By Laila Rahman
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Norhajijah with her newborn. Pix by Haji Minor Absah
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First time mother Mainizah bte Hj Awang.
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Sio Ak Mandoh gives birth to her fifth child.
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With New Year's Day celebrated the world over, it was an added
joy when the Bulletin learned yesterday that there were nine
babies born, 4 boys and 5 girls.
The first in the capital was a
local baby girl born at 1.55 am. Weighed 3.11 kilogrammes, it
was Sio Ak Mandoh's fifth child.
The second, also a baby girl,
was born at 6.42 am. It was, incidentally, Norhajijah bte Haji
Md Yassin's fifth child. The baby weighed at 3.7 kilogrammes.
Young Mainizah bte Haji Awang
gave birth to a baby at 7.23 am. Weighed at three kilogrammes,
the baby girl was the 19-year-old's first child.
Another baby, this time a boy,
was delivered at 1.10 am by foreigner Rem Charaf, 23.
There were also two newborns in
Kuala Belait, delivered by Zaliha bte Dzolkefli and Stacy Ak
Tingang.
An estimated 500 babies are
born in Brunei each month.
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