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BLA OFFICIAL WELCOME TO TLA DELEGATION

BLA was pleased and honoured to be host to 21 member visiting Thai Library Association delegation to

Brunei Darussalam from 5-8 October 2015.

Pn Nellie President and Hj Talip Vice President

welcomed Assoc Prof Tassana and Dr Prachart and

delegation to Brunei Darussalam on 6 Oct 2015 at the

ITB Library Meeting Room. She briefed the delegates

on the role of BLA, its initiatives, regional projects and

also on Forum of Chief Librarians (FOCAL). This was

followed by a question and answer. Dr Prachark

presented a token to Pn Nellie followed by a group

photograph.

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EXCHANGE OF TOKENS OF GOODWILL AND FRIENDSHIP

Dr Prachark on behalf of TLA presented a token to Pn Nellie, BLA President. In exchange Pn Nellie

presented Dr Prachark with a BLA token

VISIT TO ITB

The TLA delegation visited ITB library on 6 Oct 2015. They were met upon arrival by Pn Hjh Pusparini Hj

Thani, Chief Librarian. She briefed them on the library services and facilities of their brand new library

building followed by a tour of the library.

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ARRIVAL AND WELCOME

The delegation was met upon arrival at Brunei International Airport by the President and Vice President and BLA

EXCO members. Each of them were presented with ‘Bunga telur ‘ as a gesture of welcome. The TLA delegation was

in Brunei from 5-8 Oct 2015. While here, they visited the libraries of Institut Teknologi Brunei, Universiti Brunei

Darussalam, MINDEF Library & Info Centre, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei, SR Dato Basir, Politeknik Brunei

and sight seeing aroung Bandar Seri Begawan. BLA wishes to record its appreciation to all host libraries in

welcoming out Thai guests.

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BLA DINNER BRUNEI STYLE

BLA Dinner was held on 6 Oct 2015 evening at Dy Nooralizah’s home ( BLA Secretary) and family in Kg Rimba for

hosting the dinner.

The cuisine included;

Main dish: There was ikan salai, pais, liking, rendang daging, sayur pakis, ayam masak kunyit, udang rebus, ikan rebus asam pedas, sayur pucuk ubi, satay ayam and daging, nasi kebuli. Desserts: local fruits like durian kuning, durian polo, tarap and kembayau. cendol, and local cakes like Kuih talam ubi kayu, kuih bombai, cucur timpadak, cucuk tarap, selurut, penyaram. There was ambuyat with its special chopsticks called ‘candas’ and its various sauces called ‘cacah’ of mamangan, binjai, tempoyak. Go to page 5

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BLA DINNER

VISIT TO UBD

On 6 Oct 2015, the visitors visited

UBD. They were welcomed by Dr

Hj Suhaimi, Chief Librarian. After

a briefing, the guests toured the

different sections of the library.

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VISIT TO POLITEKNIK BRUNEI

Visit to Politeknik Brunei was on 7 Oct 2015. TLA delegation was met upon arrival by Mr Dennis Ho, Director of PB

and senior staff. The briefing focused on the Department of ICT hosting the Advanced Diploma In Information

Science, followed by a visit to the School of ICT and the Library.

VISIT TO SR DATO BASIR, JALAN 77 LAMBAK KANAN

The TLA delegation visited the SR Dato Basir on 7 Oct 2015. They saw a storytelling session and mingled with the students. The Head Master Pg Hj Mustafa Pg Hj Chuchu, gave briefed the visitors on the school’s library management system. The school, which opened in 1996, has 11,782 books covering both fiction and non-fiction subjects. Every class is given 30 minutes weekly for pupils to borrow books. Our system allows each pupil to borrow a maximum of two books per week,.English reading programme are on every Monday and Malay reading programme every Tuesday.

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VISIT TO MINDEF LIBRARY & INFO CENTRE

The delegation visited MINDEF

Library & Info Centre on 7 Oct

2015 and was greeted and

briefed on the online library

services by Puan Hjh Rosnani Hj

Yaakub, CEO and Dy Nurul.

There are 5 other service points

namely libraries of SHHB Inst of

Defense & Strategic, Officer

Cadet School, Training Institute,

Defense Academy, Intelligence

Training Wing.

VISIT TO DEWAN BAHASA DAN PUSTAKA BRUNEI

On 6 Oct 2015, the TLA visitors were greeted by

Mr Hj Sahri Hj Nassar and Dk Masdiana of DBPB.

The visitors then toured the many different

sections of the library and learned that the

objective of DBP is to promote and expand the

use of books information and library materials

through lending, reference and mobile libraries.

In addition, the bureau also promotes the

importance of the Malay language and culture

through various programmes and competitions

such as the annual “Mari Becerita” story telling

competition.

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DEPARTURE AND BON VOYAGE

The TLA delegation was seen off at BIA by Mr Hj Abd Talip and the EXCO members. We wished our

guests a safe trip home.

HAPPENINGS

29 Sept 2015 BSP confirmed Offshore Pipeline Leak At Ampa9 30 Sept 2015 Launch of Amas Tampawan : a poetry anthology written by 14 local poets over 60 years old

5 Oct 2015 59 schools teach UN sustainable development goals 9 Oct 2015 5 th KUPU-SB convocation

9 Oct 2015 Book on Orchids of Brunei launched. It contains 360 types of wild orchids including 121 species

9 Oct 2015 Girl Guides Day 2015 celebrations

10 Oct 2015 Toyota Classics Concert

10 Oct 2015 Progresif marked 100,000 th subscriber

11 Oct 2015 500 runners joined the RBAF half marathon Run to mark anniversary

12 Oct 2015 Gurkha 220 Commemoration Parade

12 Oct 2015 World Post Day

14 Oct 2015 Muharram (Muslim New Year) 1437

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