TECOBD contributes books to UBD
By CT Hj Mahmod

Mr. James Chu presenting books to the Vice Chancellor of UBD, Dr Hj Ismail bin Hj Duraman

More books have been donated to the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD). Yesterday morning, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Brunei Darussalam (TECOBD) donated two sets of 15 books to the Language Centre of UBD.

It was held at UBD's Administration Building.

Dr. Hj Ismail bin Hj Duraman, Vice Chancellor of UBD, expressed his great appreciation to the representative of TECOBD, Mr. James Chu, who presented the books on behalf of TECOBD.

Also present were Datin Hajjah Rosnan Hj Ramly, Director of UBD's Language Centre (Faculty of Languages) as well as officers from both the university and TECOBD.

The fifteen books, written in the Mandarin language consist of these following topics: 'Old Taiwan' (by pictures), 'Taiwan History' (by pictures), 'Taiwan Folk Stories', 'Songs and Dances of Taiwan's Indigenous Tribes', 'Story of Taiwan's Folk Songs', 'Taiwan novels in Chinese and English', 'Taiwan Four Season Encyclopaedia' (for children), 'Taiwan Train', 'Taiwan foods', 'National Parks of Taiwan', 'Wild Flowers of Taiwan', 'The Flowers of Taiwan's Cities', 'Dictionary of Taiwanese Dialect', 'Comics of Taiwan History', and 'Island in the Stream'.

"These books can be used as a reference book or reading materials for those students who are interested in the past history or present development of Taiwan," Mr. James Chu explained.

"The books shall provide profound information about the history, scenery, folksongs, customs and food of Taiwan," he added.

He also gave a brief detail about his homeland, saying that "Taiwan is a highly developed country whereby, Taiwan was a rural economy 50 years ago.

Now, it's a strong and dynamic industrial country, which is ranked as the 14th largest trading country and the 19th largest economy in the world today."

Taiwan with the population of about 23 million is now a major manufacturer of products related to textile, petrochemical and information technology industries.

He hopes that the students of UBD will find the books interesting and useful.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin