Princess To Grace Opening Ceremony
By Huraizah Ahmad

Bandar Seri Begawan – HRH Princess 'Azeemah Ni'matul Bolkiah, patron of the National Special Olympics of Brunei Darussalam, is expected to attend the opening ceremony of the first Special Olympics Asia-Pacific Bocce Competition to be held at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium on August 12.

Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the upcoming event, Hj Mahrub bin Hj Murni, disclosed this during a press conference for the upcoming event yesterday.

Also present to answer questions from the media were Hj Rushdi Hj Abd Latif from the Co-Curriculum Department at the Ministry of Education and Awang Rosmadi from the Community Development Department at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

According to Hj Mahrub, special athletes from theAsiaPacific region will arrive in the country on August 10 and they will be put up at the Sports Village in Berakas together with the local participants.

All participants will also be expected to go through a health and sports screening as well as final grouping before the day of competition.

Over 200 volunteers from various agencies as well as individuals will be helping out throughout the event. They include 75 trained personnel as judges and umpires, he added.

Malaysia will send 17 special athletes from Sarawak, 14 from Perak, 17 from Selangor, 11 from SO Beaufort, 13 from SO Sandakan and 17 from Labuan. Other participating countries include the Philippines with 17 participants, Thailand with 10 participants and Bangladesh with 13 participants. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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