| Achong Tanjong |
MINISTER of Religious Affairs Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Awang Othman officiated the launching ceremony of the short message service (SMS) for the Mosque Construction Fund yesterday.
The ceremony was held at Multaqa Hall at the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA).
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Pengiran Dato Seri Paduka Haji Bahrom bin Pengiran Haji Bahar; Deputy State Mufti and Collection and Expenditure Committee member of the Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Japar bin Haji Mat Dain @Maidin and member of Brunei Islamic Religious Council and Collection and Expenditure Committee member of the Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund Dato Seri Setia Haji Metussin bin Haji Baki were also present.
The Brunei Darussalam Mosque Construction Fund raised BND8,561,549.50 in September. The funds include the financing allocation of the construction of Ar-Rahman Mosque in Kampong Tanjung Bunut and construction of the new mosque in Kampong Bukit Panggal in the Tutong District. The total also includes the project extension and maintenance of mosque buildings under the allocation of fund for the construction of mosque’s in Brunei Darussalam.
Accompanying Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang Badaruddin were Acting Chief Executive Officer of DST Radin Sufri bin Radin Basiuni and Government Relations Manager and representative of Progresif Cellular Sdn Bhd Normah binti Ahmad.
The Mosque Construction Fund is dedicated to the construction of new mosques as well as expansion and renovation of existing mosques.
A video of the launching of the SMS service for the Mosque Construction Fund of Brunei Darussalam was presented followed by the presentation of donations via SMS by the audience.
The SMS service aims to provide members of the public the opportunity to donate to the fund from November 13 – December 27.
Donations can be channelled via SMS by typing MASJID followed by 1, 5, 10 or 20 without space and sending it to 38111 (for DST and Progresif Cellular users).