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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2020
VOL.24 | NO.159
LIFESTYLE
15
Visualising creative success
FEATURES
26
A familiar look with evolutionary
styling
WORLD
29
North Korean leader calls for
‘military countermeasures’
BUSINESS
12
‘The banks don’t care’: Lebanese
scream for their dollars
HOME
8
Aeromodelling RC sport gaining
popularity
Brunei to host
ATF, launch
Brunei-China
tourism in 2020
Azlan Othman
The Tourism Development Department
at the Ministry of Primary Resources and
Tourism will be hosting the 39
th
ASEAN
Tourism Forum (ATF) 2020, under the
theme of ‘ASEAN - Together Towards a Next
Generation of Travel’.
The ATF is made up of the ASEAN Tour-
ism Ministers Meetings, ASEAN National
Tourism Organizations (NTOs) Meetings
and other associated meetings that will
take place from January 12 to 16, 2020;
and TRAVEX, a three-day event from
January 1416, 2020.
TRAVEX is a platform for the selling and
buying of regional and individual tourism
products of each ASEAN member state.
This is a specialised event, which aims to
provide convenient business-matching
opportunities for the suppliers of tourism
products and services in ASEAN, and for
international buyers to meet and foster
business relationships.
The ATF 2020 is expected to receive
about 800 delegates comprising
ministers and senior officials, exhibitors,
buyers and media.
The event will feature around 263
ASEAN exhibitors and 144 international
buyers, with coverage by 68 domestic and
international media.
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Rokiah Mahmud
A 33-year-old local man had a lucky escape
after his car burst into lames on the
Kuala Baram highway near the Miri-Brunei
border, yesterday,
He was driving towards the Miri Immigra-
Bruneian car burst into flame
tion Control Post at around midnight, when
the vehicle suddenly caught ire.
The man escaped unhurt before ire-
ighters arrived at the scene.
The Miri Fire and Rescue Department
said, “Our teams rushed to the scene after
an emergency alert and found that the car
is engulfed in lame.”
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Hakim Hayat
With unemployment continuing to be a
main social issue in the country, His Majesty
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin
Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji
Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien,
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam said that public-private sector
cooperation is crucial towards resolving
the problem.
His Majesty made the statement in a
titah to mark the New Year 2020, which
was broadcast yesterday evening on Radio
Television Brunei (RTB).
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Public-private sector cooperation
vital to resolve unemployment: Sultan
His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji
Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam
delivers a titah. PHOTO: INFOFOTO
His Majesty in New Year
titah also encourages
cooperation between
industries and educational
institutions to ensure
local graduates are
employable.