Oct 2006

NEWS ARCHIVE 2006

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Friday, 27th October 2006

Bandar Seri Begawan - A heavy downpour failed to dampen the spirits of some 43,843 well-wishers yesterday as they waited in line to exchange Hari Raya greetings with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Her Majesty Raja Isteri Pg Anak Hjh Saleha and Her Royal Highness Pg Isteri Azrinaz Mazhar binti Hakim Mazhar on the second day of a three-day open house at Istana Nurul Iman. ...FULL STORY

Brunei Times Version: A Record Number Of Well-Wishers

Related Stories: Sultan Meets People At Istana Open House | All Roads Leads To Nurul Iman | Close To 44,000 Greet The Royalty

Big Firms Eye BEDB
Project

Kuala Lumpur - Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, a conglomerate listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia and the country's sixth largest construction company, is believed to have emerged as one of the leading candidates to bag a potential multi-billion dollar contract to help develop an industrial park in Brunei, Malaysia's Business Times reported quoting sources.
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Burst Of Colour On Hari Raya Dazzles Foreign Diplomats
Bandar Seri Begawan - Foreign diplomats find this year's Hari Raya Aidil Fitri celebrations as colourful as ever, with some corners of the Sultanate dazzling as never before. ...FULL STORY

Related Story: Sultan greets state dignitaries, envoys

Land Transport Dept To Be Privatised
Bandar Seri Begawan - To cater to the increasing demand for an efficient public transportation and to actively upgrade the system in order to provide a more effective service to the public, the Land Transport Department under the Ministry of Communications will be corporatised and privatised before 2010. ...FULL STORY

Related Story: Land Department To Go Private

Brunei Capital

WORLD REPORT SPECIAL

U.S. considers adding troops in Baghdad
Baghdad - Two weeks before U.S. midterm elections, American officials unveiled a timeline Tuesday for Iraq's Shiite-led government to take specific steps to calm the world's most dangerous capital and said more U.S. troops might be needed to quell the bloodshed.

SPORTS

Project To Go For Gold
Bandar Seri Begawan - It's not mission impossible but yet Brunei Darussalam's athletes still find it difficult to obtain more gold medals in the many sporting international competitions for the past years.

YOUR HEALTH

Exercise helps smokers quit, study concludes
Washington - Want to quit smoking? Hit the gym.

OTHER REPORTS

Toddler gets stuck in vending machine
Wisconsin - Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine.

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