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Wednesday, 21st June 2000

A BRUISED AND BATTERED ALLEGED FIREBUG IN COURT FOR KAMPONG AYER FIRE


Roslan bin Usop @ Mohd Yusof


Bandar Seri Begawan – An alleged young firebug looking bewildered, bruised and battered and terribly out of sorts caused a sensation when he appeared in court yesterday charged with setting fire to 11 Brunei Water Village homes on June 5.                                  ...FULL STORY

DST UPGRADES EASI 
SERVICE


From left: Awang Saifulbahri bin Pehin Dato Haji Jaya, Deputy Managing Director, DST Communications; Pengiran Haji Mohd. Zin bin Pengiran Damit, DST Group Managing Director; Dato Seri Paduka Dr. Haji Ahmad bin Haji Jumat, Deputy Minister of Education/Chairman of DST Group of Companies; Mr. Raymond Tan, President, Singapore & Brunei, Service Provider Networks for Lucent Technology International Inc and Mr. Michael Riley, Assistant Vice-President Customer. Development/Programme Management for GSM UMTS.


EASI card service, the country's prepaid card service was further upgraded with the signing of a $7 million agreement between DST Technology Sdn Bhd and Lucent Technologies World Services Inc yesterday at Orchid Garden hotel. The upgrade will allow a capacity of 80,000 subscribers.                       
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APEC-WLN 2000 MEET 
A SUCCESS


The joint press conference on APEC-WLN 2000 after the closing ceremony yesterday. Pix by Cedrina Clark


The APEC WLN 2000 meeting highlighted issues raised in the recommendations and resolutions presented during the meeting, which is hoped to be pursued during the currently ongoing APEC SME Business Forum, said Datin Hjh Mohd Noor, President of the Council of Women. of Brunei Darussalam yesterday.          
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From left, Pehin Dato Paduka Awg Hj Mohammad Ali, Pehin Dato Abd Rahman Taib, Dato Paduka Hj Hamdillah and Dato Paduka Hj Awg Selamat Hj Munap at the APEC SME 2000 convention yesterday.


HELP US TO HELP YOU

Brunei yesterday came out with its biggest show of commitment to champion the cause of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in this era of globalisation by kicking-off what can be described as the biggest international convention of SMEs ever held.



Philip Morris Group of Companies Brunei Art Awards 2000 Jurors' Choice Winners (front row, L-R): Hj Md. Abidin bin Hj. Rashid and Pg. Timbang bin Pg. Hj Tuah. Back row L-R: Pg Anak Md Yusuf bin Pg Anak Hj Sallehuddin, Marsidi bin Omar and Ali Hj. Abd Rahim.


BRUNEI ARTISTS HONOURED

The Philip Morris Brunei Art Awards presentation ceremony was held at Dewan Air Muleh, Brunei Arts and Handicraft Centre yesterday to honour the 30 most distinctive works of art by local Bruneian artists.

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