Her Majesty Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha yesterday consented to receive in audience spouses of Ambassadors and High Commissioners in the country.

The audience was held at the Istana Nurul Iman in conjunction with Her Majesty’s birthday celebrations.

Present at the audience were Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah, Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Majeedah Nuurul Bolkiah and Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Hafizah Sururul Bolkiah.

The spouses of the envoys were Samira MH Makknaty (Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Ibtisam Hassan ‘Adballah (Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman), Sri Rejeki Handayani Handriyo (Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia), Manichanh Phouyayong (Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic), Lal Thanziki Ralte (High Commission of India), Maria Tomasa Eleazar Ochoa (Embassy of the Republic Philippines), Sangeeta Shields (Embassy of the United States of America), Kim Kyung Soo (Embassy of the Republic of Korea), Madam Tan Dyna (Royal Embassy of Cambodia), Liu Guixiang (Embassy of the People’s Republic of China), A’asma Ijaz Awam (High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan), Do Quynh Le (Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), Orieta Ossio (Australian High Commission), Dr Tahmina Begum (High Commission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh), Day Yin Yin Myint (Embassy of the Union of Myanmar), Akiko Suganuma (Embassy of Japan), and Datin Dyg Maslauyah binti Pg Bagul (Malaysian High Commission). - Borneo Bulletin (8 October 2013)