NDP Holds Thanksgiving For Member Departing For Mecca
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - A thanksgiving ceremony was held at Limbaruh Hijau in Jerudong yesterday afternoon for a member of the National Development Party (NDP) who will be departing for Mecca this evening to perform Haj. Pg Hj Emran-Pg Hj Bugal and his wife will be joining some 2.5 million pilgrims worldwide for the annual mass gathering.

At the ceremony, he also received donations from the party, delivered by its president, Yasin Affandy.

A doa selamat, to seek blessings from Allah towards a safe passage, was read by NDP deputy secretary general Hj Abd Majid bin Hj Abd Hamid.

The event was also attended by NDP secretary general Hj Aminorashid Hj Ghazali, vice president for Seria and Kuala Belait branch Sulaiman Metarshad, and heads of bureaus and NDP members.

More than 900 local pilgrims performing Haj this year will leave the country for Mecca on one of four flights by national carrier Royal Brunei Airlines.

The first flight will leave today while the second flight on December 20, and third and fourth, December 22 and December 25.

Among the intending Haj pilgrims are the appointed medical team members from the Ministry of Health.

The ministry will also be providing medical services for local pilgrims while six medical officers, 19 nurses and a paramedic team are currently stationed in Mecca and Medinah.

Ten medical officers and three officers from the Haj Management Department left the country for Mecca on December 7 for initial preparations at the clinics and medical wards in Mecca and Medinah, to ensure that all medicines and medical logistics such as transportation and ambulance are arranged accordingly.

Intending pilgrims are, meanwhile, told to look after their health and advised to keep to a well-balanced diet.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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