TWO big events were held at Liang Lumut Recreation Club (LLRC) Kuala Belait yesterday which made the events as one of its kind New Year's celebration held in the Sultanate.
The club's "New Year Charity Event" organised a 10 feet by 10 feet cake cutting and a street shuffle dance competition for the youth to welcome the new year. The event was also part of Llrc corporate promotional campaign to popularise the recreational club among the Bruneians and tourists.
"It is the first national charity event as well as a promotional campaign held in LLRC. The cake cutting will be officiated and done by 26 orphans from Sungai Liang at midnight. We chose the orphans to do this because we hope to receive blessings for the events and new year's as well as the Hijriah celebrations," Md Khairul Azhar Abd Karim, LLRC sales marketing and vacation senior manager, said.
Yesterday's event kicked off in the morning with the street shuffle dance qualifying round which was participated by all 10 registered groups. Also included in the morning event was the demonstration of making the giant cake by the Fratini's crew members which began as early as 5am.
The other night event then continued with an opening dance by the LLRC members, a slideshow presentation of the club's 2008 events and activities, live band performance, light show at the club's front lawn, final street shuffle competition and prize presentation to the winners of the competition.
According to Md Khairul Azhar, the event held was also part of the educational programme organised by the club.
"We have selected seven students from various schools in the country to join our team as coordinators of the event. This is part of the leadership/educational programme whereby the club members provide them with learning activities and involvement. The main leadership/educational programme aimed to foster interest among the youths towards excellence in facing all sorts of varied situations and professions," Md Khairul Azhar said happily.
Future development and upgrading of the club will also ensued in the new year to attract tourists and locals alike.
"One of the club's targets is to make LLRC well-known and a tourist destination by the new year. Our existing members are currently contributing their best efforts to upgrade the facilities here. We are also in the process of adding facilities such as Family Fun swimming pool, Beach Hawker Huts which will serve various kinds of delicacy, bank ATMs, golf course and chalet," he said.
During the event, the club also made an announcement that they will also organised a 'water soccer' activity as early as in January 2009.
"LLRC will be the second in Asia, after Singapore, and the first in Brunei to organise the water soccer activity. It will be an enjoyable activity for adventurous people to play soccer in an inflated soccer pitch filled with water, and this would be something new," he said.
The event concluded with the giant cake cutting.
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