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Labuan officers on goodwill visit
to Brunei
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Dato'
Hj Suhaili (left) meets the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei
Darussalam Tan Sri Mohd Jamil Johari. Photo: Norizan Murshid
A total of seven officers from Labuan,
Malaysia representing top-level officials of Labuan Corporation are
currently in the Sultanate for a goodwill visit and to improve
cooperation with a relevant agency towards making the two countries
potential tourist attraction.
The group was led by Labuan Member of
Parliament and Chairman of Labuan Corporation Dato' Hj Suhaili bin Hj
Abd Rahman. They visited the Malaysian High Commission in Brunei
Darussalam as well as the Department of Brunei Tourism and the
Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources.
The visitors, who arrived on Monday,
are also here to extend their invitation to the people of Brunei to
visit the island during the Labuan Weekend Carnival, which is
scheduled to take place from August 7 to 8 and August 21 to 22.
"Booths selling a myriad of products
can be found along Jalan OKK Awang Besar, which will be closed on both
dates to accommodate the carnival," said Malai Hashim Malai Hassan, an
officer of the Labuan Corporation.
"Bruneians are invited to the
carnival where a variety of items and products will be on sale," he
added. "The carnival would commence at 6.30 am and close at 10 pm."
He added that the Labuan delegation
and Brunei Tourism also discussed about the two prospective events in
Labuan International Sea Challenge (LISC) 2005 that may need the
participation of Brunei.
"The two events are the proposals for
Cross Sea Swimming competition and Jetski Racing that would be flagged
off in Brunei and end in Labuan," he said.
The Cross Sea Swimming competition
was suggested by the Director General of Brunei Tourism, Sheikh
Jamaludin Sheikh Mohamad, to the concerned Labuan Corporation officer,
Malai Hashim, when the latter visited the department.
Courtesy
of Borneo Bulletin
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