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His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei with Barrack Obama, President of the United States during the ASEAN Summit 2013 at Cambodia. Today there will be a live titah from His Majesty on RTB1 and RTB International at 6:15pm later. And yes, Brunei will be chairing the ASEAN Summit 2013 and yes, very likely President Obama will be coming to Brunei. Image courtesy of AP.

Pehin Abdullah being briefed during the “Walkabout for a cause”

Will this be a yearly event? It’s a good start indeed as Baiduri Finance (Baiduri Bank Berhad) joined forces with Brunei National Road Safety Council in creating a good gimmick event to raise awareness of road safety as well as remembering the victims of road traffic. For your information, 18th October is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and Baiduri Finance held a major event last Sunday to commemorate the significance.

More than 3,000 people participated in “Walkabout for a cause” which took place at Jerudong Park Playground and there were 30 pitstops for participants to gather clues related to the road safety. This, in a way, is a good exercise to remind the public on road traffic regulations, the dos and the donts and also learn about relevant agencies that are involved in this campaign. Judging from the responses from the participants, this is one successful event and I won’t be surprised if this event will have another go again next year. Well done, Baiduri Finance!!

Prior to the start of the walkabout, a minute of silence was observed in remembrance of those who have lost their lives as a result of road accidents in Brunei. After a brief warm up session, participants were flagged off category by category by the guest of honour, Yang Berhormat, Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, the Minister of Communications. Also present was YAM Pg Anak Muda Abdul Mu’min and Pierre Imhof, the Director of Baiduri Finance and CEO of Baiduri Bank Berhad.

I shall be posting the results in my next posts on the winners of the respective category. Pierre Imhof said that this event was a success and the most important thing is they have fun while learning about the regulations of road traffic and apply it to their daily lives especially when they are driving. It is true sometimes we take for granted that we know the rules but we don’t know what the traffic laws are exactly but only using common sense.

Well done, Baiduri and the event partners on the wonderful event. I’ve never seen a playground painted in yellow as it was the official t-shirts for the activities. Looking forward for next year. More pictures to follow too.

Pierre Imhof enjoying his walk during the event