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‘DuaMinggu’ newsletter launched

The first edition of the ‘DuaMinggu’ newsletter publication was launched on 19 Jan 2012 by Sheikh Jamaluddin, Director of Tourism Development Department The launch marked a new medium for cultural consulting firm iBudaya to reach out to its target audience including companies, public agencies, educational bodies, cultural institutions and artists centred towards advocating the cultural development seeing that there are bright prospects in the creative industries. ‘DuaMinggu’ is free of charge. Source. Extracted from Fadhil Yunus, Borneo Bulletin 20 Jan 2012

e-Arkib launched

‘e-Arkib’ was officially launched on 19 Jan 2012 by .YB Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hazair bin Haji Abdullah,the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.

The minister underlined the importance of a civilised nation to compile, record and preserve historical materials and treasures for the purpose of historical reference and research that benefits future generations.These materials are a national treasure that chronicled the system of government and administration.

The minister also lauded the implementation of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in government services, particularly in institutions such as museums, archive centres and libraries. This commendable integration of ICT will benefit all sides, he added.

The collection consists various forms of data such as government files, images, maps, building plans, audio-visual recordings and others are incorporated into the system. All these materials are dated 25 years and above.

Up to now, 2.8 million records have been successfully installed in the electronic system that utilises the Electronic Records Management System in a digitised form. The public can access the ‘e-Arkib’ at www.arkibrunei.gov.bn. Source: Extracted from Ishan Ibrahim, Borneo Bulletin 20 Jan 2012

UNISSA Library’s Arabic collection

In the past months, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali Library (UNISSA Library) received, recorded and barcoded more than 13,000 books in the Arabic language of subjects relevant to those taught at UNISSA such as Tafsir, Fiqh, Usuluddin, Syariah, Arabic language, etc. These books are needed by academics and students to support their research and studies. Print and non-print materials for the UNISSA Library are being ordered throughout the year to meet the academics’ and students’ needs. During the 2011 year-end long semester break, several UNISSA academics, namely Professor Dr Mekki Klaina, Associate Professor Ahmed Cherchel and Ustaz Abang Hadzmin bin Abang Taha, assisted in sorting the Arabic books according to subjects and sending those that are urgently needed for cataloguing. Assisting them were four industrial attachment students from Maktab Teknik Sultan Saiful Rijal (MTSSR) who were undertaking the BDTVEC National Diploma in Information and Library Management. The MTSSR students were Dayang Haslinda binti Haji Hamid, Siti Nadirah binti Jamaludin, Razanah binti Kassim and Siti Zaleha binti Abdul Jalil. The MTSSR students completed their industrial training on December 31, 2011. Source; Borneo Bulletin 2 Jan 2012

Ambuyat Man Comic Book Launched At Times Square

Bandar Seri Begawan – Ambuyat Man comic book, a fictional superhero character, was officially launched yesterday at Times

Square, Berakas.

The character was created and edited by Nu’urul Zirawatul Amal @ Nu’urul Ayaine Haji Borhanuddin, a 24-year-old graduate

from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, also known as Nu’urul HB in her book.

Speaking to the media, Nu’urul HB said she began to have the idea of building up the character of Ambuyat Man since 2006,

while she was still in secondary school.

With support from her family in seeing her interest in drawings especially cartoon character, Nu’urul HB had the idea to

develop further her Ambuyat Man character in 2008.

"1 started everything from scratch, it took me almost five years to build up Ambuyat Man and its supporting characters, doing

research, ideas, arranging the story line and of course to draw all that I can imagine for this comic book," she said.

"In this book, I not only highlight Ambuyat as one of the popular dishes among Bruneians, but the language used in the book is

also important.

"I got my ideas mostly from my family, surroundings, friends and my own imagination. "The cartoon characters use Brunei

dialect and some other dialects such as Dusun. My aim is to indirectly educate the younger generation especially teenagers

and kids to learn some of the Brunei dialects that are hardly been used nowadays. So they will ask their parents the meaning

ofthe words used inthe comic," she added.

Making Malai Yunus (cartoonist of Noh) and Denny (Ambuyart) as her mentors and reference, Nu’urul HB hoped that her

comic book would receive positive response from members of the public. Selling at $5 per copy, the one-day promotion is

targeting 1,000 copies.

Nu’urul also planned to distribute the Ambuyat Man comic book to local bookstores and retail shops. At the same time, she

has plans to produce her second volume ofAmbuyat Man if the response from the public is overwhelming.

In terms of publication for the comic book, Nu’urul said she used her own funding with support from her parents and family to

realise her dream to produce her own comic book.

"I spent more than $2,000 to publish this comic book including the banners and promotion. I really hope this book will receive

positive outcomes," she added.

Ambuyat Man tells the story of a young boy named Hadi, who visited the biggest Ambuyat factory own by his family. At the

factory, Hadi accidentally ate the non-processed ambuyat and felt sick for four days.

Worry about Hadi’s – condition, his parents brought him to seek treatment. What came to the doctor’s surprise was that Hadi

was discharging sweat in the form of ambuyat gels. Hadi’s father had the idea to I make Hadi as a superhero and help people

in trouble.

In making the story more interesting and lively, Nu’urul HB created eight other characters to support the storylines. Aside from

the characters of Bapa and Babu (Hadi’s father and mother), the Ambuyat Man is adored by the Kambars (the Twins). Like

other superhero, Ambuyat Man also has enemies who dislike him very much, Mr Kesisang, Awang Kubui and Si Kembayau.

The 84-page comic book also highlights local favourite dishes as Ambuyat Man’s superhero powers. Terms such as belacan

atoms, ambulong atoms, tempoyak, sambal padas, biji asam jawa atoms, camouflaged ulam-ulaman, belutak and ambuyat gels

are among terminologies described by Nu’ urul HB to illustrate Ambuyat Man’s powers.

At the official launching of Ambuyat Man comic book, most people expressed their impression with the effort shown by

Nu’urul HB in producing the local comic book.

Among them was Denny, the Ambuyart animation creator, who said the Ambuyat Man will add up the local comic collection in

the creative industry produced by locals.

Source:

Borneo Bulletin, 19.12.2011

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AL-FATIHAH

It is with great sadness and our deepest condolences to the family of the late

Awg Hj Ghani Mohamad

on the untimely demise of Awg Hj Ghani (Anugerah Pustakawan Berbakti 2011)

and that of his beloved wife Dyg Hjh Hasnah

who lost their lives in the horrific bus crash in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

on Tues 20 Dec 2011

His demise is a great loss to the library and information community

From

The President and Executive Board Members

Brunei Darussalam Library Association

UNISSA publishes first Arabic-language newsletter

Front page of the special edition of UNISSA’s newsletter ‘Al-Nibras’. As envisaged by the Rector of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) in improving the quality of Arabic language skills among the undergraduates of UNISSA, the Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Civilisation has taken the initiative of publishing ‘Al-Nibras’, a newsletter of the Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Civilisation, three times in each semester. ‘Al-Nibras’ will also be made ??as one of the materials collected for the resource room of the Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Civilisation, which provides reference books in Arabic. The newsletter is already in circulation since last August and is an effort to inculcate the culture of reading articles and books in Arabic, a press release stated. Among the objectives of the issue of ‘Al-Nibras’ as pointed out by Dr Siti Sara binti Hj Ahmad, the Dean of the Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Civilisation, is to attract and encourage undergraduates to participate in writing and developing their creativity in the Arabic language. ‘Al-Nibras’ which means light, provides articles, language segment, motivation, special segments for readers to post information and opinions, segments for faculty’s activities and advertisement. The publication is implemented by a committee consisting of postgraduate and undergraduate students of Faculty of Arabic Language and Islamic Civilisation under the supervision of the academic staff of the faculty. ‘Al-Nibras’ first edition, special edition and subsequent editions will be distributed to the ministries and certain libraries. ‘Al-Nibras’ is intended to be the main media coverage on activities organised by the faculty in order to realise the vision and mission of the faculty that is to uphold the language of the Quran in Brunei Darussalam.

Source: Borneo Bulletin, 16 Dec 2011

Buku ‘The Royal Regalia of Brunei Darussalam diterbitkan

Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei menerbitkan buku ‘Coffee Table Book: The Royal Regalia of Brunei Darussalam’ dengan sokongan DST Group sebagai penaja dan Digital Impressions Negara Brunei Darussalam sebagai penyelaras.

Majlis Penyerahan ‘Coffee Table Book’ tersebut yang berlangsung di Bangunan Alat-Alat Kebesaran Diraja, di sini disaksikan oleh Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Kebudayaan Belia dan Sukan, Awang Haji Mohd. Rozan bin Dato Paduka Haji Mohd. Yunos selaku tetamu kehormat.

Majlis Penyerahan Buku tersebut disampaikan oleh Penasihat Digital Impressions, Dato Paduka Awang Haji Idris bin Haji Abas kepada Ahli Lembaga Pengarah DST Group, Awang Abdul Latif bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Md. Yusof yang kemudian menyerahkannya kepada Pengarah Muzium-Muzium Brunei, Awang Bantong bin Antaran.

Terdahulu, Dato Paduka Awang Haji Idris dalam ucapannya menjelaskan, Bangunan Alat-Alat Kebesaran Diraja (Royal Regalia) telah mencapai usia kira-kira 20 tahun dan ia memainkan peranan penting dalam menyediakan pameran mengenai dengan Alat-alat Kebesaran Diraja Negara Brunei Darussalam dengan memberikan informasi, bahan-bahan pembelajaran, rujukan dan juga memberikan inspirasi dan hiburan bagi penduduk tempatan dan para pengunjung serta pelancong dari luar negara.

"Antara objektif ‘pulication’ buku kenangan itu adalah akan meningkatkan lagi minat dan penghargaan serta kesetiaan kepada raja, Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam, kerabat diraja dan keturunannya sejak lebih dari 600 tahun yang lalu di samping mengenegahkan peranan Bangunan Alat-Alat Kebesaran Diraja itu sebagai sumber rujukan dan pusat pembelajaran bagi sejarah Diraja, Kerabat Diraja dan perlembagaan negara serta konsep Melayu Islam Beraja," ujarnya.

Selain itu katanya, ia juga untuk mengambarkan sejarah kegemilangan pemerintah dan sistem beraja di negara ini selain mempromosikan bangunan berkenaan sebagai satu tempat menarik bagi pelancong luar dan dalam negara juga dalam menyediakan ‘souvenir’ kenangan.

Pengarah Muzium-Muzium Brunei pula dalam ucapannya menyatakan, penghasilan ‘Coffee Table Book’ itu merupakan antara usaha Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei memperkenalkan muzium-muzium dan dewan-dewan pameran di bawah pentabiran jabatan itu supaya diketahui dan dikunjungi oleh orang ramai sebagai tempat menimbah ilmu pengetahuan dan mendapat maklumat mengenai dengan warisan tamadun budaya dan sejarah Negara Brunei Darussalam dalam konteks, pameran Alat Kebesaran Diraja.

Melalui buku itu katanya, dengan hiasan gambar-gambar yang menarik mengenai Alat-alat Kebesaran Diraja, pembaca dapat menikmati catatan dan gambar-gambar peralatan tersebut mengikut kesesuaian masa mereka sambil santai menikmati minuman panas, di rumah dan tidak semestinya di negara ini.

"Dengan terbuktinya buku itu akan dapat dijadikan sebagai sumber rujukan dan alat promosi mengenai Bangunan Alat-Alat Kebesaran Diraja dan menarik minat orang ramai sama ada dari atau pun luar negara untuk melancong ke negara ini dan melawat serta melihat dengan lebih dekat segala alat kebesaran yang dipamerkan di bangunan berkenaan," jelasnya.

‘Coffee Table Book’ merupakan projek kedua yang diterajui oleh Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei dengan Syarikat Digital Impressions dengan projek pertama penerbitan sebuah buku ‘Coffee Table’ ‘The Brunei Museums 40th Anniversary yang diterbitkan pada tahun 2005 untuk memberi peluang pembaca menghayati dunia muzium secara lebih dekat.

Edisi terbitan buku ini dibuat dalam jumlah terhad dan dihadiahkan sempena lawatan-lawatan rasmi ke bangunan tersebut.

Jabatan Muzium-Muzium Brunei dalam masa terdekat juga akan menerbitkan semula buku itu dan dijual kepada orang ramai.

dipetik dari Pelita Brunei, 5 Disember 2011, Oleh : Saerah Haji Abdul Ghani

Jabatan Mufti Kerajaan lancarkan dua terbitan terbaru

Jabatan Mufti Kerajaan telah melancarkan dua buah lagi buku terbitan terbarunya berjudul Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB): ‘Mahkota Negara’ dan Aqidah Ahli Sunnah Wal-jamaah : Penyelamat Ummah.

Kedua-dua buah buku tersebut merupakan hasil tulisan Mufti Kerajaan, Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia (Dr.) Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned yang juga dikenali dengan nama pena Adi Rumi.

MIB: ‘Mahkota Negara’ setebal 76 muka surat dan Aqidah Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah: Penyelamat Ummah setebal 72 mula surat adalah kandungan kertas kerja Yang Berhormat Mufti Kerajaan di Seminar Antarabangsa mengenai Aqidah Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah sempena Sambutan Jubli Perak Penubuhan Pusat Da’wah Islamiah, pada 24 Rabiulakhir 1432H/29 Mac 2011M, diterbitkan dalam tiga bahasa iaitu Melayu, Arab dan Inggeris.

Buku MIB: ‘Mahkota Negara’ akan dijual dengan harga BND4 senaskhah dan buku Aqidah Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jamaah akan dijual pada harga BND3 senaskhah.

Dipetik dari Pelita Brunei, 29 Nov 2011. Hajah Siti Zuraihah Haji Awang Sulaiman