H.E. Mme. Tong Xiaoling, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Brunei Darussalam, held at her residence, on 8^th August 2009, a brief ceremony to confer admission notices to five Bruneian students admitted into Chinese Universities. Present at the ceremony are the five students and their parents, and also Mr. Azis Nayan, Director of the Scholarship Section of the Bruneian Ministry of Education and other Bruneian officials.

Ambassador Tong expressed her sincere congratulations to the five students and their families, urging the students to work hard to master the advanced knowledge and the profound Chinese culture so as to serve as a bridge for China-Brunei friendship. The five students and their parents expressed their gratitude to the Chinese Government and Embassy for providing such a good opportunity to study in Chinese universities, pledging to work hard to serve the country and to enhance the traditional friendship between China and Brunei.

Group Photo: Ambassador Tong, Director Azis, & Students

This year, Ms. Lim Wang Ee, Mr. Kamarul Osmera Kamis, Ms. Norhafizah Haji Mohd Taha, Ms. Nuraffilah Pg. Raffee and Ms. Nur Shaahidah Sulaiman have respectively been admitted by China's Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (in Pursuit of a Master Degree on Accounting), Zhejiang University (in Pursuit of a Bachelor Degree on Digital Media Technology), Southwest University (in Pursuit of a Bachelor Degree on Psychology), Capital Normal University (in Pursuit of a Bachelor Degree on Tourism Management), and Jilin University (in Pursuit of a Master Degree on Pathology and Pathophysiology). The former four students are under full "Chinese Government Scholarship" (free tuition fees plus a monthly allowance of nearly RMB2,000 (about B$400)), and the latter one is sponsored by His Majesty's Government.

Considering that last year saw only two Bruneian students went into Chinese universities, this year's big leap signifies the further enhancement of Brunei-China educational cooperation and the further deepening of the friendship between Chinese and Bruneian peoples.