Brunei Students Leave For Saudi Camp

Bandar Seri Begawan – For the first time, ten male students, six from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and four from the Brunei Institute of Technology were selected to participate in the International University Students Camp programme which will be held in Saudi Arabia.

They left Brunei yesterday.

Present at the airport to bid them farewell were the Minister of Religious Affairs, Pehin Dato Dr Ustaz Haji Awang Mohammad Zain and Deputy Minister of Education, Dato Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Esam A. Abid Al-Thagafi.

In an interview with Radio Television Brunei, Esam A. Abid AI-Thagafi, the Saudi Arabian envoy said that the main objective of the programme was to connect students from all over the Islamic world to communicate and exchange views.

Prior to their departure, the Ministry of Religious Affairs gave the students briefings and a Haj course.

The students from various faculties are among those from ten countries all over the world participating in the camp programme for international Islamic youths organised by the Saudia Arabia government.

The two-week programme, which began yesterday, will end on February 11. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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