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UBD Student Community Outreach Promotes Recycling Culture
Two weekends ago, families in Kampung Bolkiah found out that they could actually exchange their “trash” for food. The Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Student Community Outreach Team (SCOT) gave rice and noodles to low income families in the village in exchange for their collected recylables. The students’ group aims to eradicate…
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Tunjangan Hari Raya?
Did you know that in Indonesia Idul Fitri has a legally mandated salary bonus for all employees, known as Tunjangan Hari Raya (THR) as enforced by Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (“Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi”)? That’s right folks. The mandated amount of this salary bonus differs by region….
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Don’t feed the ants! Prevent Diabetes.
Butra HeidelbergCement Sdn Bhd (BHC), the producer of Brunei Cement, is partnering with the Ministry of Health and MixMedia Group in a campaign to prevent diabetes before it hits. Stuart Lee, spokesperson for Brunei Cement, said the company is celebrating its 15 years in the industry and is keen to…
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Public Lecture: Countering the impact of the epidemic of diabetes and related vascular disease in South East Asia
Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific regions are at the forefront of the current epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes affects 12 – 20% of the population, and is increasing in the young. A further 20% of the population has the pre-diabetes state of impaired glucose tolerance with increased risk…
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Breaking fast on a field – Padang Style
Last night, the kids and I trooped on over to the newly renovated Pondok Sari Wangi Sengkurong to try out the sungkai buffet which was made up of padang dishes including ayam assam pedas, tempe goreng mandarin, pakis sambal, tahu, dendeng belado, daging tongseng and others. It was a veritable…
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