THE 2nd Steering Committee Meeting on ‘Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB): the Capital of Islamic Culture for the Asia Region 2019’ was held at Di-Gadong Hall of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), yesterday.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin chaired the meeting.

State Mufti Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia (Dr) Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned in his capacity as Advisor of the BSB: the Capital of Islamic Culture for the Asia Region 2019 Steering Committee was also present.

The minister highlighted the resolution to provide a right direction for all working committees to be more efficient particularly in implementing planned programmes and activities.

The meeting also saw the approval of minutes of the 1st Steering Committee meeting and hearing of status reports on the working committees’ preparations for the celebrations for the event next year.

One of the main activities will be the opening of the celebration of the Jejak Senibina dan Mercutanda Islam Bandar Seri Begawan exhibition at Brunei International Airport on January 17, 2019.

The chairman also discussed the status report on Brunei’s preparations for the celebrations as brought up during the Extraordinary Meeting of the Islamic Culture Ministers held towards the end of November in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Other notable attendees included deputy ministers, permanent secretaries, deputy permanent secretaries, directors and senior government officials, as well as the Secretariat of the BSB: the Capital of Islamic Culture for the Asia Region 2019 Steering Committee.