Hippo Lex Group visits Brunei

As with the previous years, the Hippo-Lex Family Group from Japan visited Brunei as part of their Borneo tour. They arrived on 24th July 2008 from Kota Kinabalu at Brunei International Airport after completing their homestay and visit to Tambunan in Sabah. This year a total of 15 participants joined the visit.

Bersatu with the kind co-operation and help of host families organised the homestay for the Family Group here in Brunei.

Here are some of the pictures from the homestay matching at the airport.

A welcoming/farewell party was held on the 25th of July at the Pusat Belia (Youth Centre) for the Group with the host families. BPY2007 were kind enough to perform at the party. (Some pictures on their website here )

The homestay ends on 27th July when they will check into Brunei Hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan and will fly back to Japan via KK the following day.

You can find out more about the Hippo Family club here.

Thanks to everyone for their help in the organisation of the homestay and visit!

(Pictures kindly provided by Baim '01)

35th SSEAYP Schedule

Inauguration Ceremony: October 22^nd (Tokyo)

Country Program in Japan: Oct.23-30^th

Sailing Schedule: Oct.31^st – Dec. 10^th.

 

Port	Arrive	Depart
Yokohama Port (Japan)		October 31st
Muara Port (Brunei Darussalam)	November 6th	November 9th
Jakarta (Indonesia)	November 12th	November 15th
Bangkok (Thailand)	November 19th	November 23rd
Ho Chi Minh City (Viet Nam)	November 26th	November 29th
Manila (Philippines)	December 2nd	December 5th
Tokyo (Japan)	December 10th

 

Note: 1. All NLs and PYs from ASEAN countries arrive in

Tokyo on Oct. 21 by air and participate in the Country

Program in Japan.

2. All NLs and PYs leave Japan on Oct. 31, carry out the

activities on board and in countries of visit, and then

return to Japan on Dec. 10.

3. NLs and PYs from ASEAN countries return home by

air on Dec. 11.

4. The delegation (YLs) flies to Phnom Penh, Cambodia

during the stay in Thailand.

So mark your calendars for the reunion on board in Brunei for November 8^th. This might be your last chance to see our beloved Nippon Maru (please see previous post to see why)

BPY07 will be organising this year's reunion.

Fuji Maru, sailing the blue, blue ocean??

Farewell Nippon Maru!

As everyone is no doubt already aware by now, this year will most likely be the last year the SSEAYP will be held on board a ship called the Nippon Maru. The Nippon Maru will be refitted after this year's SSEAYP.

I'm sure we will all miss our beloved Nippon Maru. Fortunately, SSEAYP will still continue, but this time on board the ship Fuji Maru. On 22nd June, the Fuji Maru visited the port of Ishinomaki in Japan and Momo JPY06, managed to take some pictures of the ship while she was there.

As you can see they both look very similar. See if you can spot the differences!

Hello Fuji Maru!

Thank you to Momo JPY06 for the wonderful pictures!

June Conference, Tokyo 2008

The June Conference of SSEAYP was held in Tokyo from 9-12 June 2008. Representatives from the Governments of the 10 ASEAN Countries and Japan as well as Representatives from the Alumni Associations were invited for the meeting. Bersatu was represented by Norhayati Haji Nordin, the Deputy President 2.

The meeting was to discuss regarding the implementation of the 35th SSEAYP this year. The Discussion Program will have the theme "Youth Participation in Social Activities".

After the meeting with the Government Representatives, the Council of Presidents (COP) held the 43th COP Meeting.

43rd COP Meeting

For a more comprehensive report of the June conference and the issues covered during the 43rd COP Meeting, please visit the ASSEAY website.

Thanks to ASSEAY for the pictures and the report!

Nippon Maru Cruise

Do you miss sailing the blue, blue ocean?

To celebrate 50 years since the Launch of the International Youth Exchange Program sponsored by the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, the International Youth Exchange Organization of Japan（IYEO）& Center for International Youth Exchange Collaborative Program is organising a short cruise on the Nippon Maru from 19th-20th August 2008. The ship will sail from Yokaichi port to Yokohama port.

For more information you can visit http://n-cruise-e.blogspot.com/ and download the form on http://www.iyeo.or.jp/cruise/E/Application_E611.doc which has more information on prices.

Prices start at JPY37,000 (roughly BND490.