Bandar Seri Begawan - With the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, a new legislation called "Compulsory Education Order 2007" has been enforced since November 24, 2007. All children of compulsory schooling age, except those granted under the Compulsory Education Order 2007, being born on or aft... detail... »
Brunei-Muara - Issues pertaining to dialects are still talked about and relevant in this day and age as the International Seminar on Austronesian Dialects (Saddan) III to Brunei Darussalam highlighted yesterday at the Chancellor Hall and facilitated by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). Pr... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will play host to the World Ulama Conference (for Muslim scholars) as of February 15. Egypt`s Al-Azhar University - the organizer of the conference - has chosen Kuala Lumpur as host of the five-day event, said Religious Advisor to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdul-hamid Othman in a press release here Friday. P... detail... »
Jakarta - Indonesia is negotiating the return of an ancient Javanese stone that was first taken by a British colonialist in the 1800s and is now held by a family trust in Scotland. The Sangguran stone, a column dated 928 AD and inscribed with ancient Javanese characters, was taken from its site near the modern-day town of Malang in E... detail... »
Banda Aceh - An encyclopaedia of Islam in English is set to be launched in the Indonesian province of Aceh by the end of the year. The encyclopedia which includes about 1,600 pages is the work of local writer, 56-year-old Iwan Gayo. Gayo said he was inspired while working on other books for Indonesians who perform the Haj,... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Dewa Major General (Rtd) Dato Seri Pahlawan Haji Awang Mohammad bin Haji Daud, yesterday officiated the opening of the third international seminar on the Austronesian Dialects in the Region (SADDAN III, 2008) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. In his ... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Ahmad bin Hj Jumat, Minister, of Industry and Primary Resources, attended the 11th Asean Tourism Ministers meeting (11th ATM) and Asean tourism ministers meeting with tourism ministers from China, Japan and Korea (ATM + 3) and India (ATM + 1) in conjunct... detail... »
Mindanao - Prospects for peace in the southern Philippines dimmed after the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government failed to finalise a key agreement on an expanded Muslim homeland. In November 2007, government peace negotiators and the MILF leadership had broken a year-long impasse on an expanded ance... detail... »
Kota Kinabalu - Sabah`s ethnic count actually surpasses the 100 mark instead of the traditionally cited figure 50 when criteria is other than purely language, State culture officials told Daily Express. Even using language alone for ethnic identification, the Sabah Linguistic Institute (SIL) managed to count a diversity of 50 or mor... detail... »
Singapore - Southeast Asian countries competing to promote their halal products in the international markets should join hands instead of trying to outdo each other, a halal conference was told today. Malaysia`s Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) chief executive officer Datuk Jamil Bidin said they should be united so as to position t... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister`s Office, Hato Seri Paduka Hj EusoffAgaki Hj Ismail, yesterday officially launched a product presentation on security technology at the Nakhoda Ragam Vocational School. He said that while the country is enjoying development in various fields, it also faces external challeng... detail... »
Singapore - If art school was in our future we might opt to study under, or on top of, the amazing green roof at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. This 5 story facility sweeps a wooded corner of the campus with an organic, vegetated form that blends landscape and structure, natu... detail... »
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