Congratulatory messages

His Majesty, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Negara Brunei Darussalam, has consented to receive congratulatory messages from Heads of State and Foreign Dignitaries on the occasion of the 19th National Day Celebration, 2003. Among them are: 1.His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agung Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail, of Malaysia; 2. His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand; 3. His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of Oman; 4. Her Majesty Queen Koningin Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgrad of Netherlands; 5. His Majesty King Carl XVI Gusdaf of Sweden; 6. His Royal Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; 7. His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Essa Al-Hussein, King of Bahrain; 8. His Royal Highness Preah Bat Samedech Norodom Sihanouk The King of Cambodia.

9. Mrs Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of Republic of Philippines; 10. President Khamtay Siphandone of People's Democratic Republic of Laos; 11. President Kim Dae-Jung of the Republic of Korea; 12. President Johannes Rau of the Federal Republic of Germany; 13. President Vladimir Putin of Russia; 14. President Pascal Couchepin of the Swiss Confederation; 15. President Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria; 16. President Guido De Marco of Malta; 17. President Thomas Klestil of the Federal Republic of Austria; 18. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Republic of Maldives; 19. President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus; 20. President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia; 21 President Aleksander Kwansniewski of the Republic Of Poland; 22. President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico; 23. President A.P.J Abdul Kalam of India.

24. General Pervez Musharraf, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; 25. Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed, President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; 26. President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China; 27. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of the Republic of Tunisia; 28. President S. R Nathan of the Republic of Singapore; 29. President Megawati Soekarnoputri of the Republic of Indonesia; 30 President George W. Bush of the United States of America.

31. The Right Honourable Peter Hollingworth, Governor-General of Australia.

32. Prime Minister Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Mohammad of Malaysia; 33 Prime Minister Bounnhand Vorachit of the People's Democratic Republic of Lao; 34. Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia; 35 Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain; 36. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore; 37. Prime Minister Phan Van Khai of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; 38. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi Republic of Tunisia.

39. Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations; 40. Dr Abdelouahed Belkeziz, Secretary General Organisation of Islamic Conference.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin