Two Brunei teenagers receive full scholarships to study in Japan


Muhd Syauqi Haji Hasnul Fikri and Adham Darwishz Afiat with Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam’s First Secretary, Public Relations and Culture Aoki Atsushi as well as Researcher and Advisor Watanabe Eiko at the Brunei International Airport. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 31 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): Two Bruneian students, Muhd Syauqi Haji Hasnul Fikri, 17, and Adham Darwishz Afiat, 19, left the country on Sunday (May 30) for Japan to further their studies under the Japanese government scholarship, MEXT.

Embassy of Japan in Brunei Darussalam’s First Secretary, Public Relations and Culture Aoki Atsushi as well as researcher and advisor Watanabe Eiko were present at the Brunei International Airport to bid them farewell.

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