HRH Pengiran Anak Sarah

But the Bruneian princess, HRH Pengiran Anak Sarah, the wife of the Crown Prince HRH Pengiran anak Al-Muhtadee Billah did all that for a good cause -- to voluntarily save those who needed blood most.

For yesterday was World Blood Donation Day. It is celebrated every June 14, officially declared a historical day and marked by the World Health Organisation since 2005.

The Bruneian Princess who is a University of Brunei student appeared at the blood donation centre at the RIPAS Hospital with eight of her colleagues from the Army cadet platoon to give their blood voluntarily yesterday.

Health minister Haji Suyoi said, "Donating one's blood not only saves lives, it also gives a sense of great satisfaction to donors knowing that their blood is used by those who really need it."

Brunei is lucky to have one of the safest blood supply systems in the world, he added.

Meanwhile Chief Scientific Officer at the RIPAS hospital, Hajah Siti Aisah, said that blood donors with the rhesus negative blood type are difficult to find here, resulting in high demand.

Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess was born on April 9 1987 as Dayangku Sarah at the RIPAS Hospital in the Brunei capital.

Princess Sarah is the third and youngest child of Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman bin Pengiran Haji Damit and Rinawaty binti Abdullah @ Suzanne Rahaman Aeby. Her mother is Swiss. Her two elder brothers are Awangku Irwan and Awangku Adrian.

Princess Sarah's education began in 1993 at the age of six at St. Andrews School where she sat for her Primary Certificate of Education examination in 1988 with outstanding results.

She joined the Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College where she passed her examinations for the Brunei Junior Certificate in 2001 and Cambridge General Certificate of Examination O Levels in 2003.

Despite her busy schedule as the consort to the Crown Prince, she still manages to find time to continue to social and charitable work.

The prinesss has a son born in March 17 last year.

She has not only earned commendations from her teachers for her academic ability but also for her involvement in sports and charity runs. She is well-known among her teachers and friends for her grace, intelligence and positive attitude towards work in all areas.

Princess Sarah is a basketball enthusiast and is also active in outdoor activities. She has taken part in charity runs organised by her college. She also has joined her parents on International Four-Wheel Drive expeditions to Trans-Kalimantan-Java-Bali, Brunei-Sarawak-Kalimantan-Sulawesi and Brunei-Hongkong-China-Mongolia.

Her father, Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman bin Pengiran Haji Damit was born on June 1, 1950. He studied at Aston University in Birmingham, England and attended a special skills course in labaratory sciences in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry. He worked at the Public Works Department as Chief Laboratory Assistant at the Water Services Division. He is a member of Brunei Amateur Radio Society (Ham Radio) and is very active in the four-wheel-drive expeditions.

Her mother, Dayang Rinawaty binti Abdullah nee Suzanne Rahaman Abey was born in Fribourg, Switzerland on 3rd March 1954.

She is the youngest child of Pius Johann Aeby and Marie Aeby-Boschung. She studied at the Ecole des Art et Mertiers (Domestic Science Diploma), Residential Commercial College (Commercial Diploma), Psychiatric Nursing College (Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing).

She is fluent in German, French, English and Malay. She used to work at the Psychiatric Hospital of Marsens and Prangin in Switzerland and later at the General Hospital and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital. She then joined the CfBT, a non-profit UK organisation specialising in expatriate teaching. She enjoys music, classical and modern theatre.

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