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MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 VOL.25 | NO.011
BUSINESS 10
Indian economy showing signs of
getting back to normalcy
HOME 4
Gradual return to normalcy
Number of cases
Number of deaths
Recovered cases
Brunei Darussalam
COVID-19 STATISTICS
As of 12 July 2020
141
3
138
Downtown Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB) was
lively again after the return of vendors to
Bandarku Ceria (BKC) yesterday.
After twoweeks’ absence, the vendors were
back as early as 6am. Groups of people were
seen jogging, skating, cycling and walking the
streets of BSB whilemany were enjoying street
food and shopping.
Vendor Haji Mohd Nur Ilham bin Haji
Abdul Hamid, 53, attracted visitors of all
ages as he exhibited exotic pets such as
slow loris, hedgehog, bearded dragon,
frilled neck dragon, sandŒish skink,
peters banded skink, blue tongue skink
and tarantulas.
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BKC abuzz after vendors’ return
Visitors at Bandarku Ceria. PHOTO: BAHYIAH BAKIR
Syazwani Hj Rosli
Brunei will celebrate the 74th birthday
of 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
on Wednesday.
A DoaKesyukuran,mass FardhuMaghrib,
Sunnat Hajat will be held tomorrow tomark
the occasion.
The highlight of the event will be at
Jame’ Asr Hassanil Bolkiah in Kampong
Kiarong while similar events will be held
in mosques across the nation.
The focus in the Brunei-Muara District
will be Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Mosque,
Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque, Al-Ameerah Al
Hajjah MaryamMosque, Mohamed Bolkiah
Mosque, Sultan Sharif Ali Mosque, Al-
Muhtadee Billah Mosque, Setia Ali Mosque
and Perpindahan Lambak Kanan Mosque.
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Religious event to
mark royal birthday
Syazwani Hj Rosli
BANDUNG, INDONESIA (AFP) - Nearly 1,300
people at a military academy in Indonesia
have tested positive for the coronavirus, an
ofŒicial said, as the country struggles to contain
the epidemic.
The Indonesian Army OfŒicer Candidate
School in the country’s most populated
province of West Java has been quarantined
and 30 people were initially hospitalised
with mild symptoms, the army’s chief of
s t a f f, Gene ra l And i ka Pe r kasa , sa i d
late Saturday.
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Indonesia military academy
hit by virus outbreak
A local senior citizenpassedaway inanaccident
involvingtwovehiclesonMuara-TutongHighway
in Kampong Lugu of Brunei-Muara District
yesterday morning.
Sengkurong Police Station received a
Not wearing seat belt costs
senior citizen his life
James Kon distress call at 3.35am regarding the
accident, according Royal Brunei Police
Force (RBPF).
Pek Chong Tong, 68, sustained serious in-
juries and was pronounced dead at the scene
of the accident by paramedic.
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