Students Visit Merimbun Lake
By Jon Tampoi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 20 students of the Sayyidina Umar Al-Khatab Secondary School participated in the 2nd Outreach Programme organised by the Brunei Museums Department. This is the second school to be involved with the scientific studies programme.

Curator of Natural Studies, Brunei Museums Department, Samhan bin Nyawa, who is also manager of the park, greeted the students upon arrival. Also present were five teachers and rangers, of the park who acted as guides.

The students were divided into groups of four. The two-day programme saw the students staying at Purun Hall just by the hank of Merimbun Lake.

The Merimbun Lake, located in Tutong district, is an Ascan Heritage Park. It is a living archive of nature, natural medicine, history, flora and fauna.

For their project, the students observed the biodiversity of the natural landscape of the Merimbun Lake basin.

They studied insects, mammals, birds, fishes and botany. The Merimbun Lake is home to over 50 different varieties of fresh water fish apart from the crocodile. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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