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A Night Of Festivity
By James Kon
Bandar Seri
Begawan - The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, BSB, one of the
largest business associations in the Sultanate, on Friday evening
celebrated the Mooncake Festival with a grand dinner and various
performances at the Songkat Hall of the Riqun International Hotel, The
Mall.
More than 1,200 people from the
Chinese community attended the event organised by the Youth
Entrepreneurship council and the Female Entrepreneurship council of
the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Among the invited guests attending
the event were Pehin Kapitan Lela DirajaAwg Gob King Chin, Pehin
Bendahari China Awg Onn Siew Siong, Mr Robert Koh, the President of
the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and other local prominent
businessmen.
In Mr Robert Koh's welcoming speech,
he applauded the organising committee for the great success of the
event.
He also mentioned that the dinner was
aimed at raising the Chinese Chamber of Commerce's education fund for
students.
Meanwhile, during the co-chairperson
of the organising committee Miss Koh Bee Moi's remarks she wished
everyone a happy Mooncake Festival.
The event began with the cutting of
ribbon by contributors to the education fund and was followed by the
handing over of Education of Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Apart from various dance and song
performances, the audiences were also treated to a fashion show.
The festive night concluded with a
lucky draw of B$15,000 to the education fund.
Miss Shirley Jong Siew Feh, the
chairperson of the Female Entrepreneurship council, and Mr Lim Ting
Guan, the chairman of the Youth Entrepreneurship council, presented
the mock cheque to Mr Lee Eng Hong, the Head. --
Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
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