Museum Honours Brunei's Women Broadcasters

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Department of Brunei Museums has organised a project entitled "An Oral History of the Past Experiences of Women Broadcasters in Radio Brunei".

It was held in conjunction with the International Museum Day.

Two prominent women radio announcers were invited to share their experience with the audience.

The project is part of the archive department's effort to compile the oral history collection based on the experiences of Pengiran Hajah Intan Binti Pengiran Datu Penghulu Pengiran Haji Apong and Pengiran Hajah Mariam Binti Pengiran Metali, two women pioneers in the Radio Brunei Service from the 1950's onwards.

Pengiran Hajah Intan's career at Radio Brunei involved working as an announcer newscaster and programme producer.

She was involved in 'Bintang Radio' and 'Aneka Hiburan' programes recorded in and outside the studio, as well as conducted interviews around towns and villages.

Her last post involved the duties of vision mixer, master control room director and head of planning and performances.

Meanwhile Pengiran Hajah Mariam started her career as an announcer with Radio Brunei in the late 50's.

Among her duties were producing women's, youth and religious programmes, radio dramas, short stories for children and entertaining song dedications.

She was also a coordinator for Malay programs in the 70's.

She was promoted to senior producer, and later headed the Malay radio section until her retirement in 1994,

The department hopes to promote and honour government officers through the oral history collection, which will be updated from time to time. It also hopes to put together a source of research and knowledge for the public, particularly students.

It was also aimed to bring to mind the services rendered by the officers as well as their past experiences to motivate the future generations. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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