Top Tutong District students awarded
By Abd Hamid HAR

Guest of honour presents a prize to one of the students at the ceremony.

Guest of honour (R) receives a souvenir during the prize presentation ceremony.

As a means to motivate as well as celebrate the achievements of the PSR 2003 students, the Tutong District Office held a presentation ceremony for the excellent students of PSR 2003 for government and non-government schools in the District. The event was held at the Community Hall and was organised by the Department of Schools in the Tutong District as well as the Committee of Principals and Deputy Principals. The event was sponsored by Islamic Bank of Brunei Bhd (IBB).

The guest of honour who also presented the awards to the students was Pehin Dato Hj Awg Ali bin Hj Mohd Daud in his capacity as the Executive Director of IBB. Also present was Awg Hj Mutalip bin Hj Idris, the Tutong District Officer. Also in attendance were senior government officials as well as IBB representatives.

The event began with an opening speech by the Chairman of the Organising Committee, Cikgu Abdul Kani bin Abdullah which was followed by a speech from the guest of honour.

Prizes were awarded to students in 5 different categories. Category A was for students who scored 5 'A's. As many as 15 students achieved the said result. As for Category B, which is Best Student, as many as 24 students received an award. Category C is for other students that have achieved 5As in which 12 students received prizes. This year, no school was able to obtain the prize set out for Category D, which is the best school with at least 10 students getting 5 'A's. In Category E, which is the school with the most students that have achieved 5As, are the Muda Hashim Primary School for the government schools and PERTAMA school for the non-government schools.

The event ended with a traditional dance by the students from the Bukit Beruang Primary School, Tutong II and also an English drama performance presented by Lubok Pulau Primary School, Tutong II. The ceremony ended with a doa selamat.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin