| Achong Tanjong |
EIGHTY families from two districts received food hampers and financial assistance from Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah yesterday.
In the Temburong District, a presentation ceremony was held at the National Service Programme (PKBN) Training Camp in Mukim Batu Apoi. Forty-eight families received donations from Minister of Defence II Pehin Datu Lailaraja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yussof, Chairman of the Yayasan Board of Directors.
A similar ceremony was held in the Brunei-Muara District at the Yayasan headquarters in the capital, where 34 recipients received donations from Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Abdul Mokti bin Haji Mohd Daud, who is also a member of the Yayasan Board of Directors.
The recipients expressed gratitude for the donations, which aimed to ease their burden in their preparations for the coming Hari Raya celebration.