BRUNEI AGAIN

For the fourth time, I am in Brunei again since last Friday, 2 November 2012.

L-R: Brunei's Minister of Internal Affairs YB Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Awang Haji Othman, Chief Syar'i Judge YB Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Awang Haji Yahya bin Haji Ibrahim, and Minister of Communication YB Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, and myself

With the Rector of UNISSA, Dr Haji Serbini Haji Matahir

The aims are three-folds. Firstly, to represent my Vice-Chancellor to the Convocation Ceremony of the Universiti Islam Sultan Syarif Ali (UNISSA); secondly, to participate in the 2nd Conference of Sultan Omar Ali Saifudeen Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS) of the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD); and thirdly, to hold meetings on research cooperation with UBD, UNISSA and Kolej Universiti Perguruan Islam Seri Begawan (KUPU SB).

Presenting a paper entitled "Human Account in Development Studies: An Islamic Analysis" at the 2nd SOASCIS International Conference at Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Together with me are ISDEV Deputy Director Dr Zakaria Bahari, ISDEV Acting Chairman of Islamic Development Management Programme Dr Mohd Shukri Hanapi, and ISDEV Academic Staff Training Scheme Fellow Wan Norhaneezaa Wan Hassan.

In between the programmes, a strengthening of relationship with The Brunei Times is also done. Tuan Haji Bujang, the Chief of The Brunei Times hosted a dinner for us.

We will be leaving for home on Friday, 9th November 2012, InshaAllah.