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皇冠体育app British High Commission held a Queen鈥檚 Birthday Party reception at the Empire Hotel and Country Club on Tuesday 11 June 2013. 皇冠体育app theme of the evening was the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 Coronation, which took place in London sixty years ago this month. A second motif was the knowledge economy, and the science, innovation and creative industry linkages between Britain and Brunei.

皇冠体育app High Commission declared their coronation theme with hundreds of paper crowns made by primary school children across Brunei. Guests were greeted in the foyer of the Indera Samudra Grand Hall by the first of eight towering trees, with crowns in its branches. Nearby was the High Commission鈥檚 hybrid vehicle, in new livery 鈥� itself the result of a competition (dubbed 鈥渁MaZeUs鈥�) for the design community in Brunei.

Guest of Honour were Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Haji Abd Rahman bin Haji Ibrahim, Minister of Finance II at the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office and Yang Mulia Datin Hajah Sapiah binti Haji Sabtu. In his speech High Commissioner Rob Fenn complimented Brunei Darussalam on its Chairmanship of ASEAN, particularly the way progress in the Economic Pillar was delivering benefits for people across the region, 鈥渟toring up goodwill, within and between ASEAN member states鈥�. As gifts for their Guests of Honour, the High Commissioner and Mrs Fenn presented Yang Berhormat Pehin with a limited edition 鈥淐oronation Plate鈥� and Datin with porcelain from the Buckingham Palace and a bouquet of flowers. Pehin and Datin helped His Excellency and Mrs Fen cut the crown-shaped 鈥淐oronation Cake鈥�.

For the hundreds of crowns donated on the night, His Excellency Rob Fenn thanked students, parents and teachers from St. Andrew鈥檚 School, Seri Mulia Sarjana International School, Panaga School, Hornbill School, Stella鈥檚 School, International School Brunei and Jerudong International School. Two young artists were singled out for a special mention 鈥� Siti Amal Rabbiyatul Farah Haninah from Seria Mulia Sarjana international School and Yeoh Yi Jing from Panaga School, in the latter case for creating a crown made of our beans with came with the legend: 鈥淢ay all Her Majesty鈥檚 subjects in England have enough to eat.鈥� 皇冠体育app High Commissioner commented that this young person clearly understood that modern Monarchy meant caring for people.

On the Knowledge Economy theme, the High Commission unveiled the results of its Digital Scrapbook Competition. Rob Fenn announced the names of three Bruneian students in UK whose short films about their experience of British education had secured First, Second and Third places. Guests viewed the top-ranked film 鈥� by Ijjojji bin Nordin.

Guests were also able to view excerpts of a new film made by last year鈥檚 winners, students from Glasgow University who had interviewed older generations of students on their experience of study in the UK. 皇冠体育app High Commissioner said the 鈥淕lasgow Project had unearthed a treasure trove of shared history鈥�.

During the second half of the reception, the High Commissioner screened a series of his home-movies 鈥� the highlights of 鈥渇our years in this photogenic country鈥�. 皇冠体育app films included footage of the Diplomatic Corps鈥� intrepid participation in Regatta 2013 earlier this year; and a look-back at Brunei鈥檚 energetic involvement in the Olympic and Paralympic Games 鈥� 鈥淟ondon 2012鈥�. But the High Commissioner said 鈥渢he Film I鈥檓 most proud of鈥� was the DVD with which guests went home at the end of the evening: . Co-produced with CfBT, and made in close association with the Ministry of Education, the film explores Brunei鈥檚 success with English as a medium of learning, and the advantage this confers on the Sultanate given that English is the working language of ASEAN.