26 Bruneian youths scale Mount Pagon

Correction - published on Wednesday, February 10, 2010

With reference to a report titled "26 Bruneian youths scale Mount Pagon", on Page 1 of Feb 9 publication, the picture caption should have read "Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Jaafar, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports ", handing the flag to Hj Ramli Hj Kurus, head of the Mt Pagon expedition, and not as previously stated. The error is regretted.

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A GROUP of 26 youths yesterday set off on an expedition to Mount Pagon, the highest peak in Brunei, as part of a programme to celebrate the country's 26th National Day.

The "Belia Cinta Tanah Air" programme is part of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports' initiative to spur the nationalistic spirit among youths by involving them in various community and religious activities and to develop and inculcate in them leadership skills and national identity.

Comprising the team are males and females aged between 15 and 25.

The four-day expedition is part of the activities that new intakes of the programme must undergo as a team.

Mount Pagon, located at the boundary between Temburong district and Limbang, Sarawak, is the highest peak in Brunei at 6,070ft (1,850 metres).

The group was sent off yesterday by Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar, Permanent Secretary II at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Dato Hj Mohd Hamid then presented the national flag that will be planted at the peak of Mount Pagon to Hj Ramli Hj Kurus, leader of the expedition.

The participants were transported to their base camp by members of the Four Wheel Drive association and escorted by the Official Motorcycle Club of Tutong and the United Bikers Club up to the Kuala Lurah Post.The Brunei Times