January 2005

NEWS ARCHIVE 2004

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Wednesday, 2nd February 2005

Sultan Pilots
Chopper To Get aerial
view of ravaged Aceh

Banda Aceh – His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, left early yesterday morning for Aceh to personally observe the effects of the earthquakes and the giant tsunami waves that hit the province recently. ...FULL STORY

Related News: His Majesty Visits Tsunami-Hit Aceh | His Majesty Gets Firsthand Look In Aceh

13 Foreigners Held At Vegetable
Stalls In Sengkurong Raid

Bandar Seri Begawan - Thirteen foreigners were ordered to report to the Immigration Enforcement Unit after being issued with special passes during a raid yesterday at the Pasar Tani Setenaga in Sengkurong....FULL STORY

Master Plan Amended To Develop Country Lands In 25 Years
Bandar Seri Begawan - Amendments to Brunei’s Master Plan 1987 and other related Acts are in the pipeline designed to develop more town and country lands in 25 years. ...FULL STORY

Brunei Capital

Foreign Workers In The Sultanate Bemoan Unpaid Salary
Bandar Seri Begawan - Several foreign workers employed by the private sector have expressed concern over their long overdue salary. ...FULL STORY

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

Allawi woos minorities with call for unity
Baghdad - Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, reached out to the country's ethnic and religious minorities yesterday and called for a spirit of national unity in the wake of Sunday's historic election.

SPORTS

Top soccer stars honoured
Bandar Seri Begawan - It was the night for the "best among the best" as top local football stars were honoured in the "B-League Awards 2004".

YOUR HEALTH

Study: Smoking harms women more than men
Amsterdam - Cigarette smoking is more harmful to women than to men, cutting more than a decade off female smokers' life expectancy but much less for their male peers.

OTHER REPORTS

Police bare teeth to boost public image
Manila - Philippine police with bad teeth got something to grin about Monday when President Arroyo's husband handed out free dentures to improve the confidence and public image of the national force.