by ddadmin | Nov 15, 2019 | Previous Events
The BBBF Quiz Night was held on Friday,15 November at The Brunei Hotel’s Luna Lounge. Some 35 members attended, with 6 teams formed during the evening. After several vigorous rounds of questions on music, general knowledge, famous faces and geography hosted by...
by ddadmin | Oct 31, 2019 | Previous Events
BBBF held it first ever Charity Food Sale at Mabohai Shopping Complex on Sunday, 27th October 2019. The event was strongly supported by the British High Commission in Brunei Darussalam who baked traditional English cakes such as Eccles Cake and Raspberry Bakewell tart...
by ddadmin | Sep 4, 2019 | Previous Events
The Chair and Executive Committee of the BBBF recently visited Kota Kinabalu for their first ever retreat. Whilst in Kota Kinabalu, they attended a welcome network dinner on 27 September and on 28 September, a meeting took place where several goals for BBBF for 2020...
by ddadmin | Aug 17, 2019 | Previous Events
Remarks of 2019 AGM by our new Chair Yvonne Kuan The Annual General Meeting was held on 7 March at the British High Commissioner’s Residence. The outgoing Chairman, William Martin, spoke fondly of his tenure leading the BBBF and participating in its many...
by ddadmin | Aug 15, 2019 | Previous Events
Remarks of the outgoing Chair in the 2019 AGM The Chairman mentioned that none of the above would have been possible without the hard work of the Committee, in particular: · Secretary: Siva Subramniam...
by ddadmin | Aug 15, 2019 | Previous Events
The BBBF held a business talk titled Business Challenges and Opportunities at the Residence of the British High Commissioner on 8 August 2019. The event was opened by H.E Richard Lindsay, British High Commissioner who gave his opening remarks followed by Mr Daniel...
by ddadmin | Aug 13, 2019 | Previous Events
The BBBF hosted 15 children from KACA with their parents and carers to Iftar at the Rizqun Hotel on 22 May 2019. After dinner, stationery sets donated by Sheng Yu Trading and woven bags donated by the British High Commission were presented to the children by the...
by ddadmin | Jun 13, 2019 | Previous Events
Under the kind patronage of His Excellency, Mr Richard Lindsay, British High Commissioner to Brunei, you are cordially invited to the 2019 AGM, which will take place as follows: Date: 07 March 2019Time: 6:30pmVenue: British High Commissioner’s Residence, Jalan Kota...
by ddadmin | Jun 13, 2019 | Previous Events
Our first Speaker meeting of 2019 saw Udo Schedel, CEO of Bank Usahawan, introduce the bank to BBBF’s members. Established in 2017 to cater for (in Udo’s words) “All sorts of SME business”, the bank made its first loan in April 2018. Udo stressed that their...
by ddadmin | Jun 13, 2019 | Previous Events
Anirvan Ghosh-Dastidar, CEO Standard Chartered Bank, shared his views at our meeting which was kindly hosted by His Excellency, The British High Commissioner. Standard Chartered celebrates its 60th Anniversary in Brunei this year. Despite his inbound flight being...
