Crown Prince Hails Charity Fetes For Tsunami Survivors

Bandar Seri Begawan – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haji Al-Muthadee Billah has expressed happiness at local efforts to raise funds and other forms of assistance for the tsunami victims.

All these, the Crown Prince pointed out, demonstrated noble characteristics of the Brunei people which should be upheld.

His Royal Highness made the remark yesterday afternoon at a doa selamat and appreciation ceremony for volunteers and donors of the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation Initiative Humanitarian Relief Fund for Tsunami Victims in Aceh.

The Crown Prince was greeted upon arrival at the International Convention Centre in Berakas by Pehin Dato Haji Awang Abdul Aziz, Minister of Education and Chairman of the Yayasan Administrative Board, and Pehin Dato Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin, Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

Accompanying the Crown Prince at the function was His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik.

The function commenced with the recitation of the Surah Al-Fatihah led by Pehin Imam Dato Ustaz Awang Haji Abdul Hamid bin Bakal.

In his welcoming address, Pehin Dato Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin said that the many initiatives taken to help the victims showed overwhelming sympathy of the rakyat and residents of Brunei toward the Aceh survivors.

The Crown Prince said that he welcomed the Foundation’s initiative to deliver assistance to Aceh, which signified Brunei’s care and deep sympathy.

He said that apart from achieving its objective, the initiative of the Foundation has also given valuable experience in forming ideas, planning, coordination and most importantly its implementation.

This had involved the logistic support of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and Royal Brunei Airlines.

To all those concerned residents of the Sultanate, His Royal Highness expressed his appreciation and gratitude.

The Crown Prince then presented the appreciation certificates to 356 volunteers, of whom 78 were directly involved with the humanitarian mission in Aceh.

The volunteers consisted of the Armed Forces personnel as well as the medical officers from the Ministry of Health.

Several members of the media also received their appreciation certificates for their role in bringing to Brunei the pictures and stories of the country’s humanitarian mission in Aceh.

To bless the event, Doa Selamat was read by Pehin Imam Dato Ustaz Awang Haji Abdul Hamid.

Before taking leave at the ceremony, His Royal Highness received the junjung ziarah from the volunteers. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

Click Here To Have Your Say On This Story

Brudirect.com News