Bandar Seri Begawan - About 50 head teachers and principals from 32 special religious schools within the Brunei II area attended a Teacher`s Day celebration yesterday at the Centrepoint Hotel`s Season Restaurant. Present as the event`s guest of honour was Islamic Studies Officer (Brunei II) Ustazah Hjh Laki Hj Ibrahim, who later pre... detail... »
Jakarta - Noted traditional artists said the government should further involve the public in preserving Indonesia‘s vast cultural heritage because its existence very much depends on the nation‘s people. A traditional trans-gender dancer, Didik Hadiprayitno, or Didik Nini Thowok, said besides action taken by the government, public ... detail... »
Singapore - More than one in three people in Singapore regards the mentally ill as dangerous, a study said on Monday. Half of those in the study contended that the public should be protected from them and said they would keep mental illness a secret if afflicted. The study, published in The Straits Times, is the first of its kind... detail... »
The embassies of the member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), are to present a fashion festival with the theme `A Celebration of Culture` on November 16 at La Cigale Hotel. The event named Asean Fashion Festival Doha, is being organised as part of the annual function held by the Asean Ambassadors Grou... detail... »
Jakarta - The year was 1928 when young nationalists declared the Youth Pledge, which included a call for a national language, Bahasa Indonesia. Today‘s youth in Jakarta are creating their own language, and the slang being invented by the young people in the melting pot that is the country‘s capital is increasingly making it out to ... detail... »
Singapore - Civil society groups in ASEAN countries met in Singapore on Sunday to raise issues affecting their people, and these issues will be presented in a report to ASEAN leaders when they meet in Singapore in November. Issues such as ASEAN‘s economic integration have been brought up by the 50 delegates. Although most of ... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam received at Istana Nurul Iman Palace yesterday Dr Rawiyah bint Saud Al Busaidiyah, minister of higher education, currently on an official visit to Brunei Darussalam. During the meeting, Dr Rawiyah conveyed the greetings of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to S... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - This beautifully laid-out coffee table book is one of the many Merdeka-themed efforts to have hit the racks in our 50th year of independence. Published by industrial giants Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia at 50: The Country That Could (ISBN: 978-9839846065) takes a look back at Malaysia`s history, interspersing that tale wit... detail... »
Jakarta - Indonesia`s president has launched an album entitled My Longing For You containing a standard mix of love ballads and songs about friendship, religion and national pride. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who leads the world`s largest Muslim nation, wrote the 10 tracks in the album which was released on Sunday. The album features ... detail... »
Singapore - A Singaporean search portal will be launched next year to provide answers and information about the city-state to anyone in the world, developers said Tuesday. SPH Search, the first locally focused search engine set up in Asia, will use content from a variety of different sources and filter out useless information. "Th... detail... »
Cotabato City, Philippines - Government and Moro negotiators on Tuesday began another round of special meetings in Kuala Lumpur in a bid to break the impasse in the Mindanao peace negotiations. Retired general Rodolfo Garcia, chief government negotiator, and Mohaqher Iqbal, MILF peace panel chairman, met with their respective panel ... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Umno Youth will continue to use the keris as its symbol at the coming party general assembly and believes that with time the non-Malays will become de-sensitised to it. Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said there was no need for the movement to be apologetic or defensive about it. He beli... detail... »
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