Bandar Seri Begawan - DR HJ Zainudin Hj Jaffar, Academic Staff, Department of Business and Management, UBD's Faculty of Business, Economic and Policy Studies and also Postgraduate Coordinator at the faculty, passed away on Sunday, Oct 25. He died at the age of 48.

Dr Hj Zainudin was born in Tanjung Karang Selangor on Sept 29, 1961. He received his early education at an English-medium primary school from 1968 to 1973. Thereafter, he enrolled at al-Manhad Al-Muhammadi (Arabicmedium) in Kelantan.

After his excellent performance in his Junior Certificate Examinations, he was selected to enter the Muslim College in Kelang, Malayisa's premier religious school. Whilst there, he was one of the college's young leaders, captain of its debating team and among its top students.

He had the golden opportunity to study at top institutions - his BSharENah (First Class Hons) at the University of Malaya, his LLM at King's College University of London and PhD at the Edinburgh University in Scotland.

Over the last 20 years, Zainudin Jaffar had gained wide range of experiences. Among them were teaching, administrative roles and specialist work.

He was appointed a member of the Planning Committee for the upgrading of Maktab Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan to Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan in the year 2006.

The last position he held before he passed away was the appointed member of the Establishment Secretariat, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) Brunei Darussalam (2006-2007).

He leaves behind his wife, Ni'mah Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Seri Utama (Dr) Hj Ismail Omar Abd Aziz, and seven children. The funeral took place at the Islamic cemetery near Jame 'Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque in Kiulap late yesterday afternoon.-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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