Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar expressed hope to achieve 80 billion steps by the end of the year during the start of the ‘80 Billion Steps Together’ campaign at BandarKu Ceria in Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien, Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday.
“I am confident that we can do this, especially from the momentum from achieving 20 billion steps last year where we witnessed many people participating in physical activities,” the minister said.
“It is encouraging to see the big turnout today. I hope that this can motivate people to keep moving. Every step counts,” he added.
Held with the launch of the new BN on the Move initiative, thousands of people joined in the six-kilometre walkathon.
Acting Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Pengiran Datin Seri Paduka Hajah Zety Sufina binti Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Sani, Minister of Home Affairs Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Ahmaddin bin Haji Abdul Rahman, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Abdul Manaf bin Haji Metussin, Minister of Development Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Muhammad Juanda bin Haji Abdul Rashid and Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha were also in attendance.
The event began with a warm-up exercise followed by the ‘BN on the Move’ walkathon. The route started from the Taman to Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha Bridge and back. The Cabinet ministers also toured exhibition booths comprising event partners.
The new BN on the Move is a follow-up to the previous iteration on August 14 last year. The new initiative began this month and will conclude in December 2023.
Based on the success of the first BN on the Move, the updated version comes with new features where users can report various physical activities, including swimming, cycling, gym activities and warm-up exercises.
Meanwhile, the Gamification feature provides competition or challenges for individuals and teams and interact with other users through the leaderboard system.
A Brupoints system will also be introduced to incentivise users by offering rewards when the user meets the individual and team targets.
The incentive point system is known as BruPoints Mall. – James Kon
