but because the regatta was on Sunday, the column appeared on Sunday too and was published on 22nd January 2012. This article is based on a 2007 article which I wrote about Berjanawari which is the Brunei word

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[The Oxford Business Group had this report about Brunei on 19th January 2012] Brunei: The Year in Review Brunei Darussalam’s economy closed out 2011 in good health, with GDP rising, inflation under control and plans to build on existing strengths and develop new opportunities. However, concerns remain over the slowing global economic growth and how this may impact the country.Final figures have

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I first saw the title of this book in a list of references for one article in either Beriga (published twice a year by Dewan Bahasa) or Pusaka (published yearly by the Brunei History Centre), I can't remember which. I thought to myself then, I must find this book. That was about three or four years ago. I could never find it. Sometime last year, I saw this book being sold by Dewan Bahasa in

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I purchased this relatively old Bandar Seri Begawan photograph recently on the internet. This is a fairly common photograph and I have shown several versions about it. This view was taken from the mosque and over the years I have shown photographs and postcards showing the same view. But what I like about this particular photograph is the size of the photo, it was an 8R black and white and all

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The new road names are finally officially launched by the Minister of Development yesterday. It will take time to get used to these new names. These 15 road names and where they are as follows:- Jalan Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Mukim Kianggeh, bermula dari simpang ‘T’ Jalan Haji Basir dan Jalan Sultan berdepanan dengan Bangunan Balai Bomba Bandar Seri Begawan With this road, Jalan

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Datin Adina, Acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports receiving contributions from donors through DST (Source: The Brunei Times) The other day, I was accompanying our MCYS Deputy Minister, Datin Adina who was then Acting Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to receive contribution from donors through sms using DST and B-Mobile. DST subscribers contributed about $38,000 and B-Mobile

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I remembered complaining about the lack of road names years before I joined MOD. When I was at MOD, the Jawatankuasa Kebangsaan Nama Geografi was just beginning its task in recommending for road names. Sometime last year MOD started labelling new names for roads outside Municipal areas and if you are paying attention, you will see names such as Jalan Utama Tungku, Jalan Utama Mentiri and the

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During the 8th Heart of Borneo Council Meeting, His Royal Highness Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince as the Royal Patron of the Brunei Heart of Borneo graced the meeting and listened to the briefings on the works of the Heart of Borneo. Before the meeting, he was presented with a book entitled "Brunei Heart of Borneo: Its Journey". The book was published by the Ministry of Industry

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When I was first posted to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, my first thoughts were that this would be an interesting ministry to work in especially given my interests. This has proven to be true. Recently I was asked to be the Guest of Honour for the launching of the book marking the 15th anniversary of the Royal Regalia building at the where else but the Royal Regalia Building itself.

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[This is an updated entry of an earlier entry I made in 2009. The entry was as relevant then as it is now.] Exactly 49 years ago today, some people thought they heard fireworks. They were wondering why fireworks? Thy did not know that it was not fireworks that they heard. It was the sound of small arms fire. A group of people decided that they needed to take matters into their own hands. Ask

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[Brunei Times asked me to write an article about Nanjing becoming Bandar Seri Begawan's twin city and it was supposed to be published on 21st November 2011. I could not meet that deadline as I was coming back from Bali together with His Majesty's entourage after attending the ASEAN Summit. The article was published a week later on 28th November 2011.] +++++ Nanjing, Bandar Seri Begawan's Twin

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My brother called me up and said that I had a wide smile when His Majesty was talking to me. So I had to search infofoto.gov.bn and found this picture. It was during the Santap at the end of the Majlis Penyerahan Rumah-Rumah Sungai Buloh last Wednesday. His Majesty said that now that I am in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, I have to start running and do sports! For those wondering

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[The Oxford Business Group on 14th November 2011 reported the following news.] +++++ Brunei Darassalam: Flying high Brunei Darassalam’s skies are set to get more crowded and its international airport busier, with an increasing number of airlines looking to serve routes to the Sultanate and the country’s own flag carrier positioning itself to maximise returns by sharpening its focus on the

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[The Oxford Business Group reported the following news on 7th November 2011.] +++++ Brunei Darussalam: Building bridges Brunei Darussalam’s construction sector is set to benefit from a number of new infrastructure projects coming off the drawing board in the next year, two of which will have particular significance for the Sultanate’s domestic economy and integration with its neighbours.

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[I first wrote about Hari Raya Aidil Adha way back in 2008. I thought I will rewrite it with fresh material and published it in my Golden Legacy column on The Brunei Times edition 7th November 2011.] +++++ EID UL Adha (Aidil Adha) is Hari Raya Haji to Bruneians. Moon sighting at various locations in Brunei would be held at the end of Zulkaedah to determine when the beginning of Zulhijjah

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It has been a while since I last showed Cuboiart's cartoon. Cuboiart is probably the single Bruneian I do know that can make this caricature come to life. The subtlety of his drawing is just unprecedented. This one depicts the Hari Raya korban. The one he did for Thursday's is even hilarious. Catch cuboiart on www.cuboiart.blogspot.com.

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This was sold by a village in Tutong. For those wondering what this is, this is ketupat made in the shape of a squirrel or tupai in standard Malay or basing in Brunei Malay. There are a number of sellers selling their village's products currently at Level 4 at the Empire Hotel outside the Indera Kayangan Ballroom. They were invited to do that as a showcase to how they can help transform their

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[I wrote the following article for my Golden Legacy column on Brunei's national newspaper The Brunei Times published this morning.] +++++ Brunei: End of 16th Century IN the Brunei Museum Journal of 1986 was an article written by John S Carroll entitled "Francisco de Sande's Invasion of Brunei in 1578: An Anonymous Spanish Account". The article is quite intriguing as it highlighted one

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My cousin, Didi got married last Friday. I thought this was the best photo that I have seen of any family getting married with my Uncle and my Aunty and all Didi's sisters also in the picture doing all their free posing. It's very nice to see marriages start with a very positive note.

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[The Oxford Business Group reported the following report on Brunei on 29th October 2011.]+++++Brunei Darussalam: Plans on paper With a radical overhaul of its energy sector planned, Brunei Darussalam is looking to ramp up production at the wellhead while expanding downstream activities through a long-term programme that is intended to quadruple national revenue and boost employment. On

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[Emmagoodegg wrote in her column (published on 23 October 2011 on Brunei Times) and her blog the following article on the recent Social Media Conference which I helped moderate one of the sessions. My apologies to emmagoodegg and to my favourite artist cuboiart for uploading their article here and to candidsyndrome for borrowing his photographs.] +++++ Brunei held its first ever social

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[My article below was published in my column, The Golden Legacy in The Brunei Times on 24th October 2011.]+++++“Brunei Malays outside Brunei” At the recent Second Borneo History Seminar held recently at the International Convention Centre in Berakas, there were a number of international participants among the local participants. Some were from as far away as Pahang and some as near as Labuan and

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[The Oxford Business Group on 22nd October 2011 reported the following article.] +++++ Brunei Darussalam: Well Placed to Compete Brunei Darussalam’s economy has maintained its competitive edge over the past year, according to a recent report, putting in a solid performance in difficult times as the world struggles to rebound from recession. However, the study also identified a number of key

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The second Borneo History Seminar drew to a close yesterday. In terms of participants, this is probably one of the ones which drew a huge crowd of international participants. The Seminar actually is the culmination of a History Centre's activity Jejak Kesultanan Brunei. In Jejak Kesultanan Brunei, History Centre's teams went out in search of Bruneians and Brunei origins outside Brunei. So

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[The Oxford Business Group reported the following news about Brunei on 20th October 2011.] +++++ Brunei Darussalam: Boosting the Nation's Health Faced with a steady increase in the incidence of diabetes, Brunei Darussalam’s health officials are stepping up efforts to counter the illness by boosting awareness programmes, deploying more treatment facilities and even debating a proposal that

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[The Oxford Business Group had this report on Brunei. It was published on their website on 17 October 2011.] +++++ Brunei Darussalam: Innovation in ICT Brunei Darussalam’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector has been given a significant boost with the launch of a new programme that will provide budding entrepreneurs in the field with access to funding, technical support and

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I saw this being forwarded round. I think it came from one of the Malaysian newspapers. It shows the scene of what a government office in Malaysia would look like with the retirement of civil servants at 60. Brunei has introduced the 60 year old retirement for government staff who are non pensionable starting last year. So we are beginning to see the same thing happening here in Brunei. When

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I acquired this book very recently from Amazon.com. Those who do know Brunei history would know why this book is probably one of the most important that you would need to get hold of if you want to know more about Brunei History. This book entitled 'Magellan's Voyage' described how Magellan's expedition traveled around the world way back in 1519 to 1522.  Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese

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[I wrote this article for the 4th October 2011 edition of The Brunei Times] +++++ It can be confusing to many people. The word Brunei appears in both the country as well as the district. Before 1970, it was more confusing. The word Brunei can be used not only for the country of Brunei and the district of Brunei but it was also for the capital city, Brunei Town or Bandar Brunei. The older

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It never is easy leaving any organisation. Leaving the Ministry of Development after 3 years 8 months and 8 days is as sad as any move that I have ever made in the past. In fact this afternoon, my officer asked me how many times I had moved. I said 12 not realising the 13th movement was just a couple of hours away. To all officers and staff at MOD, I had an enjoyable 3 years 8 months and 8

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His Majesty's reminder of studying local products such as herbs could not have come at a better time.  There are many aspects of Brunei which we do not have the time to study. It is not just us actually. For instance, I read somewhere in the US that over there, there are many things which have not had adequate research. You probably can find one subject which you can study in depth and find that

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[The Oxford Business Group reported the following news about Brunei on 27 September 2011.] +++++ Food Security in Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam is ramping up efforts to increase its rice harvest – seen as core to its policy of strengthening food security – turning to newly developed high-yield grains and improved technology to raise production, though it will be some years before

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The Department of Electrical Services (DES) has published a new pamphlet with regard to the new tariffs that will be in place from the beginning of 2012. The tariffs will provide and help the poor and will penalise the heavy user. Hopefully with the new tariff, users will be more careful with their electricity and not waste it. The new electricity tariff structure is: 0001 kWh to 0500 kWh = B

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Not many people in Brunei know where this is or what this is. This is the site of the Kargu Dam, the latest reservoir for Brunei Darussalam, before it is totally submerged in water in the next few months leaving just that red canopy and that walkway above water. Everything else up to the treeline will all be under water. It will take between one to two year for the dam to fill up completely

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[My article below was published on 19th September 2011 in my regular column, The Golden Legacy on The Brunei Times. This is an update of an earlier article I wrote in 2009 which is currently in my third book 'Our Brunei Heritage' which can be found in Best Eastern bookshops.] +++++ Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka -- Guardian of the Malay Language -- It is not known when the Malay Language was first

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Dewan Bahasa celebrated its 50th anniversary very recently. His Majesty himself graced the ocassion and noted the role of Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka as the guardian of our Malay Language. The Minister of Home Affairs also gave a talk on the sustainability of the Malay language, the language with the fourth largest group in the world. He said that there were more than 30,000 languages but now only

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This is an additional photograph of those students at Sekolah Lela Mencanai enjoying their free school lunches. Notice that one or two are not wearing their school uniforms. In the 1950s, Brunei were still recovering from the Second World War and there were still people facing hardships. The main reason why the feeding scheme started was to help feed the Brunei school children. This program

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There have been many government policies in the past. However one of the best to me is the school feeding scheme. Today's students may not know it but in the 1950s when the Brunei Government introduced the school feeding scheme, it was a life saver to many poor school children living in the rural areas. In the late 1960s and 1970s when I first went to school, the feeding scheme was much better

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I recently acquired this photograph from the internet. This one shows our 28th Sultan, Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien during a visit to one of the rural school somewhere in Brunei. This was probably around 1960s. Two things to note. One is the baju melayu worn by His Majesty. This is the Brunei style Baju Melayu with the handkerchief attached to the front of the shirt.

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The Oxford Business Group reported the following news on 7th September 2011. +++++ Brunei Darussalam: Construction on the fast track Brunei Darussalam has moved to further streamline the approval process for construction and land development projects to boost foreign investment and encourage local builders. However, government initiatives to improve workplace conditions and regulations

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In Malaya August 1961 issue, the Journal for the British Association of Malaya, it had this news entry about the visit by Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya to Brunei from 1st to 4th July 1961. The news read as follows:- +++++ BRUNEI PEOPLE CHEER THE KING OF MALAYA  ... and Praise with Happy Hearts his Beautiful Queen   Brunei people opened their hearts to the King and Queen of Malaya during

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I was checking out the wikileaks and found a couple of diplomatic reports from the American Embassy here in Brunei which had me in it. The first was during the 2009 Letter of Exchange between Brunei and Malaysia with regard to the boundary between Brunei and Malaysia which brought the Limbang claims issue. +++++ BRUNEI'S MIXED REACTION -------------- -------- ¶7. (SBU) Rozan Yunos,

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Someone asked in the comment box - "Spartan Rookie: Salam, wondering where we got started with our traditional pakaian melayu." I don't really know. I know that in ancient Chinese history, there was a description of what Bruneians wore about 700 to 800 years ago. It was not the traditional pakaian melayu which we wore today. Incidentally Dr Siti Norkhalbi, the Director of Brunei Studies Academy

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My third book "Our Brunei Heritage" will be available at The Best Eastern bookshops and will also be available at other bookshops very soon. This third volume comprises of articles that I wrote for my column The Golden Legacy in The Brunei Times for the year 2009. Limited copies are also available directly from my office. The 51 articles in the book are as follows: Sultanate of Sambas -

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I found this interesting historical article recently. In the March 1960 edition of the 'Malaya - The Journal of the British Association of Malaya' there was a special article about the Sultan of Johore awarding to our Brunei Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on the occasion of Sultan Johore's investiture as the 12th Sultan of Johore. The news read: +++++ On the 10th February 1960, in the historic

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I recently acquired two first day covers. Both from the 1980s showing Brunei. Both are issued overseas. The first is: This is issued by the Korean postal authorities on the occasion of His Majesty's first official visit to Korea in April 1984, a few months after Brunei gained independence. It is interesting that the Koreans put up a drawn portrait of His Majesty on the cover of the first day

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[I normally write an article during the fasting month about Hari Raya in the past but I have done a few times and decided to write about the ketupat. I was intrigued as my mother told me that when she first arrived in Brunei, there was no ketupat for Hari Raya. But nowadays ketupat is the symbol for Hari Raya. This article was published in my column The Golden Legacy in Brunei Times on 22 August

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Last Friday, I was going around the tamu looking for ketupat casings and also asking the few sellers that about ketupat. That was for my Golden Legacy article on the origins of the ketupat which was published yesterday on Brunei Times. Today I am not going to talk about ketupat. While I was walking around the tamu, I came across an old man selling a lot of old stuffs including some books, old

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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the shop houses in Seria were just completed. The town looks fresh and really resemble a simcity town with roads and houses nicely packaged together. This is what it looked like then. Is that AAC in the foreground in the righthand corner? Out in the sea you can see the first offshore installation. If you look closely, you can see that it is still connected to

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I was pleasantly surprised to find my books, The Golden Warisan Brunei Darussalam Volume 1 and Volume 2 are now available in the United States Library of Congress. The two books are listed under one reference number which I have liberally cut and paste as follows: +++++ DS650.3 .R68 2009 Rozan Yunos. The golden warisan Brunei Darussalam. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam: Haji Mohd.

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Back in the days before the bridge was built across the Baram River, this would have been one of the earlier ferries being used in the 1950s. Sometime we forget how transportation ministries on both sides of Brunei and Malaysia have helped to make travel convenient for all. We have the bridges at the Baram River, at the Belait River and also at Lawas. The final bridge would be at Pendaruan

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Yesterday, one of my colleagues started talking about food and the subject of Brunei's food cropped up. He was talking about the recent gerai during His Majesty's Birthday and whether that particular food is still available at the many gerai remadan's currently operating almost everywhere in the country.Pronounced by many as sutung tutuk roughly translated as hammered squids is certainly an old

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[On 4 August 2011, the Oxford Business Group reported the following news item.]+++++Brunei Darussalam: Refined investmentThe downstream energy sector in Brunei Darussalam is set to get the biggest makeover in its history, with a Chinese consortium planning to invest up to $6bn to develop an oil refinery and associated chemicals plant at the Pulau Muara Besar (PMB) industrial site.On July 3 the

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The Oxford Business Group on 21st July 2011 had this report on Brunei. This is based on a report issued by the IMF which you can read here.+++++Brunei Darussalam: Economy on the reboundBrunei Darussalam’s economy has been given a clean bill of health by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the agency praising the prudent economic management exercised by local authorities, as well as the

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Last year, same opponent, same venue, same cup, same final. MOD lost. It was a sad day.Last night, MOD won. It was a happy day.Congratulations to the Ministry of Development Football Team for winning against the Ministry of Home Affairs. To be honest, I was not raising my expectation very high. If MOD had lost, I was already expecting it. But with MOD winning, the jubilation was much higher! For

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[I wanted to write about His Majesty's Birthday but I have written a few articles already in the past. So rather than repeating myself, I thought I will write something about July itself and its significance for Brunei. There was another important date that happened in July but nobody remembered that anymore. Anway, I wrote this article and it was published on Monday 18th July 2011 on The Brunei

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Yesterday, on the occasion of His Majesty's 65th Birthday, he awarded these lucky people with a birthday gift. All end up with a nice little medal, however some get to carry new title to their names and some do not. For those who did not, there will be other occasions. I tried to be more descriptive as to the new title that the recipients will be getting as well as who they are. I don't know all

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It's His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's 65th Birthday today. And what better way to celebrate the 65th birthday?Yes, a $65 miniature sheet which consisted of the highest ever face value for a Brunei stamp - $65! Size wise, the $65 stamp itself is probably the biggest size stamp that has been produced by Brunei.In its 116 year of history, the Brunei postal

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Back in April 1976, I found myself in a Singapore classroom courtesy of the government's scholarship program. I had undergone about three months of secondary education in Berakas English School before that. When I arrived in Singapore, the classes were getting ready for the mid-year exam in May. The classes were revising their lessons. That was when I discovered there were indeed differences

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The Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies (CSPS) is currently undertaking a research study to understand employment issues among university graduates. The study focuses on three groups of graduates – (i) employed; (ii) unemployed; and (iii) under-employed (i.e. those currently working but feel that their jobs are unsuitable).CSPS encourages all university graduates, from local and overseas,

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I was rewriting my 2007 article on memukun the other day and I asked all my colleagues what their recollection about it was. One of my colleague, who has retired from the government and I met him at one of my niece's wedding function recently strumming a guitar(!), kindly wrote me the following recollection. Since he spent sometime doing it, to do justice to him, I thought I will reproduce it and

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I saw this release by the Philippines Information Agency. The only thing that struck me was, WOW! we will be able to drive in Palawan with our own cars should this RO-RO connection to Port of Brooke's Point in Southern Palawan was ever to take off connecting Muara to Labuan and to Palawan.++++Port of Brooke’s Point, ready for RO-RO connection with Malaysia, BruneiPUERTO PRINCESA CITY, 30 June (

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On 29th June 2011, The Oxford Business Group reported the following about Brunei:+++++Brunei Darussalam: Promoting takafulThe Sultanate’s sharia-compliant insurance sector is looking to expand its market share, stepping up efforts to promote takaful products and increase the range of policies on offer, with the sector likely to see greater segmentation as a result.The sharia-compliant insurance

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My colleagues at MOE was asking me the other day when exactly did formal education started in Brunei. I understand MOE wants to celebrate the 100th anniversary of formal education but the exact date is not known. All I can answer is that refer to the Brunei Annual Reports.However the Brunei Annual Reports in those years have not been reporting much on education. By 1911, the British Resident had

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RBA's latest strategy had many Bruneians talking. eTurboNews, the Global Travel Industry News had this article about the airlines which probably can answer why the RBA Board did what it did. You can link to the etn website or read it below:+++++ROYAL BRUNEI AIRLINES IN TROUBLERoyal Brunei pays the price of decades-long wrong strategBY LUC CITRINOT, ETN | JUN 23, 2011BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) -

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I was reading Brunei Times today and came across this article written by Melvin Jong which I thought is a topic which we have not discussed about much. Unless you have a car, it is not easy getting around Brunei. Most Bruneians have cars so don't worry much about public transportation. The purple buses system work only if you need to travel during the daytime but come evening, you will not be

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Sometime last night, someone was this blogsite's 1 millionth visitor!It has been a long journey on blogspot.com. Moved from Windows spaces in March 2006, it has been 5 long years on blogspot. Thank you to all visitors and I do hope that you find what you are looking for.

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The Oxford Business Group reported the following about Brunei on 21st June 2011:+++++Brunei Darussalam: Long-term planBrunei Darussalam has adopted a determined bottom up approach to ensuring the comprehensive spread of information and communications technology (ICT) throughout society and the economy, though sector participants expect it will take time for these policy actions to transform the

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My article below was published in Brunei Times on 13th June 2011:+++++Cavallero Antonio PigafettaBrunei’s 15th Century ChroniclerOne of the most vivid descriptions about Brunei in the 16th century was provided by a European voyager named Pigafetta. Pigafetta was an Italian but was part of a Spanish crew exploring the Indies. On the return voyage to Spain, they travelled via the Pacific and

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Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the following report about Brunei:IMF Executive Board Concludes 2011 Article IV Consultation with Brunei DarussalamOn May 4, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Brunei Darussalam on a lapse˗of˗time basis. BackgroundBrunei’s economy is dominated by the oil and gas

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Last Friday, I was waiting in the car waiting for my better half who was out shopping for some groceries. I heard an interesting interview with Dato Chef Wan, the famous Malaysian chef who was in Brunei last week. One of the things that struck me was he noticed that many places in Brunei have 'tong' at the end of the names. I think he was referring to Jerudong, Gadong, Tutong or Kiarong, these

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I was pleasantly surprised when someone commented on my old 2008 post about the old Brunei hostel in Singapore. He thanked me for sharing the history of this place, a home to many of us who had been students in Singapore, a home where we grew up in and literally became adults. I spent almost 7 years of my life here and by the time I went to UK to continue my degree, I was more than ready to face

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[I was asked by BT to write about the Lanfang Republic. I was not sure how to approach that subject as resources on this is very thin. I had to borrow heavily from a number of on-line articles but I thought I balanced it when I finally wrote about it. Credit for the story goes to the people who had kept the republic alive in the digital world. Here is the story of the Lanfang Republic and this

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SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILYang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Bakti Diraja Dato Laila Utama Awang Haji Isa bin Pehin Datu Perdana Menteri Dato Laila Utama Haji Ibrahim +++++MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL - Ex-officio Members (Prime Minister and Ministers) as provided for under sub-paragraph 1(a) (i) of the Second Schedule of Article 24(1)His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal

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For Bruneians who have been denied watching any of Brunei's football teams playing international football, FINALLY, the good news, FIFA have lifted Brunei's suspension. I have taken the liberty of publishing FIFA's media release below or if you still want to be convinced, you can go to FIFA's website yourself.I for one am glad that whatever the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports did, it seemed

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The Ministry of Development through the Housing Development Department (HDD) and the Public Works Department has been working very hard to ensure that there are about 10,000 housing units be available by the end of 2012. This is in addition to the 7,500 housing units being built by BEDB to be completed by 2014. MOD's housing projects are generally ready to be completed by end of year 2012 with

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Last Thursday on 26 May 2011, His Majesty consented to officially open the Tenaga Suria Brunei power station. Many people who saw the news now know Brunei has a solar power experimental power plant capable of producing some 1.2 MW or powering about 200 houses. I thought I will upload the information on the booklet that came with the launching of the TSB as follows:-Tenaga Suria Brunei

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[The Oxford Business Group reported the following on 26th May 2011.]Brunei Darussalam: Educating the educatorsAs part of the Sultanate’s plans to overhaul the national education system, Brunei Darussalam’s education professionals are being taught new skills to better equip them to teach the new generation of managers. Efforts in this area are part of the shift in focus away from what has been

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[My article below was published on Brunei Times on 16th May 2011. It looked at the situation in Brunei in 1930, the year after the discovery of oil but that oil has not yet gone info full production. It was also the Great Depression for the world. Hope you enjoy the article.]+++++Brunei, Before the Oil Yearsby Rozan YunosMany in Brunei knew 1929 was one of the most crucial of all years in recent

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Someone asked on the comment box, whether I know of any think tanks in Brunei. I thought that was an interesting question and certainly pushed me to think what is meant by think tanks and how many there actually are there in Brunei. In its simplest form, a think tank is a body of experts providing advice and ideas on specific political or economic problems. At its most complicated, a think tank (

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On Monday, Professor Hussainmiya brought me his latest book and he asked me whether I could do a book review during the book's launch on Thursday. At that time, I was still completing my paper for the MIB Seminar and my turn to give the talk was on Thursday and I was only about halfway through completing my paper. But I thought this was a very rare opportunity and regardless I was sleeping at 2

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This Sarawak stamp cost me US$45. You are probably wondering giving my animosity towards most thing Brooke, why on earth then would I want to pay so much for an old 5c Sarawak stamp.This one has Brunei history. If you remember my article on Muara, you would know why. Muara was in the late 1890s and early 1900s was administered by Rajah Brooke in his personal capacity. Of course, it was hard to

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In the 1950s, the government took great efforts to get school children to school. This photograph from the 1955 Brunei Annual Report shows just how difficult it was. Everyone seemed cramped into this little boat.Look closely. You hold your shoes in your hands and walk out of the boat barefoot. You wear a songkok but with shorts. You bring your books wrapped and tied in a plastic bag (see the

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[Note: Muara developed independently than the rest of Brunei. I wrote and published this article on Brooketon as it was known then in my column on Brunei Times and published it last Sunday, 2 May 2011]+++++Independent Development of MuaraEveryone in Brunei knows that there are four districts in Brunei. The largest being the Belait District and the smallest being the Brunei-Muara District.One can

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You know, not many people cycle nowadays. This postcard of Jalan Sultan in the 1960s is very interesting with these three girls cycling. These girls must be grandmothers by now. It would be interesting to know who they are. Interestingly enough, the traffic light was on. That traffic light at the corner of Jalan Sultan and Jalan Chevalier (now Jalan Pemancha) is the very first traffic light in

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My cousin posted this photo of my aunt and my uncle getting married .... in 1954! The family had fun commenting on the photo and one of my aunties pointed out that the date of the wedding was also painted on the pelaminan. The year is visible but unfortunately the rest of the date is not very visible.What I was interested in was the simplicity of the pelaminan. Compared to today's pelaminan, this

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Someone in one of the banks gave me a call and said that he had in his hand the $100 bill Brunei second series. I told him to hold on to it and today I wanted to get it off him. That was when he told me he had four of them and the numbers are in a sequence. That probably will make them worth more in the future.This $100 was the second series produced for Brunei. The notes were printed in 8

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One of my nephews emailed me and asked whether I got anything on Kampong Ayer. He needed it for his final year project. I had to scratch my head and asked whether anything much has been printed about Kampong Ayer academically. I presumed there was plenty but off hand I can't remember much. Most of what I do know is historical but my nephew needed the studies for much more than that.Luckily I am

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Greetings from Bangkok. A picture is worth a 1,000 word.

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Greetings from Bangkok.I came here with all the representatives of the countries in the world hoping to get something. You know what we got? So far nothing. The meeting could not even agree on the agenda! We haven't even been able to begin. When I returned on Saturday, this would be the shortest report to write.There were supposed to be 2 meetings - one on the Kyoto Protocol (WG-KP) and the other

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Greetings from Bangkok. For those interested in the Climate Change talks, here is the update from United Nations Bangkok on the Climate Change Convention talks.Yesterday was the first day of the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol. For those interested, the Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the

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This morning's announcement on the construction of houses under the Pilot Project to Upgrade Kampong Ayer, involving open areas in Mukim Peramu and Mukim Saba in Kampong Ayer, hopefully will make Kampong Ayer a better place especially as these houses that are to become model homes using environmentally-friendly material so that they are sustainable and safe for the environment.Its implementation

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Greeting from Bangkok! I am here together with representatives of the world are meeting in Bangkok for the first 2012 round of climate change talks. This is the first meeting since the Cancun Agreements were reached in December 2010, which laid the foundation on numerous fronts towards achieving a fair, ambitious and binding global agreement to curb climate change in the future.The UNFCCC in

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Last night, I was at the Istana Nurul Iman for the banquet for President of Ukraine given by His Majesty. Today is the second day of the President's visit and in the news, there were a number of agreements etc that had been signed between Brunei and Ukraine.The banquet was interesting. We had the Russian Ambassador at our table and he was surprised that the menu was in Ukrainian language. I

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One of the best sources for Malay history is the Sejarah Melayu or in English known as the Malay Annals. The subjects covered in the work included the founding of the kingdom of Malacca and its relationship with neighbouring kingdoms, the advent and spread of Islam in the region, the history of the royalty in the region as well as the administrative hierarchy of the Malacca kingdom and its

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Today, we will be going out to a few supermarkets to give out free reusable bags. If you are interested, the bags will be given out today at:10:00 am - Hua Ho Supermarket at Hua Ho Mall10:45 am - Teguh Raya Supermarket at Delima Satu11:30 am - Supersave at Gadong2:00 pm - Giant at Kiulap2:45 pm - Utama Grand at The Mall, GadongSee you all there. And don't forget to bring your own reusable bags

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[I wrote this piece for Brunei Times and got it published on 21st March 2011 in my column, The Golden Legacy.]+++++THE GOLDEN LEGACYThe Place Names of MeragangBy Rozan YunosLast Thursday, His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam visited the newly developed housing program at Meragang. About 2,000 houses are currently being built on this site overlooking the South China Sea

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Last night's news on the new excise duties for cars was good news for buyers of small or hybrid cars. But those who are hankering after the muscle type diesel hungry powerful engine SUV, you have to pay higher duties and more expensive cars. Diesel subsidies are just too high and many of us are using it for our fuel hungry SUVs.His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah Ibni

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