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HIS MAJESTY JOINS AIDILADHA PRAYER

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; His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime

Minister's Oice; His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Malik; His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Mateen and His Royal Highness Prince Haji Jefri Bolkiah

during the Sunnat Aidiladha prayer at Jame’ ‘Asr Hassanil Bolkiah in Kampong Kiarong, yesterday. PHOTO: INFOFOTO

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Azlan Othman

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 and Her

Majesty Duli Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak

Hajah Saleha binti Al-Marhum Pengiran

Pemancha Pengiran Anak Haji Mohamed

Alam performed the

Sunnat

sacriicial rites

for Their Majesties and other members

of the royal family and the distribution of

the sacriicial meat to 16,660 recipients

in the country in conjunction with Hari

Raya Aidiladha.

The recipients comprised the poor and the

destitute, single mothers and senior citizens.

The distribution of the sacriicial meat in the

Over 16,000 to

receive Korban

meat from Sultan

James Kon

The Ministry of Health (MoH) through

its Department of Health Services an-

nounced the resumption of several ser-

vices at health centres from tomorrow.

The MoH in a statement added that

the resumption of several services

moved out temporarily will resume

operations at the Berakas Health Cen-

tre, Pengkalan Batu Health Centre and

Seria Health Centre.

Services will be back to normal at

the Basic HealthCare Services Division -

ChronicDiseaseClinic, BasicHealthCare

Services Division - General Clinic, blood

taking services, pharmacy services,

community eye clinic services, commu-

nity nutrition services, clinical psychol-

ogy services and dental services.

Dental services are limited to cases

requiring immediate treatment or

emergency trauma for mouth and

teeth, toothache, swelling of themouth

or face and jaw and non-stop bleeding

in the mouth.

The Pengkalan Batu Health Centre

will operate as normal while the Basic

Health Care Services in the Tutong

District will be maintained as usual.

Meanwhile the Maternal and Child

Health Clinic of the Berakas Health

Centre and Pengkalan Batu Health

Centre are maintained temporarily at

speciic locations.

TheMaternal and Child Health Clinic

of the Berakas Health Centre is tempo-

rarily located at ifth loor, Block 2G of

OngSumPing condominium, JalanOng

SumPing. The operating hours areMon-

day to Thursday and Saturday (except

public holidays) 7.45am to 12.15pm and

1.30pm to 4.30pm.

TheMaternal and Child Health Clinic

of Pengkalan Batu Health Centre is

located at Jubli Perak Kampong Seng-

kurong Health Centre which will oper-

ate from Monday to Thursday and Sat-

urday (except public holidays) 7.45am

to 12.15pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm

The public can contact Darussalam

line 123 for inquiries.

More MoH services

resume tomorrow

four districts is held consecutively for two

days, yesterday and today.

T h e B r u n e i - Mu a r a D i s t r i c t h a s

11,484 recipients, Belait District 2,143

recipients, Tutong District 2,485 re-

c i p i en t s a nd Tembu r ong D i s t r i c t

548 recipients.

In view of the current situation, and in

safeguarding the welfare of all from the

spread of COVID19, the distribution of

the sacriicial meat is done directly to the

recipients in their homes.

A total of 218 groups comprising over

1,200 people including government oficers,

volunteers representing mosque youth,

youth involved in propagating Islam and

youth member from village consultative

councils are involved in the distribution.

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Azlan Othman

There are wisdoms behind the COVID19

pandemic and through new norms like

enhancing cleanliness as practising self-

cleanliness is a commendable effort.

This is also emphasised in Islam, Imams

highlighted in the Hari Raya Aidiladha sermon

yesterday morning.

“Family institutions are also strengthened

as we spend more quality time with our family

like performing congregational prayers and

sitting together with our children revising their

studies,” they said.

The Imams said this year’s celebration is

different from the past and for the very irst

time, we are engaged in new norms due to

the coronavirus pandemic.

“But we are grateful that with the blessings

of Allah the Almighty and prayers, we are

able to contain the pandemic. Although the

pandemic is under control in this country, we

should not be complacent by violating the

rules and regulations to take care of ourselves

and people around us,” they said.

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Sermon highlights

wisdom behind

COVID-19 crisis