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