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3 Bruneians go on one-year homestay programme in Japan

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Saturday, March 15, 2008

THREE Bruneian students will be travelling to Japan for a student exchange programme, where the students will have the opportunity to stay with Japanese foster families and attend high schools.

Under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youth (Jenesys), the students who are the first batch of students from Brunei to participate in the one-year programme, will be placed in Japan's different prefectures.

Teo Siang Hoe of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien College will be going to Hiroshima prefecture, while Dk Nurul Hanisah Pg Said from the Paduka Seri Begawan Sultan Science College and Norjalilah Juali of Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School will be going to Kanagawa and Gifu prefectures respectively.

The three students made a courtesy call to the Japanese Embassy's Charge d' Affaires Masashi Kono at the embassy in Kiulap yesterday, according to a press statement from the embassy.

The Jenesys programme was proposed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year.

A number of students and youths in Brunei have already visited Japan and participated in other activities under the Jenesys programme.

Last year, 27 high school students visited Tokyo and Hokkaido for about 10 days.

The programme aims to promote the spirit of "heart-to-heart contact" and provide opportunities to enhance friendship and understanding among participating countries and youths.

It is further hoped that more participants will be involved in next year's programme, the press release added.

The students will be leaving on March 18 and will meet and travel with Malaysian students together to Japan. The Bruneian students are expected to return in February 2009.

Other countries participating in the student exchange programme include Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

The Brunei Times


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