By AB, 11 months and 3 days ago

The Race for a Living Planet Continues...

Sefli runs. He runs very well. Sefli Ahar recently represented Brunei Darussalam in the Standard Chartered Greatest Race on Earth, third leg marathon series in Mumbai. The Greatest Race on Earth (GROE) is the world's only marathon team relay series, run across four of the most exotic cities on the planet. Created and sponsored by Standard Chartered since 2004, it is now entering its fourth successful series, with prize money of USD 1.08 million on offer to the teams taking part – the largest guaranteed prize pool in world athletics.

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Sefli with other national runners from other countries

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Taking in the sights

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Sefli reaching the finishing line

Sefli completed the full marathon with a time of 2hr 52min 21sec in 25th position ahead of runners from Philippines, Singapore and Mexico. Brunei is currently placed 29th position in the overall team series ahead of countries Tanzania, South Korea and Chinese Taipei and considering Brunei's exposure in the sport of running, the nation is doing impressively well.

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By AB, 11 months and 3 days ago

Business Incubator Program Launch

Pics taken at the launching ceremony of the Business Incubator Program at the Business School in Gadong. This is the 3rd intake since the program was transferred from Department of Technical Education to the Business School.

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I was happy to see some familiar faces including the principal who used to teach me when I was in Maktab Teknik nearly twenty years ago, and one of the teaching staff who was my classmate during that time too :)

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Left: Pg Norashikin giving her welcoming remarks
Right: Pehin Hapidz giving an inspirational address to the incubatees

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Some of the participants of the current intake

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