Bandar Seri Begwan - The Royal Brunei Police Force organised an Al-Quran reading competition at the Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah, Police Headquarters recently. The theme of this year`s Musabaqah Tilawah Al-Quran is "Al-Quran Pemangkin Kecermerlangan Ummah Dalam Membentuk Kesejahteraan Negara`.
Present as the guest of honour was the Police Commissioner Pehin Datu Kerma Setia CP Dato Paduka Seri Zainuddin bin Jalani who presented the prizes to the Qari winners while his wife, Datin Surati bte Hj Morneh presented the prizes to the Qariah winners.
An invited Qari, Awangku Mohd Adibul Amin bin Pengiran Hj Marjuki, the national Qari champion of 1429/2008 was also present to recite the Al-Quran. As many as five Qaris and Qariahs participated in the competition.
SGT 1765 Abdul Ghani bin Haji Safar from Branch `C` and Dayang Mastura bte Ali from Branch `E` were chosen as the Qari and Qariah champions in the Royal Brunei Police Force Musabaqah Tilawah Al-Quran.
SGT 1765 Abdul Ghani scored 83 per cent while Dayang Mastura scored 73 per cent. They will represent the RBPF for the Musabaqah Tilawah Al-Quran for departments under the Prime Minister`s Office.
For Qari, second place went to APO 6472 Md Yusri Haji Abu Bakar from Branch `A` with 82 per cent and third place went to PC 5211 Lamat bin Dubahar from Branch `B` with 76 per cent.
Meanwhile for Qariah, second place went to W/PC 5415 Hjh Siti Salwa bte Hj Abu Bakar from Branch `D` with 71.5 per cent. Third place went to Recruit 5502 Norlee Yane bte Mohd Daud from Branch `A` scoring 67 per cent.
One of the aims of the competition was to select RBPF representatives for the upcoming Musabaqah Tilawah Al-Quran for departments under the PMO. By Hj Minor Absah
Source: www.brunei-online.com (July 08, 2008)