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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, SABAH AND SARAWAK B$1.00 | RM3.50 VOL.24 | NO.186
FEATURES 18
Hard work pays for champion
Qari, Qariah
WORLD 26
Winds topple US border wall being
built; it falls in Mexico
BUSINESS 14
Mario like Mickey? Nintendo banks
on pro—its from characters
HOME 10
21 receive Islamic Financial
Planner certi—ication
weekend Lifestyle
'Bombshell' breezes through a
Fox News rebellion
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James Kon
Only 16 per cent of local businesses sell
their products online, an ICT Business
Survey conducted by Authority for Info-
communications Technology Industry of
Brunei Darussalam (AITI) revealed last year.
This means that the majority of local
businesses have yet to adopt e-Commerce.
There are still opportunities for local
businesses to go online as existing local
platform providers are readily available for
them to become e-Commerce players.
The call for more local business to
embrace e-Commerce was made by
AITI Acting Chief Executive Ir Haji Jailani
bin Haji Buntar at the launch of the
Brunei CyberShop Fair 2020 at OneCity
Shopping Centre.
Local businesses
urged to embrace
e-Commerce
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Minister of Defence II Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang
Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof; Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) Major
General Pengiran Dato Paduka Seri Aminan bin Pengiran Haji Mahmud and senior of€icials at
the mass Sunnat Hajat prayer and a recitation of a special Doa for the safety and protection
of the people of Brunei Darussalam from the recent outbreak of the coronavirus in various
countries, yesterday. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Full report on Page 6)
MINDEF, RBAF HOLD PRAYER FOR PROTECTION
Azlan Othman
In the wake of the novel coronavirus
outbreak, some Royal Brunei Airlines (RB)
Œlight suspensions and consolidations have
been implemented from mainland China
and Hong Kong till February 29, the national
carrier stated in a release yesterday.
RB said the Brunei-Beijing Œlight through
Daxing airport has been reduced to four
Œlights per week from February 1’10 while
all Œlights will be suspended from February
11’29.
The Œlight previously operated daily.
Brunei-Shanghai Œlights which operated
three times a week will be suspended from
February 1’29 while the Brunei-Hong Kong
Œlight has been reduced to Œive Œlights per
week from February 1’29. The Brunei-Hong
Kong Œlight previously operated daily.
The two Œlights per week (Tuesday and
Thursday) between Brunei-Hong Kong have
been suspended from February 1’29.
Brunei-Haikou Œlights have been suspend-
ed from January 30 to February 29. It operated
twice weekly previously while Brunei-Nanning
Œlights have been suspended from February
3’29. It operated twice weekly.
Brunei-Changsha Œlights have been
suspended from February 2’29 while Brunei-
Hangzhou Œlights are suspended from
February 5’29. Both these routes operate
once weekly.
Novel coronavirus: RB
suspends, reduces flights
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Danial Norjidi
Progresif ofŒicially unveiled its much antici-
pated mobile and home broadband packages
during a press conference yesterday morning.
“Good things come to those who wait”
- that’s the sentiment Progresif CEO Hajah
Nurul Haniah binti Haji Jaafar shared with
partners and media at the launch of their
new OnePlan during the press conference at
their headquarters.
Progresif revealed an offering called
the OnePlan.
Described as “simple, innovative and unlike
any other plan on the market”, Hajah Nurul
Haniah conŒidently presented a one-size-Œits-
all plan for mobile and home broadband that
gives all users the same starting package
of 1GB data with unlimited talk and text for
only BND10 for mobile users, and a 100GB
data starting point for BND40 for home
broadband subscribers.
Progresif unveils
innovative OnePlan
BEIJING (AFP) - Singapore and Mongolia
slapped sweeping bans on arrivals from
China yesterday and the United States (US)
told its citizens to avoid the country after
a global health emergency was declared
over a viral epidemic that has killed
213 people.
Nearly 10,000 people have been
infected in China by the new coronavirus
and new cases were found abroad, with
more than 20 countries now affected by
the disease.
With countries around the world
growing increasingly concerned, the
World Health Organization (WHO), which
was criticised for initially downplaying the
virus threat, declared the outbreak a global
health emergency early yesterday.
The US State Department raised its
warning alert to the highest level, telling
Americans "do not travel" to China and
urged those already there to leave.
Singapore and Mongolia went a step
further. Citing a likely "sharper rise" in the
spreadof thevirus, Singapore'sgovernment
barred arrivals and transit passengers from
mainland China.
Mongolia's measure applies a ban to
Chinese nationals and foreigners coming
from the neighbouring country by plane,
train or road from today until March 2.
Mongolians will be barred from going to
China over the same period.
The vast, landlocked country had
previously only banned cars from crossing
the border.
Japan, meanwhile, joined Britain,
Germany and other countries that
have recommended that their citizens
avoid China.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye-
sus said the greatest concern was the po-
tential for the virus "to spread to countries
with weaker health systems".
"We must all act together now to limit
further spread," Tedros said.
Singapore bans China arrivals as
virus death toll hits 213
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