The National Road Safety Council of Brunei Darussalam and Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) inked a memorandum of understanding for a collaboration effort to organize events relating to the Road Safety Awareness Campaign.

Signing on behalf of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Haji Awang Mohammad Taha in his capacity as the Chairman of NRSC, Ministry of Communication and signing on behalf of BIBD was Managing Director Mr Javed Ahmad.

Its first collaboration will be a walkathon to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2011 which will be held this Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien. The main objective of this event is to bring awareness to everyone about road safety. It also aims to educate the public about delivering the message of United Nation ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011 – 2020)’.

The event hopes to foster closer relationship among NGOs, the Government and other institutions to deliver positivity in road safety awareness and road traffic ethics to road users.

The admission to the walkathon is free and the distances are 4.5km for men and 3.5km for ladies. All participants have to do, is to be present at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien this Sunday, before 6am to register to take part. The walkathon is open to all ages.

Other than the walkathon, various awareness activities will be held, and one of the activities will be the importance and ways of checking your tyres regularly.This event is supported by the Ministry of Home Affairs and various companies from the private sector including the official Event Partner, Sunlit Advertising Sdn Bhd.

The panels of the press conference were Head of BIBD’s Corporate Social Responsibility Hjh Nurul Akmar Jaafar and Head of Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Communication, Hj Joharry bin Hj Abd Karim.

During the press conference, Hj Joharry revealed that up to today, 39 road fatalities have been recorded, an increase of 50 percent compared to the official figures last year of 26, bearing in mind that it is not even December yet. He also shared that statistics between January until November this year, nearly 50 percent of fatal road accidents involved youths between the ages of 18 and 30. Text and images courtesy of BIBD.

Javed Ahmad the Managing Director of BIBD and Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin, Chairman of NRSC

Javed Ahmad and Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin exchanging documents

Group photo with the organisers for this Sunday’s walk

Who will win Who’s Got Talent Season 3? Brought to you by b.mobile

Do try out Tasek Brasserie’s Churrasco promotion at Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam and experience a unique dining experience with a Brazilian Style Churrasco BBQ and it ends on the 10th December 2011.

All you have to do is relax and savour the moment while the Tasek Brasserie team will come to your table and slice the sizzling hot skewered beef, chicken or lamb directly to your plate.

Cameron Lawless, the Executive Chef and F&B Manager, came up with the idea for December food promotion. This all you can eat Brazilian style Churrasco is available for dinner only from 6:30pm to 10:00pm at BND 30 nett per adult and BND 10 nett per child. The best part is that all Baiduri Cardholers will be entitled to 20% discount.

For reservation, you can call 224 4272 or you can also comment on their Facebook and Twitter (@radissonbrunei).

Green means you want to be served while the Red means “no more serving” for skewered meat

A PRIZE presentation was held following the prize draw of Royal Brunei Catering’s (RBC) Malaysian Food Festival, at the Airport Restaurant recently.

Twelve lucky winners walked home with amazing prizes on that day.Siti Noor Mahfuzeah Hj Mohamed, Kamariah Hj Kasah and Hj Hamzah Hj Sabtu won themselves exclusive prizes in the form of one return air ticket with hotel package to Penang, one hotel package to Kuala Lumpur and one hotel package to Melaka respectively and were sponsored by Tourism Malaysia (Brunei).

The prizes were presented by Puan Jamilah Abd Halim, Director of Tourism Malaysia to Brunei. Hj Ahmad Sabli Hj Nawawi, Sharijah Hj Mohamed, Norhashimah Hj Nayan, Pg Fauziah Pg Hj Md Kifli, Rosedina Mat Salleh and Pg Hj Asmawey Pg Hj Osman won themselves hotel packages sponsored by Ri-Yaz Hotels and Resorts Sdn Bhd. The prizes were presented by RBC General Manager, Hj Omar Ali Hj Mohd Daud.

Hjh Masuayati Hj Abd Wahab, Lim Yee Siu and Lim Tze Kiong won themselves travel vouchers courtesy of Century Travel Centre Sdn Bhd. RBC conveyed its gratitude to the High Commission of Malaysia, BIBD, Ranoadidas and other partners for their support during the promotion period. Text by Zatty Joanda of The Brunei Times.

Last Sunday, The Brunei Hotel hosted to the 1st Canon Photo Shootout in Brunei, a competition open to photographers from all over Brunei. The competition was organised by the Interhouse Company, in association with Canon Singapore, with the aim of promoting photography as a hobby or profession and for people to enjoy ‘the true meaning of photography without software editing’.

Present to help judge the photos were experienced local photographers Hj Haranadi, Rudolf Portillo, Ong Heng Seng and David Yeo of Canon Singapore Pte Ltd. Also present was Vincent Goh, Deputy Managing Director, who gave an opening speech before the event started.

Participants were given three themes throughout the day, with only two hours to complete each theme, the first being ‘opposites’, the second ‘delicious’, and the third and final theme was ‘colours’.

The prizes up for grabs in each category were, for the first prize, a Canon EOS60D EFS 18-55mm Kit, a Canon IXUS300 HS for the second prize and a Canon Pixma MP276 all-in-one printer for third.

Theme A – ‘Opposite’:
1) Hassanal Sulaiman
2) Pg Hj Mohd Heries Pg Mohammed
3) Ang Chong Soon

Theme B – ‘Delicious’:
1) Rueben Chin 2) Saifulizam Zambor
3) Gerald Goh

Theme C – ‘colours’:
1) Awg Mahdini Hj Ahmad
2) Nordin Hj Barudin
3) Jeffri Mohammad

Mr Vincent Goh concluded the event by expressing the Interhouse Company and Canon Singapore’s desire to collaborate again next year and turn the event into an annual competition for aspiring photographers. Text by Jake Ten of Borneo Bulletin.

Mahdini won first place for Theme “Colours”

Gerald Goh (3rd place), Reubin Chin (1st place) for Theme “Delicious” and Jefri Mohammad came 3rd place in Theme “Colours”

Hassanal Sulaiman aka @adamsnaps won first place for Theme “Opposite”

The winning shot by Hassanal Sulaiman. This took him approximately 10-15 mins to execute

Saifulizam of The Brunei Times came 2nd in Theme “Delicious” and posing with Vincent Goh of Interhouse Company