Min of Culture, Youth & Sports visits UK

The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports recently ended a five-day working visit to the United Kingdom where he paid visits to several points of interest, including the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, the Department for Culture, Media and Sports and the Olympic Park the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games, and held a dialogue with Bruneian students in London. The visit was focused on Sports Excellence, Making the nation’s Cultural Treasures accessible to young people and job-creating Creative Industries.

Accompanying the minister as part of the Brunei delegation was Permanent Secretary Dato Paduka HjMohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar, High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to the United Kingdom Hj Mohd Aziyan Hj Abdullah, British High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam Rob Fenn and MCYS officials.

The Brunei party toured the newest facility at Cardiff Metropolitan University, the School of Management, where CMU hope Brunei’s future “Captains of Industry” will come to study. The Minister urged Bruneian students to “bring their UK networks home to Brunei” on completion of their studies, to kick-start the nation’s creative industries.

At Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU), Y B Pehin Hazair met Bruneian students gathered from across Wales, including the athletes and sports science students pictured here. The Brunei Darussalam Student Society Wales (BDSSW) entertained the Minister and their British hosts with traditional dance and contemporary music.

In Cardiff, the Minister discussed sports excellence and creative industries with Glamorgan University at their new facility – the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

To celebrate his visit to Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU – formerly UWIC), Vice-Chancellor Prof Anthony Chapman presents YB Pehin Hazair with a ball signed by the whole Welsh Rugby XV

Lynn Davies, the famous Welsh sprinter and long-jumper, shows Y B Pehin Hazair the gold medal he won at the Tokyo Olympics. Lynn Davies accepted the Minister’s invitation to visit Brunei during 2012 to support CYS initiatives to promote sport amongst young people in Brunei

The Hon Minister, Permanent Secretary Dato Hamid (left) and the two High Commissioners in Trafalgar Square, London – in front of the clock counting down to the 2012 Olympic Games. At the nearby Department of Culture, Media and Sport, Y B Pehin Hazair was welcomed to the UK by DCMS Minister John Penrose MP, and discussed policies to promote sports excellence with “Sport England”.

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