James Kon
A crew of 50 personnel from Qi Jiguang training ship of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) joined 30 Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) personnel in a cleaning campaign at Serasa Beach yesterday. The event was part of Qi Jiguang’s activities during the visit to the Sultanate.
Ambassador-designate of China to Brunei Darussalam Xiao Jianguo, Chargé d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Brunei Darussalam Wang Haitao, Defence Attache at the Chinese Embassy Senior Colonel Dai Qilin and RBN Fleet Chief of Staff Commander Saiful Hazril bin Ali were present. Also joining were 25 staff of Chinese enterprises in the Sultanate and Chinese Embassy.
The ship which arrived on June 5 will leave Brunei today. Qi Jiguang left Dalian military port on May 15 with 476 naval cadets and sailors to visit Vietnam, Thailand, Brunei and the Philippines.
