Brunei's fine arts and crafts date back to centuries and are part of the nation's proud heritage.

On the crescent and ribbon are Arabic inscriptions translating as " State of Brunei, Abode of peace " and Brunei's motto, " Always in service with God's guidance "

Other dignitaries who paid their last respects are the then Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Tengku Mahkota Tengku Abdullah of Pahang, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor, Tuanku Muhriz, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah and Regent of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra.

The majority of Brunei's Chinese are permanent residents.

Today's there are approximately 2, 500 footballers playing with Brunei's 22 registered clubs.

In early 2006, the party's president declared that its objectives are consistent with Brunei's national philosophy of Melayu Islam Beraja ( Malay Islamic Monarchy ).

It is known that the Brunei's broadband ranging from 512 kbit / s to 1 Mbit / s is one the most expensive in the world.

Brunei's experience of international football has been more or less restricted to regional Asian competitions, such as the Southeast Asian Games and the Tiger Cup. So far, Brunei has entered the World Cup qualifying competition only once, in 1986 World Cup and has also made only one appearance in the 1976 Asian Cup.

The Portuguese, for the most part, were more interested in economic and trading relations with the regional powers and did little to interfere with Brunei's development.

Brunei's internet service is monopolized by a recently incorporated company TelBru under their " Brunet " department.

On 8 December 1962, Partai Rakyat Brunei ( PRB ) led by A. M. Azahari led a rebellion against Brunei Government because of Brunei's intention to join Malaysia.

Bandar Seri Begawan was named after Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien on 5 October 1970 in recognition of his contributions, on October 1970 by his eldest son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah who had consented to rename Brunei Town, Brunei's capital to Bandar Seri Begawan, after his father's title.

Brunei-Muara is the northern-most district ( in Malay ) in Brunei ; it is the smallest of Brunei's four districts in term of area but by far the most populous, with over half the country's population.

It was designed by Filipino architect Leandro V. Locsin, who utilized the architectural motif of golden domes and vaulted roofs to echo Brunei's Islamic and Malay influences.

It is however linked by main road to Sabah and Brunei's Temburong district.

In August 2005, Brunei's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah arrived in Singapore for a three-day visit during which the two countries signed an agreement to eliminate double taxation, paving the way for further bilateral trade and investment.

During the Asian Economic Crisis of the late 1990s, Brunei's Economic Council developed an Action Plan in order to increase economic activity and thereby bring aout some form of relief.

Brunei's armed forces engage in joint exercises, training programs, and other military cooperation with the U. S. A memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation was signed on November 29, 1994.

He was the fifth sultan of Brunei and his reign was a golden Age in Brunei's history.

According to the Syair Awang Semaun ( also spelled Simawn ), Brunei's national epic poem, the present-day sultanate originated when Dewa Emas Kayangan descended to earth from heaven in an egg.

Brunei's relations varied with the different European powers in the region.

:: Brunei Traditional Culture Gallery: Brunei's material culture is presented in this gallery.

" Bahasa Melayu " was defined as Brunei's official language in the country's 1959 Constitution.

( Singapore is one of Brunei's major trading partners.

The black and white parallelograms represent Brunei's chief ministers.

He serves the cabinet as director of the Brunei's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade alongside the second Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lim Jock Seng.

He was known as The Architect of Modern Brunei, The Royal Poet, The Father of Independence, and The Father of Brunei's Negara Zikir.

Brunei's first state election was held in 1962.

They failed to reach an agreement on the issues of Brunei's oil revenue and federal rights to taxation.

He also promised to improve the standard of living of his subjects through various development projects and the protect and uphold Islam and Brunei's Adat Istiadat.

We are tempted to blame others for our problems rather than look them straight in the face and realize they are of our own making and possible of solution only by ourselves with the help of desperately needed, enlightened, competent leaders.

The Tory leaders, he insinuates, are cynically using the Church as a political `` By-word '' to increase party friction and keep themselves in power.

Among measures in anticipation of crisis are plans to inject into the turmoil as assistants of key decision makers qualified persons who are cognizant of the corrosive effect of crisis upon personal relationships and are also able to raise calm and realistic voices when overburdened leaders near the limit of self-control.

This finding is consistent also with the fact that student leaders are more likely to be supporters of the values implicit in civil liberties than the other students.

So successful has been this program, worked out by white and Negro civic leaders, that further extensions are expected in the next few months.

Business leaders are aware now that they suffer greatly from any outbreak of violence.

While individual sportsmen are aware of this situation, too many of our political, social, educational and even religious leaders too often forget it.

In the period since the end of World War 2, -- a period coinciding with merchandising demands for the colorful, the unusual, and the original in signs and displays -- plastics have come on so strong that today they are the acknowledged leaders in the field.

Above all, we should seek to encourage the leaders of these societies to accept the unpleasant fact that they are responsible for their fates.

Programs usually are expanded only when outside funds are available or local business leaders demand it.

Some Democratic district and county leaders are reported trying to induce State Controller Arthur Levitt of Brooklyn to oppose Mr. Wagner for the Mayoral nomination in the Sept. 7 Democratic primary.

He goes to a flock of sheep and slaughters them, imagining they are the Achaean leaders, including Odysseus and Agamemnon.

* 1363 – Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang ; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders — Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang — are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

The leaders, whose names are recorded as Hengest and Horsa, rebelled, and a long period of warfare ensued.

In the direct elemental analysis of solid samples, the new leaders are laser-induced breakdown and laser ablation mass spectrometry, and the related techniques with transfer of the laser ablation products into inductively coupled plasma.

Critics of this type of argument have tended to point out that this is just a standard criticism of representative democracy — a democratically elected government will not always act in the direction of greatest current public support — and that, therefore, there is no inconsistency in the leaders ' positions given that these countries are parliamentary democracies.

* On the inner façades of the small arches are engraved the names of the military leaders of the French Revolution and Empire.

However, if the wild-card team and the division winner with the best record are from the same division, the wild-card team plays the division winner with the second-best record, and the remaining two division leaders play.

However, if the wild-card team and the division winner with the best record are from the same division, the wild-card team plays the division winner with the second-best record, and the remaining two division leaders play.

Early sources are not clear but various groups of Christian communities would have had a group of college or presbyter-overseers functioning as leaders of the local churches.