Small amount of students for Nursing and Midwifery?

Source: Brudirect & was written by Rumbi

INTAKE FOR NURSING AND MIDWIFERY

Again on the issue of Nursing and Midwifery in UBD. The proposal was for Nursing College to be upgraded to either an Institute OR a Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in UBD. NOT to be squashed into the Institute of Medicine.

It's not practical and also totally inappropriate. There should be total Autonomy on the running of the nursing programmes and MUST meet most and foremost the LOCAL requirement which means based on the MIB as according to TITAH should be implemented in the programes. But somehow that doesn't seem to be the direction now because the courses seemed to have been shortened!!!!!

By the way why only 20 + - participants for the Diploma Nursing whilst only THREE (3) Diploma in Midwifery. There are already 2000 = TRAINED LOCALLY AND ARE PRACTISING IN BRUNEI'S HEALTH CENTRES ARE YOU QUESTIONING THE CREDIBILTY of their qualifications? Remember they were also externally examined by overseas Professors!!

Haven't the authority or relevant admins realize that there will be attrition and do you think the numbers will be able to accommodate the staffing level of the expanding health services in years to come!!!!!! These mistakes were rectified by people before but unfortunately many of those responsible for the future of caring for those in need seemed to have been overlooked and I am sure now being appreciated because suddenly you need Nurses and Midwives. They can't just be processed on a conveyor belt.

If you want Quality and Standard those responsible should know the MEANING of the word Not just squaring your shoulders in a threatening manner and shove everybody else aside to accommodate your personal egos.

With Love: Amirul010

CIN Farewell Dinner Party Part II

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CIN Farewell Dinner Party Part I

Photographer: Haris

Venue: LR Asma Hotel

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Birthdays

Happy Birthday To

Ak Amar Rizamir Osman

&

The Late Norikwani Bte Hj Ibrahim

May God Bless You.

With Love: Amirul010

Danial's Birthday

Happy 24th Birthday To

Eswandi Danial Bin Udan

Eswandi Danial

Eswandi Danial & Amirul

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Decoration Preparation

Today, we spent the entire day at Ceca's house doing preparation for our farewell decoration. It was such a great day today despite a few heartbreak along the way by someone who we all love & trust before. But what's done is done, you can't reverse the past. Nonetheless, the show must go on. Tomorrow, there will be another meeting for all AJK farewell community at ceca's house right after the Jumaat prayer to prepare our lucky draw gifts.

CIN Attended today's decoration meeting & preparation are:
Amirul, Rara, Zuvita, Ismail, Kathy, Veve,Fizah, Ceca, Basil and Mohiddin.

With Love: Amirul010

Prince Abd Qawi want to buy Brunei Hotel?

Bandar Seri Begawan - One of sultanate's oldest landmarks, the Brunei Hotel, is up for sale. Reliable sources said that several parties including Prince Abdul Qawi, the businessman son of the Brunei Foreign Minister, HRH Prince Mohamed has been mentioned as an interested party.

Business registry records show the hotel was founded in 1956 by a number of town elders, whose children today own the hotel.

"There are too many shareholders and sometimes it is difficult to arrive at decisions and so progressive changes cannot be made to the hotel easily," grumbled one shareholder recently. Quipped another, "It's the case of too many cooks spoiling the hotel's broth."

The main shares are in the hands of Yusof Holdings Sdn Bhd, a family foundation begun by one of the wealthiest men in Brunei, the late Pehin Orang Kaya Di Gadong Dato Hj Mohd. Yusof.

His son, Pehin Hussein, former minister of Culture, Youth and Sports and family members now hold a sizeable chunk of the shares.

Other share holders read somewhat like Who's Who in Brunei. They include the descendants of the late Dato Ong Kim Kee and his family. The late Dato Ibrahim former chief minister of Brunei, Kapitan Cina, the two Dato Lims and others are also included.

Brunei Hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan

It is understood most of the shareholders will relinquish their holdings in the event of a sale, including Yusof holdings but some may elect to retain their investment.

It is understood around B$5 million has been mentioned but no firm date of the sale could be obtained by BruDirect.com

The hotel stands strategically on two lots of land at the corner of the town centre. But the smallness of the lots has imposed constraints in the hotel providing parking facilities and other amenities like a swimming pool and a garden.

It's likely the hotel may undergo extensive renovation after the purchase, sources said. But to what extent or when it is going to be it is not known.

Refurbished a number of times, Brunei Hotel, known as the capital's grand old lady have been having low occupancy for some time. Billed as a three-star-hotel it enjoyed its heyday when it was the one and only place to stay in the capital those days.

The four-storey, 63-room hotel does not have a swimming pool or a large enough banquet hall to hold state functions or other modern facilities. But it has basic facilities such as air conditioning, satellite TV, IDD calls, mini bar and piped music and there is a restaurant which servers international menu.

In the past after a number of tries it failed to keep up with fast moving times and potential guests drifted away to other hotels. But later other hotels sprang up and it suffered further hard times even though it received several face lifts from time to time. But its location, in the town centre was unrivaled and it was the most convenient place to stay for many business travellers and tourists in the capital where taxis and public transport are hard to come by.

As the hotel has numerous shareholders most are not impressed by its lack luster performance in recent times.

Source was written by: Norazriza Mohammad Noh & Shamsul DP Suni

With Love: Amirul010

Landslide in Brunei?

Bandar Seri Begawan - Authorities have still not taken necessary measures to tackle landslide problems faced by residents in Kg Sungai Akar despite having been informed about the matter several months ago.

"I have written a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs three months ago, but am yet to receive a reply from them," said Village Head Hj Ramlee Hj Md Zain. "From my knowledge, the ministry is supposed to address a problem within two weeks after a complaint is lodged."

The act of procrastination by the ministry has caused unnecessary unrest and problems to village residents affected by landslides around this area, he added.

Hj Ramlee also highlighted the dissatisfaction of the victims in his letter to the ministry with regards to the decision taken by the Community Development Department, that the victims were non-compensable because the landslide did not affect the internal parts of their homes.

"Out of the 10 victims that I have listed in my letter, six of them have opted to fix the damage on their own with fear that the situation may worsen and lead to undesirable consequences," he said. "They could not wait any longer as they did not know exactly when the government will actually take action in rectifying the problem."

The government's lack of response and assistance forced Hjh Rajidah Hj Mohd Zain, one of the victims, to fork out her own money to mend the landslide problem that had affected her property.

"The landslide happened just after my husband passed away and that left me with financial constraint," she said.

"I had no choice but to borrow money from the village head, since it was very dangerous to leave the problem as it was because have young children running around the house."

Pointing to the visible cracks on the concrete floor, the 55-year-old widow expressed her fear that the rainy season may cause her property to experience another landslide despite having attempted to mend the previous damage.

"We are very worried about our safety, so I hope the authorities will really do something to help us, the victims," added Hjh Rajidah.

Another resident around the affected area, Betty Chang, commented that the roadblock placed by authorities near her house due to the recent landslide occurrence has caused much inconvenience to both nearby residents and drivers.

"The road has been blocked for many months now, but they still have not dealt with the problem," said the 45-year-old manager.

She added: "The two-laned highway road has been narrowed down to one. This is very dangerous because drivers often speed when driving down this road and some were not able to reduce their speed in time to avoid colliding with the traffic cones placed there."

Sugu Raju, 45, mentioned that the recent heavy downpour have posed a greater threat to drivers passing by the Simpang 51 road.

"It is dangerous and irresponsible for the authorities to have left their job midway in fixing the slope that had caused the landslide." said the Indian High Commission worker.

-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

With Love: Amirul010