Book Fair Opens At Indoor Stadium Tomorrow
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 75 booths of 45 participants representing local and regional book dealers, distributors, publishers, vendors and IT establishments, are set to open the Brunei Book Fair 2005 tomorrow at the Indoor Stadium, Hassanal Bolkiah Sports Complex, Berakas.

The book fair is organised by the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in conjunction with the 21st National Day celebration.

Participants of the annual book exhibition come from Malaysia, Singapore and Jordan as well as local establishments.

An elaborate opening ceremony is set to take place tomorrow at 9am until about 11.30am.

The organising co-secretary of the fair, Hidop Hj Md Zin told the Borneo Bulletin at the rehearsal for the opening ceremony yesterday afternoon that there are plenty of side events that call for public participation at the fair.

"Colouring and drawing competition, quiz, mind tests, stage activities, jawi writing competition, gulingtangan and youth club performance, theatre plays, tausyeh and many more that are designed to make the fair so lively and entertaining.

"Students 'and the public can also purchase DBP books at rock-bottom prices," he said.

The ten-day fair is expected to be visited by book and technology lovers, including students as in past years.

It will be open from 8.30am to 10pm daily except Friday where it will open from 8.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 10pm.

"Its objectives include to increase greater appreciation of books and to bring together e-learning providers under one roof to enable these group of people not only to appreciate books but also the state-of the-art teaching and learning aids such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education," lie added.

He said the book fair is a great opportunity for exhibitors to promote their latest publications and products as well as a better way for them to advertise their companies.

"Over the years, our book fair has grown to become an acknowledged regional buyer-seller meeting ground for the consumer books and ICT segments.

The exhibition has grown in stature, size and visitor turn-out ever since it began, in line with the growth of the local book market," he said. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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