| James Kon |
YAYASAN Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (Yayasan) hopes that members of the Sultan’s Scholar Alumni, comprising graduates who received the prestigious Sultan’s Scholar scholarship, to immediately be mobilised to make use of their skills, share experiences and exchange of new ideas as well as opinions to be applied to various projects that will be beneficial to the local community.
The call was made by Haji Brahim bin Haji Ismail, the Managing Director of Yayasan, in his remarks at the retreat session and meeting of Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s Sultan’s Scholar scholarship scheme alumni yesterday morning.
Sultan’s Scholar scholarship alumni was established in 2014 with the appointment of office bearers of the alumni, however following its establishment, Yayasan has yet to see any progress in achieving its objectives, which are to combine the talents, intellectual capacity and skills of graduates to promote and provide opportunity for the alumni to implement welfare and beneficial social activities, to become a channel and medium for the alumni to contribute idea, expertise, experience to any parties that need assistance, organised activities towards the development of a balanced physical, spiritual and intellectual graduate, to instil integration, unity and closer ties among members of the alumni and in supporting the vision and mission of Yayasan.
Haji Brahim said, “Sultan’s Scholar alumni comprise inte-llectual individuals and are expected to be able to bring huge potential impact of progress for a targeted community.
Haji Brahim bin Haji Ismail, Managing Director of Yayasan, delivering his remark at the retreat session of Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah’s Sultan’s Scholar scholarship scheme alumni yesterday. – JAMES KON
“Members of the alumni are seen as the next generation who will be leadership successor in a governmental or private organisation as stipulated in the document of rules and rules of Sultan’s scholar scholarships.”
Yayasan, he said, “puts high hopes on members of the alumni who are recipients of the prestigious scheme to be dedicated in giving back to the community and help Yayasan to achieve its vision to become a competitive, high-achieving and well known organisation in giving assistance and contribution to the citizens of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji
Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.”
He believed that members of the alumni are able to balance daily and voluntary work addressing various issues and challenges faced by the country.
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