HSBC’s Climate Champions, Ms Eva Ng and Mr Lim Boon Teck, recently visited Chung Hwa Middle School in the capital in a bid to educate the students on climate change, where 40 students attended the event. “We are very proud and happy for the opportunity to share our experiences with the students. Tackling climate change .
ABACUS Distribution Systems (Brunei) Sdn Bhd launched its sixth holiday and travel fair yesterday at the Sutra Hall of Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong. The sixth annual Abacus Holiday Travel Fair was officiated by Awang Haji Mahmud bin Haji Mohd Daud, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications. The two-day fair will provide Abacus travel .
A BELAIT office was almost reduced to ashes if not for quick-thinking staffers who were able to swiftly put out a fire sparked by an overheated electrical socket. The fire quickly spread to the office curtain, but within minute, was extinguished, sparing the lives of everyone present. Sua Tian Leng, the owner of the office, .
THE safe haven to have a few swigs for people across the border (between Brunei and Limbang) was almost entirely destroyed during a Tuesday night fire. The middle section of the area – which housed a number of convenience shops, barbeque stalls and restaurants – was reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at .
KAWAII Tokyo is currently introducing the Brunei public to its range of skincare products at its branch located in The Mall, Gadong. Opening its doors until Sunday, the Japanese brand is simple yet effective and boasts to be the first Halal certified Japanese skincare line made with the finest quality non-animal-based ingredients as well as .
BRUNEIAN Pg Hj Abu Bakar Pg DP Hj Mohamad attended a gathering -cum pro-tern meeting to form an association entitled Ikatan Budaya Nusantara dan Antarabangsa (Ibunda) in Kuala Lumpur, recently. The aim of Ibunda is to explore cultural and family ties as well as the roots of ethnic populations in the region. Held at the .
TODAY tourist guides are true professionals, they have a passion and enthusiasm about the area they work in. They are true frontline ambassadors for the nations they work in. Very often, they are the locals that visitors will get to know well. They can either make or break a visitor’s impression and experience of a .
Shareen Han BRUNEI-MUARA THE Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday named floods and landslides as Brunei’s greatest threat, likely to affect the country’s socio-economic sectors. Speaking at the Brunei Economic Development Board’s (BEDB) “Forum on Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: What is at Stake?”, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Dewa Major .
Fitri Shahminan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN INBOUND tourism received a welcome boost yesterday when M/S Costa Classica made her maiden call to Brunei, the latest cruise ship calling at Muara Port. Ports Department Director Ang Kian Guan lauded cruise company Costa Crociere, of Italy, as yet another milestone for the department in attracting cruise vessels to .
Goh De No BRUNEI-MUARA BRUNEI should study how climate change would affect not only the economy, but the oil and gas sector, Suphachol Suphachalasai, an Asian Development Bank economist yesterday said. During a forum on the economics of climate change, the economist said, climate change “can affect different countries and Brunei should look beyond how .
