Membaca Doa Arwah

Alhamdulillah pada hari Ahad 21/11/2010, selesai sudah majlis membaca tahlil dan doa arwah bagi memperingati ayahanda Allahyarham Mohamad bin Mahali yang telah kembali kerahmatullah pada sekitar tahun 1963.

Walaupun majlis diadakan secara kecil-kecilan dengan dihadiri oleh keluarga terdekat sahaja, tetapi syukur alhamdulillah majlis berjalan dengan lancar dan bermakna. Semoga doa yang disampaikan oleh ahli keluarga yang hadir termasuk anak2 dan cucu2 beliau akan selamat sampai keatas roh beliau. Amin.

Kami sekeluarga juga sempat menziarahi pusara beliau di Tanah Perkuboran Sugan di Pekan Tutong dan sempat membacakan Surah Yaasin dan doa tahlil seada nya. Mudah2an Allah memberikan rahmat keatas ayahanda dan menempatkan beliau bersama orang2 yang beriman serta selamat di alam barzah. Amin.

Selamat Menunaikan Ibadah Haji

Selamat menunaikan ibadah haji kepada semua bakal2 jemaah haji dari Negara Brunei Darussalam yang akan menunaikan fardhu pada tahun 2010 ini, khas nya kepada saudara-mara dan rakan-rakan yang dihormati:

1) Haji Roslan Bungso
2) Rahmat
3) Abd Rahim Md Noor
4) Bayu
5) Noor Hadi
6) Hjh Zaleha
7) Cikgu Haji Mohammad b. Rajab
8) Cikgu Fatimah
9) Pg Haris

Semoga pergi dengan selamat, dimudahkan segala urusan dan pulang dengan mendapat haji yang mabrur. Amin...

New Ministerial Line Up

CABINET MINISTERS, DEPUTY MINISTERS, EXECUTIVE PERMANENT SECRETARIES AND DEPUTY PERMANENT SECRETARIES

Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam

Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office
His Royal Highness Prince Hj Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince

Second Minister of Finance at the Prime Minister's Office
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Haji Abd Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim

Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office
Dato Paduka Haji Abdul Wahab bin Juned

Permanent Secretaries at Prime Minister's Office
Tuan Haji Abd Aziz bin Orang Kaya Maharaja Lela Haji Md Yusof
Tuan Haji Murni bin Haji Mohamad
Tuan Sa Bali bin Abbas
Tuan Haji Omar bin Haji Abd Rahman
Pengiran Haji Abd Harris bin Pengiran Haji Shahbudin
Tuan Md Lutfi bin Abdullah

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Prime Minister's Office
Tuan Haji Ismail bin POKPS DP Hj Hashim (Energy)
Dr. Haji Affendy bin Pehin Dato Haji Abidin
Tuan Haji Abd Mutalib bin Pehin Dato Haji Yusof
Tuan Haji Mahrub bin Haji Murni



Deputy Minister of Defence
Dato Paduka Haji Mustappha bin Haji Sirat

Permanent Secretay at Ministry of Defence
Tuan Haji Saifulbahri bin Haji Mansor


Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Defence
Tuan Haji Mohd Sahrip bin Othman
Colonel Pengiran Dato Paduka Hj Azmansham bin Pengiran Hj Mohamed




Deputy Minister of Finance
Tuan Haji Bahrin bin Abdullah

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Finance
Tuan Haji Mohd Roselan bin Haji Mohd Daud
Tuan Haji Hisham bin Haji Hanifah

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Finance
Tuan Haji Mohd Rosli bin Haji Sabtu
Tuan Yusof bin Haji Abd Rahman
Tuan Yahya bin Haji Idris




Minister of Foreign Affairs
His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien

Second Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Othman bin Pengiran Haji Patra
Dato Paduka Haji Shofry bin Haji Abdul Ghafor
Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi
Datin Paduka Hajah Maimunah binti Dato Paduka Haji Elias
Tuan Haji Irywan bin Pehin Dato Haji Yusof

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Dato Paduka Haji Mohamed Noor bin Haji Jeludin
Pengiran Datin Paduka Hajah Masrainah bte Pengiran Haji Ahmad
Tuan Haji Nazmi bin Haji Muhammad
Pengiran Dato Paduka Hj Yunus bin Pengiran Hj Mahmud




Minister of Education
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong

Deputy Minister of Education
Dato Seri Setia Haji Yusof bin Haji Ismail

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Education
Datin Paduka Hajah Apsah binti Haji Majid
Tuan Haji Daud bin Haji Mahmud

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Education
Tuan Haji Suhaila bin Haji Abd Karim
Dr. Haji Junaidi bin Haji Abd Rahman




Minister of Health
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Adanan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Mohd Yussof

Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Health
Dato Paduka Haji Abd Salam bin Momin

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Health
Dr Datin Paduka Dr. Hajah Intan binti Haji Salleh
Tuan Haji Rosli bin Haji Mustafa




Minister of Development
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman

Deputy Minister of Development
Dato Paduka Haji Ali bin Haji Apong

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Development
Tuan Haji Mohd Rozan bin Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yunos
Dato Paduka Haji Rashid bin Haji Abd Rahman

Deputy Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Development
Tuan Haji Md Zin bin Haji Salleh




Minister of Communications
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar

Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Communications
Tuan Haji Alaihuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Haji Taha

Deputy Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Communications
Tuan Haji Mahmud bin Haji Daud




Minister of Industry and Primary Resources
Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar

Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Puan Hajah Suriyah binti Haji Umar
Dr Haji Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah


Deputy Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
Pengiran Hajah Mariana binti Pengiran Dipa Negara Pengiran Haji Abd Momin




Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister's Office
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Singamanteri Col (L) Dato Seri Paduka Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar




Minister of Religious Affairs
Yang Mulia Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohammad bin Pengiran Haji Abd Rahman

Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs
Pengiran Haji Bahrom bin Pengiran Haji Bahar

Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Religious Affairs
Tuan Haji Md Mahdi bin Pehin Dato Haji Abd Rahman

Deputy Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Religious Affairs
vacant




Minister of Home Affairs
Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Othman

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Pehin Dato Laila Major General (R) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Halbi bin Hj Md Yusof

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Home Affairs
Tuan Mawardi bin Haji Abdullah
Tuan Haji Md Abdoh bin DSS Hj Abd Salam
Dato Paduka Haji Abd Majid bin Mangarshah


Deputy Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Home Affairs





Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Lela Diraja Dato Paduka Haji Hazair bin Haji Abdullah

Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
Datin Hajah Adina bte Haji Osman

Permanent Secretaries at Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
Dato Paduka Haji Jemat bin Haji Ampal
Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Hamid bin Haji Jaafar

Deputy Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
vacant - Tuan Haji Mohammad bin Haji Abd Rahman (Acting)

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Ambassador-at-Large
Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Masna binti Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Saadul Khairi Waddien


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MINISTERIAL RANK
Chief Justice
Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Kifrawi bin Dato Paduka Haji Kifli

State Mufti
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned


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CONSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Attorney General
Datin Paduka Hajah Hayati binti Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Dato Seri Paduka Haji Mohd Salleh
[Note: This is now a Ministerial position]

State Mufti
Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned
[Note: This is now a Ministerial position]

Chairman of Public Service Commission
(vacant)

Auditor General
Tuan Haji Mahadi bin Haji Ibrahim


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JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS

Syariah Court

Chief Justice of the Syariah Court
Yang Berhormat Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Yahya bin Haji Awang Ibrahim

Syariah Appeal Judges
Yang Berhormat Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman

Syariah High Court Judges
Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Seri Utama Dato Paduka Seri Utama Dato Paduka Seri Setia Haji Awang Salim bin Haji Besar
Dato Paduka Haji Metussin bin Haji Baki

Civil Court

President of the Court of Appeal

Chief Justice
Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Kifrawi bin Dato Paduka Haji Kifli

High Court Judges and Judicial Commissioners
Dato Paduka Steven Chong
Dato Paduka Hairolarni bin Haji Abd Majid

Intermediate Court Judges
Ms. Lim Siew Yen

New Minister Appointments (Taken from The Brunei Times)

Credit to The Brunei Times. I just want to post it here for future reference, in case I them them. I am doing this so that I do not have to search the archives in The Brunei Times website in the future. Rgds and good luck to the new ministers and their deputies.



Sunday, May 30, 2010

HIS Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam yesterday announced the reshuffle and new appointments within the Council of Cabinet Ministers, including Brunei's first female deputy minister since the Sultanate introduced the Cabinet style system of government in 1984.

As the royal address was broadcast through state television and radio for the nation to hear, His Majesty announced that he will retain the posts of Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah will also remain Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office.

His Majesty's brother, His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah also retains the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Hj Abu Bakar Hj Apong was moved from his post as Communications Minister to Minister of Education.

Former Home Affairs Minister Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Adanan Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Hj Mohd Yusof has been named as the new Minister of Health.

On the other hand, the former Health Minister Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Suyoi Hj Osman has been appointed as the new Minister of Development.

The former Development Minister, Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdullah Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar, is now the Minister of Communications.

Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Hj Yahya Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar, Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Hj Abd Rahman Hj Ibrahim and Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng will remain as Industry and Primary Resources Minister, Second Minister of Finance and Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade respectively.

His Majesty also announced the promotion of several deputy ministers.

Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Paduka Hj Mohammad Yasmin Hj Umar was promoted from being the Deputy Minister of Defence to Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister's Office.

Deputy Minister of Education Pg Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Mohammad Pg Hj Abdul Rahman has assumed the post of Minister of Religious Affairs.

The post of Minister of Home Affairs is now seated by Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Hj Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Hj Othman, former deputy minister of Religious Affairs.

Deputy Minister of Health Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Paduka Hj Hazair Hj Abdullah is now Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.

The new Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office is Dato Paduka Hj Abd Wahab Juned, who previously was the chairman of the Public Service Commission.

Dato Paduka Hj Mustappa Hj Sirat has been promoted from his post as the First Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence to Deputy Minister of Defence.

Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Hj Bahrin Abdullah is now the Deputy Minister of Finance.

The former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Religious Affairs Dato Seri Setia Hj Yusoff Hj Ismail has become the Deputy Minister of Education.

Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance Dato Paduka Hj Ali Apong has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Development.

Former Deputy Permanent Secretary Pg Hj Bahrom Pg Hj Bahar now assumes the post of Deputy Minister of Development.

Former Royal Brunei Armed Forces Commander and recently Brunei's High Commissioner to Malaysia Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj Halbi Hj Md Yusof is now the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Datin Hjh Adina Othman, the former Director of Community Development Department, becomes the first woman deputy minister, assuming her new post at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

His Majesty said that these appointments were effective as of yesterday and the officials would serve their new posts for a period of five years.

The monarch also announced that the posts of State Mufti and Attorney General, also as of yesterday, are now considered ministerial ranks.

Former Minister of Energy Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Dewa Major General (Rtd) Dato Seri Pahlawan Hj Mohammad Hj Daud, former Minister of Religious Affairs Pehin Jawatan Luar Pekerja Raja Dato Seri Utama Dr Ustaz Hj Mohd Zain Hj Serudin, former Minister of Education Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdul Rahman Dato Setia Hj Mohamed Taib and former Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Ahmad Hj Jumat were not re-appointed. His Majesty thanked them for their service and contributions.

The Brunei Times

Excellent Exam Results

Starting from PSR, whereby Syiqeen excelled with 5A to become one of the only 2 pupils in Pertama School to get this excellent result. Then, it was followed by Zureen who succeed in getting the express mode of SPN21 education with 2 years in lower secondary and 2 years in upper secondary. Another excellent result was again secured by Zureen, who beated her brother personal best of aggregate 6 in SSSRU when she got aggregate 5, the minimum one could get in this exam.

Last Friday, 5/2/2010 the A, AS and O levels results were released. Congratulations to Alai Iqah, Fatin and Hamiz who excelled in their O level exams.

Wish you all the best of education to become the future leaders of Brunei. Amin.

Wonderful Weekend

Took a day leave on Friday and went to the border to pay for my Astro. At the same time, I managed to open up an account with one of the banks there.

On Saturday morning, I received a text from a friend inviting for breakfast at Restaurant Puteh, which I gladly accepted. Spent the morning until 11.00am at the restaurant.

On Sunday morning, went to the informal or santai gathering at Aminah Arif restaurant with the Gangs. We discussed and talked about a lot of subjects including tshirt designs and eventually stayed there until about 1pm...

At 8.00pm, I received another invitation from Dr Sunarto for another different presentation...

Today, went to the border again for a business trip. Took the opportunity to activate my internet banking facility.

Hope everythings goes well and I like the motto of Together we achieve great success. Amin...

January 2010

It has been 9 days into the new year 2010.

The inaugural family gathering was held on 1st Jan 2010 at Sg Tilong. The day was filled with lots of fun and foods. The kids really enjoyed the Train-theme bouncer. There were plenty of food to go round the whole day. The grand finale was the significant cutting of birthday cakes by 8 members of the family who celebrated their birthdays in the month of December. A similar event will be planned next year.

Last week, I also made contact with my first-cousins in Kota Kinabalu and Labuan via Facebook. This was followed by lengthy online chit-chat via Yahoo Messenger. It was really a pleasant surprise to get in touch with them again. It truly shows that Internet does not have any boundaries, and we could feel our closeness again. Thank to Allah for this wonderful gift. Now, we can keep in touch of each other activities.

Yesterday, we also welcome 13 new members of iDHL. Although I was unable to personally greet them one by one, I hope to meet up with everyone soon. Wish them good luck and greater success.

On the same token, I wish all success to all my families, colleagues and friends out there. Amin...