Lee: Preserve neighbourly ties with Bruneians
MIRI: Long established neighbourly ties with the Brunei community must be preserved.
Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Kim Shin said this in his speech at an appreciation dinner for members of Kedayan Association Miri at Meritz Hotel here.
“The Kedayan community here and other communities such as the Malays, Chinese, Ibans have family members living and working in Brunei.
“The Kedayan community should continue to collaborate with their Brunei counterparts to promote its culture, food and customs to promote tourism, “he said.
Present at the dinner were the association’s chairman Mohamad Abdullah Jamin, state assemblyman for Piasau Datuk Sebastian Ting, Persatuan Melayu Kedayan Brunei ( Pemedian) president Zainal Abidin Tinggal, Penghulu Samat Alip, Ketua Kaum Salim Santol and Pemedian members from Brunei.
According to Lee, the associations can bring tourists in Brunei to Miri and from Miri to Brunei as cross- border collaboration.
Lee said he looked forward to working with Brunei Airline which has direct flights to major cities in the world to promote tourism.
The state assemblyman for Senadin pledged a grant of RM3,000 from his allocation next year to the association.
State assemblyman for Piasau Datuk Sebastian Ting who also spoke disclosed that the association has been active in holding welfare, community and social programmes since 2017.
“I know the association is actively involved with NGOs and government activities and programmes,” Ting said while lauding members for their active participation in association’s activities and programmes. He announced a grant of RM5,000 to the association.