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  • PP 9:31 am on September 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    AGM and Hari Raya Open House 

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    Only 4 more days till the Annual General Meeting and Open House!

    Have YOU registered yet? Click on our “Join Us At The AGM” page at the top here. Tell your friends and family who just came back from down under about our AGM and Open House. The more the merrier :)

    And here’s the map to get you to where it’s at:

    AGM Venue

    See you there!

     
    • Noorshari 11:56 am on October 3, 2009 Permalink

      I’ve never registere with ur association, however I recently received AGM invitation. May I know how can you get my detail? Tq

    • Anisah Amzah 11:01 am on October 4, 2009 Permalink

      Greetings,

      We just received the invitation yesterday, which actually adressed to our Late Father, Amzah PAYA.

      Thank You for the invitation.

  • admin 10:55 am on September 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Endeavour Awards 

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    The Endeavour Scholarships are open for applications. There will be a briefing for government, business and schools tomorrow, 2nd June, at 10am in the Mutiara Ballroom at the Sheraton. If you’re keen, why not drop by.

     
  • admin 10:54 am on September 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Festive, Friends   

    News from Melbourne – Mothers Day Classic Run 

    10 May 2009, Melbourne, Victoria. – A mother day run for a worthy cause. The mother’s day run is more than just a walk, it’s a nationwide community event, bringing together those who have lost someone to breast cancer and those who want to get fit and donate to a worthy cause.

    An expected turnout of 80,000 Australians were present for the event coming with friends and family to help raise money for the breast cancer research and the Brunei student society Melbourne sent a Brunei team to help raise money for the worthy cause.

    The event itself is divided into 4 categories. Representing Brunei in the walk areNadzri Harif and Rady Roslan in the 8km run. Kamaliah Saiful-Rijal in the 4km run. Firdaus Maeraj, Suryati Serbini and Naasirah Mahdi were in the 4km walk. All of which completed the rest in good spirits and smiles.

    With warmest regards from down under:

    Safarul Izwan bin Hj Razali.

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  • admin 10:54 am on September 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Lest We Forget 

    The Brunei-Australia Memorial was unveiled this morning at Muara Beach in a moving ceremony by The Hon. Alan Griffin, MP, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, and veterans of the campaign – Bill Corey and Steve Gooch. The ceremony was attended by several members of the Bruneian and Australian Armed Forces, the diplomatic corp, and several individuals with links to Australia including members of the Brunei-Australia Alumni Association.

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    The black Australian granite especially honours the 114 Australians who were killed and 221 who were wounded during Operation OBOE 6. The inscription on the plaque reads "1945 in memory", surrounded by the words "Brunei-Australia Memorial" in English, Malay and Jawi.

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    Mr Griffin, with YB Pehin Datu Singamanteri Kolonel (B) Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar
    Deputy Minister of Defence

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    Six veterans travelled to Brunei for the dedication of the memorial

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    More here

     
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