Pekira To Hold Study Tour To Pontianak
By RosliAbidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Ex-civil Servants Association (Pekira) is set to organise a study tour to Pontianak, Indonesia by coach from June 12-19.

Aimed at educating participants on the cooperative operations as well as visiting places of interest, the tour package is priced at $350 per person, inclusive of return air-conditioned coach ride between Brunei and Pontianak and twin-sharing hotel accommodations at various locations during the journey as well as insurance coverage while in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Pekira members will be given a 20 per cent discount on the package, and for each person who signs up for the tour, $10 of the proceeds will be donated to the Pekira fund.

Open to the public, interested participants need to pay a deposit of $50 before May 6, while organisers expect full payments by June 3. For more details on the tour, call the organisers at 8753130.

Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province, is located on the Borneo island, near the South China Sea. A leading port and trading centre of west Borneo, the city exports copra, rubber, timber, and palm oil.

Organisers said the journey will commence from the capital on June 12 at 7 am, passing Sungai Tujuh and Niah, before arriving at a rest stop in Sibu.

On June 13, the tour will depart from Sibu to Pontianak via various towns in Sarawak including Seri Arran and Serian. The coach is expected to arrive at the Sarawak border post of Tebedy at 11.30 am before entering Entikong in West Kalimantan.

From Entikong, the group will be transported to Ngabang and arrive in Pontianak on the same day.

On June 14, participants will visit the Cooperative Office of West Kalimantan where they will receive a briefing.

The group will then move on to various successful cooperatives in Pontianak.

The following day, the group will visit various places of interest, including the museum, Equatorial Monument, Lidah Buaya Farm, ancient mosques and Pontianak Palace.

On June 16, participants will travel to Kota Singkawang and Mempawah where they will visit the Longan Farm and Handicraft Centre.

The next day, the group will visit the ancient gravesite of a Brunei Sultan at Sambas.

The group will depart on June 18 to Singkawang where they will rest at a hotel before the journey home the following day and arrive in the capital at 7 pm. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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