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The countdown to the semi-finals and finals of Who’s Got Talent is heating up as the Top 20 Who’s Got Talent is going to battle it out at The Airport Mall. The semi-finals will be on the 10th December while the finals will be on the 11th December this weekend.

Who will take the crown in the 3rd season?

Some of the finalists of Who’s Got Talent being interviewed at Pelangi FM last weekend

Donate through SMS for Thailand and Cambodia victims

Background Thailand Disaster: Since July 2011, Thailand was hit by the flood where a third of the country was flooded with water. The incident has killed about 527 people and affects more than 2.5 million people. Skin Disease “fungi” and “athlete’s foot” have also occurred due to flood.

Background Cambodia Disaster: Since early August 2011, Cambodia suffers the flood caused by heavy rainfall in the isolated areas of the Mekong River, Laos and Thailand. The flood has affected 17 out of 24 districts of the country. At least 247 people were killed, 1.5 million people were affected and 100.00 families were left homeless.

Needs: The victims are currently in great need of basic assistance such as food aid, water, medicines, temporary tents and other emergency assistance.

To donate please visit our B.World Portal ( type portal.bmobile.com.bn at your handset browser) or SMS BANTU1, BANTU5, BANTU10, BANTU15 or BANTU20 and send to 38111. They kindly invite B-Mobile customers to donate and 100% of the donation will go to the Donation fund and no charges will be incurred for the SMS service.

United Motors Sdn Bhd announced the Brunei Champion of the Global PROTON Grand Prix VIP Challenge Online Contest. In total, there were more than 1,000 online entries for Brunei, for the period of the contest from 15th July to 15th October, 2011.

Pg Abd Momim Pg Hj Ahmad is the lucky local winner having purchased a PROTON. He received 5 additional rounds to participate in the online contest to score himself a perfect score in the fastest time. Mr. Alfred Yong, Executive Director of United Motors, presented the prize to Pg Abd Momim at the United Motors Batu Bersurat Showroom.

As part of the prize package, Pg Abd Momim receives two tickets to attend the adrenalin-packed action of Formula One in the Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix in 2012 inclusive of two roundtrip airfare tickets and hotel accommodation.

An additional five Brunei participants, outperformed the other global contestants, whose scores in the PROTON contest qualified them to take home a prize each from the 156 consolation prizes being offered consisting of iPad2, PROTON merchandise and LOTUS merchandise. Congratulations to Suhardi Marsal, Noor Azrin Hj Ahad, Bahrin Haji Hamdani, Abdul Aziz Hj Masri and Sheikh Helmi Rahman.

Also 50 residents of Brunei received special edition PROTON Motorsports Wristband USB Drive for answering quiz questions about PROTON conducted by United Motors in conjunction with RTB Radio stations.

“United Motors is pleased to have supported and conducted this fun, exciting contest for the people of Brunei and PROTON car owners. We are dedicated to continue to uphold and execute on our commitment to delivering excellence always in product, service and activities,” said Mr. Yong.

Mr Yong added, “Furthermore, in just a short six months of the PROTON relaunch, we are reaching yet another milestone. We are please to announce the opening of the new branch of United Motors in Kuala Belait. We invite everyone to come celebrate with us at the Grand Opening of United Motors Kuala Belait Branch on Friday, 9th December, 2011.”

The winners of the Global PROTON Grand Prix VIP Challenge Online Contest. Image courtesy of United Motors.

The opening of the new branch on 9th December at Kuala Belait

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After diving it their all on stage, STPRI’s rendition of the song “Popular” from the Broadway musical “Wicked” won the hearts of the judges at the Laneige Broadway Musical Charity Competition 2011 to claim the champion’s title.

Intended as platform to expose students’ talents as well as English Language speaking skills, the competition also saw the champion grabbing the Best Choreography and Best Vocal awards.

First runner-up was Sultan Hassan Secondary School with “Consider Yourself’ (Oliver!), followed by SOAS College with “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King), which also won the Most Creative Adaptation award.

Sayyidina Hassan Secondary School took the Best Stage Management award for their Little Mermaid – Under the Sea props, while Rimba and PAP Hjh Masna Secondary Schools won the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, respectively.

The 19 participating schools were each represented by 25 students who performed songs from various musicals such as Aladdin, West Side Story, High School Musical, Grease, Oliver!, Mama Mia!, Hairspray, The Lion King, Wicked, the Sound of Music, Little Mermaid and Enchanted.

The Marketing Executive of Laneige, Pat Li, noted that ideas, innovation and creativity do not come out of the blue as it requires discipline, exposure, discussion, brainstorming and knowledge from all possible positive directions and guidelines from teachers and coaches in the schools. Text courtesy of Lyna Mohamad of Borneo Bulletin.