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Maktab Duli Wins National Level Asean Quiz 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Dr Haji Muhammad Hadi bin Muhammad Melayong speaks at the event.
The Asean Quiz in progress.
The winners in a group photo.
Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah emerged as champion in the Asean Quiz 2009 National Level Competition (Brunei Darussalam) yesterday while Maktab Sains Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan came in second place. The competition was held at the Dewan Raya Radio Television Brunei (RTB).
The guest of honour was Awang Saifulbahri bin Haji Awang Haji Mansor, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.
In his opening remarks, Dr Haji Muhammad Hadi bin Muhammad Melayong, Director of Information Department and Chairman of Sub-Committee on Information, Asean-COCI Brunei Darussalam, said, "The Asean Quiz has proven to be an effective vehicle to promote Asean countries based on the extensive participation of the students from the previous Regional Asean Quiz competition held in Thailand in 2002, Brunei Darussalam in 2004 and Malaysia in 2006."
The Fourth Regional Asean Quiz competition will be hosted by the Philippines, which will be held from September 30 to December 4.
The Asean Quiz competition national level was opened for participation to pre-university students aged 18 years below.
Seven Sixth Form colleges registered to take part in the competition, whereas the first preliminary round of the competition was conducted on August 3 followed by the second preliminary round on August 10.
Out of the seven Sixth Form colleges, only two managed to enter the finals yesterday.
From this final round, the three best students will be selected to represent Brunei Darussalam at the Regional Asean Quiz competition, which will be held in Philippines.
The aims and objectives of the competition are to elicit the spirit of healthy competition among the Asean youth in the secondary school level in a friendly quiz game. This competition will not only expose Asean's cultural, political, economic and social information but also create awareness among them and the general public on Asean and its member states.
It will also help engage the media in providing coverage and publicity to the event and encourage linkages and the participation of the private sector in the event.
Awang Saifulbahri bin Haji Awang Haji Mansor presented the prizes to the winners.
The competition was organised by the Information Department at the Prime Minister's Office with the cooperation from the Co-curriculum Department at the Ministry of Education.
It is one of the projects under the Sub-Committee on Information Asean-COCI Brunei Darussalam.
courtesy of Media Pertama
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