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Bandar Sei Begawan - Local artistes entertained the crowd of shoppers and on lookers who gathered at Giant Hypermarket as part of a pre-event lined up for the upcoming "Rapsodi Live" with songs and dance performances Friday night.

The event is also part of the "RTB sentiasa Bersama bisikita" roadshow and was jointly sponsored by Giant Hypermarket and Soto Rindu Restaurant, which aims to showcase RTB's products and allow the public to take a closer look at the programs and advancements RTB has made in the broadcasting arena.

The guest of honor Hj Mahrub bin Haji Murni, Acting Director of RTB expressed his appreciation to those involved in making the event a success and gave special -thanks to the joint sponsors.

He added that the event was also intended to evaluate the publics view on RTB's website, RTB city "www.rtb.gov.bn.

The guest of honor presents a token of appreciation to one of the joint sponsors of the event gov’t which provides updates on television programs, news and many other RTB products.

The 17th Rapsodi 2008, will be held on November 28 and promotes the good relations between Singapore and Brunei. The concert is also one of five annual co-productions under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of broadcasting where a joint technical committee meeting and a gala variety show are held every year, alternating between Radio Television Brunei and Singapore's MediaCorp TVI2's Suria channel.

Rapsodi is one of the highlights under the Brunei-Singapore MoU on Broadcasting Cooperation. This year's concert will be jointly hosted. The line-up from Brunei includes performances by Maya, Raapulrizal, Suzann, Normazlina, and Ak.Amilin. Singaporean Artist performers include Nurun, Hefty Sharlene, Elfee, Khairul Anwar, Didi Cazli. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin