| Abdul Hakiim Yakof |
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, Minister of Defence and Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), consented to grant His Royal Highness Captain (U) Prince ‘Abdul Mateen his pilot wings at a ceremony held at Penanjong Garrison’s Officers’ Mess yesterday.
Accompanying His Majesty was His Royal Highness Prince General Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and General of the RBAF.
The badging was followed by a Doa Selamat recited by Commander Haji Ainolnizam bin Haji Ibrahim.
His Royal Highness Captain (U) Prince ‘Abdul Mateen graduated from RAF Shawbury, United Kingdom last March after he completed the Single Engine Rotary Wing Course, receiving his RAF Wing Badge.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Minister of Defence II, the Commander of the RBAF, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, deputy permanent secretaries, commanders of the RBAF, senior officers, and commandants at the Ministry of Defence.