American Ambassador visits Scouts Headquarters
By Saiful Rizal

The reunion of the 1963 World Scout Jamboree in Greece in which Mr Gene B. Christy and Pehin Dato Hj Awg Ali attended

Hj Zainal Hj Ibrahim (L), the Chief National commissioner of the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association explaining some of the activities of the scouts in Brunei Darussalam to 
Mr Gene B. Christy (R) while Pehin Dato Hj Ali looks on

"Once a scout, always a scout." This was what a prominent scout leader said to his scouts. Mr Gene B. Christy, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Brunei visited the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association's Headquarters in Beribi yesterday afternoon.

Present to welcome the arrival of the ambassador was by Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Raja Dato Seri Paduka Hj Awg Mohd Ali bin Hj Awg Mohd Daud, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in his capacity as the President of the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association. Also present during yesterday's visit were Hj Zainal Hj Ibrahim, the Chief National Commissioner of the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association as well as other commissioners of scouts.

The ambassador, himself a scout, wanted to have a closer look of the scouts movement in the Sultanate and to get in touch with the local scouts scene. He was given a demonstration on the setting up of a camping tent and flagpole at the 5th floor of the Scouts' Headquarters.

Mr Gene B. Christy then moved to the 4th floor to view some of the exhibition on the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association's activities and later on moved to the VIP lounge for a light meal.

Yesterday was also some sort of a reunion for Mr Christy as he attended the 1963 World Scout Jamboree in Greece in which Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association also sent a few of their scouts to that international scouts gathering. Among the scouts that attended the gathering were Pehin Dato Hj Awang Mohd Ali and Awg Hj Abu Bakar.

The ambassador then signed the guest book and was presented some souvenirs from the Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association as a token of appreciation as this is the first time that the Scouts Headquarters received a visit from a foreign ambassador.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin