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Self-reliance lessons for kids at Cubboree
16/06/2008
THE importance of being self-reliant was one of the major traits which Cub Scouts should acquire during Cubboree, said...
Anti-tobacco health carnival
16/06/2008
SINCE the inception of the Tobacco Law earlier this month, ministries and government departments have stepped up their...
Big walk for special athletes
16/06/2008
SOME 200 people took part in a walkathon in support of the Special Olympics Brunei Darussalam (SOBD) cause to raise...
Record sum of $67,648 raised from walkathon
16/06/2008
THE Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah Fund for orphans has received a record $67,648.19 in donations raised from...
Tree leaves stay internally cooler in hot or cold climates: study
16/06/2008
THE internal temperature of leaves, whether in the tropics or a cold-clime forest, tends toward a nearly constant 21.4...
Brunei's solid waste management system
16/06/2008
IN Part 1 of "Solid Waste Management in Brunei" that appeared on 14 June in The Brunei Times, the Centre for...
British science students lack essential skills
16/06/2008
TOP universities struggle to teach "spoonfed" school leavers that do not have basic maths and science skills...
Japanese prep for Harvard in expensive cram schools
16/06/2008
A NEW cram school in Tokyo could be the answer for Japanese teens who wish to get into Harvard fast — if they...
60,000 top pupils fail to enter universities
16/06/2008
SOME 60,000 of the highest achieving school leavers a year are failing to reach university, according to research. ...
English is getting too hard to read even for children
16/06/2008
CONFUSING spelling system is blamed as literacy falls short of level in other European nations. The English spelling...
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