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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020
VOL.24 | NO.188
LIFESTYLE
20
Best picture ‘1917’ is big winner at
British Academy Awards
FEATURES
26
A call to action against cancer
WORLD
30
Novel coronavirus: 524 people
under quarantine in Singapore
BUSINESS
12
In ight to survive, US dairy farmers
look for any tech edge
HOME
8
Local archers take a shot at world
tournament
His Majesty arrives in London, to meet British PM
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 yesterday arrived in
London, United Kingdom, to attend a bilateral
meeting with Prime Minister of United
Kingdom Boris Johnson.
Accompanying His Majesty is His Royal
Highness Prince ‘Abdul Mateen.
His Majesty was greeted at Heathrow
Airport by Lord James Bethell, Lord-in-
waiting to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland as the repre-
sentative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II; Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Seri
Setia Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu
Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof; British
High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam
Richard Lindsay; Brunei Darussalam High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom and
Northern Ireland Pengiran Hajah Rooslina
Weti binti Pengiran Haji Kamaludin; and
Colonel of the British Army’s Brigade of
Gurkhas Jody Davies.
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
in London, United Kingdom. His Majesty is accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul
Mateen. PHOTO: INFOFOTO
Azlan Othman
The Department of Competition and
Consumer Affairs (DCCA) under the
Department of Economic Planning and
Statistics (DEPS) at the Ministry of Finance
and Economy (MoFE) yesterday reminded
all retailers and private clinics not to take
advantage of the novel coronavirus outbreak
by hiking prices for medical masks and hand
sanitisers.
The department has begun monitoring
costsandretail pricesof these items, following
numerous formal complaints received in the
past few days on price hikes.
“During the inspections, retailers were
requested to provide information, and
advised to maintain affordability and fair
prices, to ensure that the public has access
to face masks and hand sanitisers,” the DCCA
said in a statement.
“The prices of such items are to be
displayed clearly at visible spots for the
consumers’ knowledge and for monitoring
purposes.
“Retailersmayconsidermeasures to ration
the purchase of those items per consumer
on a temporary basis, to ensure an adequate
supply and to maintain price stability.”
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DCCA warns against hiking
medical mask, hand sanitiser prices
China’s hospital built
in 10 days opens
BEIJING (AP) - China sent medical workers
and equipment to a newly built hospital,
infused cash into inancial markets and
further restricted people’s movement
in sweeping new steps yesterday to
contain a rapidly spreading virus and its
escalating impact.
China’s updated igures of 361 deaths
and 2,829 new cases over the last 24
hours, bringing the Chinese total to
17,205 cases, come as other countries
continued evacuating citizens from
hardest-hit Hubei province and restricted
travel by Chinese or people who recently
travelled in the country.
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17pc increase in cancer
patients from 2014-2018
Azlan Othman
Around 644 Brunei citizens and permanent
residents were diagnosed with cancer in
2018, while the number of deaths fromcancer
in the same year was 304.
This means that in 2018, cancer illnesses
accounted for about one in four (28 per
cent) of deaths among Brunei citizens and
permanent residents. The number of cancer
patients has also shown a 17 per cent increase
during 2014¥2018, compared to 2009¥2013.
Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji
Mohammad Isham bin Haji Jaafar highlighted
this in his message to mark World Cancer
Day.
He also cited 2018 statistics obtained
from Brunei Darussalam’s National Cancer
Registration, which showed that the lifetime
risks of developing cancer was 29 per cent,
or one in three, for a woman and 27 per cent,
or one in four, for a man.
The statistics showed that the highest
rates of cancer in women were breast cancer
(100 cases), colorectal cancer (49 cases) and
cervical cancer (32 cases)
In men, the highest rates were colorectal
(53 cases), lungs (25 cases), and liver and
prostate (both 18 cases).
Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohammad Isham
said, “In conjunction with World Cancer Day
(February 4), Brunei Darussalam is involved in
the active participation to raise awareness, as
well as taking action and measures to prevent
and reduce the effects of cancer.
“The theme for World Cancer Day this year
through 2021 is ‘I Am and I Will’. The three-
year campaign calls for public commitment
to act positively in reducing one-third of
the number of premature deaths caused by
cancer and non-communicable diseases by
2030.
“What we need to know is that at least
one-third of cancers can be prevented by
overcoming or controlling six major risk
factors.
“The risk factors are: unbalanced eating
and eating behaviours; high body mass index
(BMI); low or inadequate intake of vegetables
and fruits; a sedentary lifestyle; tobacco use;
and alcohol intake.”
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