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THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, SABAH AND SARAWAK B$1.00 | RM3.50 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 VOL.24 | NO.183
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The Prime Minister’s Of ice (PMO) has refut-
ed rumours that the opening of the Tembu-
rong Bridge will take place in February.
In a statement released yesterday, the
PMO said, “In response to speculative in-
formation on the likelihood that the Bru-
nei-Muara to Temburong District Bridge
would be opened to the public in Febru-
ary this year, such information is not true
and without basis.
“The Government of His Majesty
WUHAN, CHINA (AFP) - China yester-
day urged its citizens to postpone travel
abroad as it expanded unprecedented ef-
forts to contain a viral outbreak that has
killed 106 people and left other govern-
ments racing to pull their nationals from
the contagion’s epicentre.
The epidemic, which experts believe
emanated from a wild animal market in
the city of Wuhan last month, has spread
China curbs travel abroad as
virus toll tops 100
Temburong Bridge opening
rumours not true: PMO
around China and to more than a dozen
other countries despite the extraordinary
travel curbs.
Authorities initially sealed off Wuhan and
other cities in central Hubei province late last
week, trapping more than 50 million people,
in a bid to contain the virus as the high-travel
Lunar New Year holiday unfolded.
Hakim Hayat 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
would also like to advise the public not to
make any speculation, nor tobelieve or spread
unveri ied information obtained through any
social media platforms.”
The PMO also informed that government
agencies are currently implementing the inal
phase of the project, following the completion
of the bridge’s infrastructure construction.
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The newborn girl found abandoned at an
electric sub-station on New Year’s day has
died from complications, the Royal Brunei
Police Force (RBPF) said.
Yesterday afternoon, the RBPF’s Women
and Children Abuse Investigation Unit held
a funeral service for the infant, with the as-
sistance of the Imam at the Kampong Pulaie
Mosque. She was laid to rest at the Kampong
Pulaie Muslim Cemetery.
Weighing only 680 grammes when
she was found lying in a box at an electric
sub-station on the Muara-Tutong High-
way, the infant was immediately placed
in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
of the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha
(RIPAS) Hospital.
After battling complications for nearly a
month, she passed away at 3.50pm yesterday.
Anyone with information can contact
the Women and Children Abuse Investi-
gation Unit at 2459500 ext 496, or the
police hotline 993, or go directly to the
nearest police station.
Information can also be relayed to the
police at or @upa.ppdb
on Instagram.
Abandoned
infant dies from
complications
James Kon
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee
Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown
Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime
Minister’s Of ice highlighted the importance of
family institution in strengthening pure Islamic
values such as regular Al-Quran reading.
His Royal Highness made these remarks
in a sabda delivered at the opening of the i-
nals of the National Al-Quran Reading Com-
petition for Adults for 1441 Hijrah/2020 at the
International Convention Centre (ICC) in Be-
rakas last night.
His Royal Highness added that parents
have the responsibility to create a harmoni-
ous household that among others can be
achieved through joyful interactions, calm
emotional control, preparation of Halalan
Tayyiban (Halal and good) food, as well as
praying in a congregation and reading verses
of Al-Quran.
“These are core elements in creating a
Sakinah (peaceful), Mawaddah (loving), and
Rahmah (merciful) or happy family that is
spared from the distraction of the Iblis and
Syaitan,” His Royal Highness added.
Towards this goal, His Royal Highness
urged the better understanding and grasp of
Al-Quran’s contents and its interpretations, as
a guide to life. “Only Al-Quran can guide us to
always be in the right and safe path, in life and
the hereafter.”
Hakim Hayat
Al-Quran promotes Islamic
values, family ties: Crown Prince
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Ofice
delivers a sabda during the opening ceremony of the inals of the National Al-Quran Reading
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