His
Majesty putting his signature on
cake at the
Royal Brunei Catering booth. Looking
on is HRH the Crown Prince
Bandar
Seri Begawan - His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
yesterday consented to launch
two momentous events - the
'Brunei Halal Brand' and the
official opening of the 2nd
International Halal Products
Expo (IHPE) 2007 at
International Convention Centre
in Berakas.
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Bandar Seri Begawan -
There has been a notable
increase in the prices of some food
items recently, which is unwelcome
news for entrepreneurs in the bakery
business who have been stocking up
on inventory for the upcoming Hari
Raya festivities.
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Pehin
Dato Haji Awang Abdul Rahman bin Dato
Setia Haji Mohd Taib
Maths, ICT To Be
Taught In English For Pri 1-3
Bandar Seri Begawan - From next year Mathematics and
Information Communication Technology (ICT) will be taught in the
English language for Primary 1 to 3 in schools throughout the
country.
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Red Tape Stalling Halal Sector
Brunei-Muara - Cut red tape that
is stalling the progress of the
country's halal industry, a former
education minister said in an interview
yesterday with The Brunei Times on the
sidelines of the International Halal
Products Expo.
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Iraq leader seeks help
in Saddam's home
Baghdad - Iraq's Shiite prime minister carried an appeal for
unity to Saddam Hussein's hometown Friday and told Sunni tribal
chieftains that all Iraqis must join to crush al-Qaida in Iraq and
extremist Shiite militias "to save our coming generations."
Princess AT
Badminton
Tourney
Bandar Seri
Begawan -
The 4th Brunei
Secondary
Schools and
Colleges Sport
Festival for
badminton kicked
off yesterday at
the Menglait
Sports Complex
with eight
schools and
colleges vying
for honours in
the girls' and
boys'
categories.
'à' and other strange
names enter Chinese language
Beijing - There might be millions of characters in the
Chinese language, but English letters and even symbols are
increasingly being used as names in China.