The 7th National Institutional meeting was successfully held at Li Hua Hotel Bintulu from 30th to 31 October. A hunderd and thirty members of the various Baha’i Institutions and friends were present during the two days meeting. Also present at the meeting were Counsellor George Soraya, seven members of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Sarawak, Board members Dr. Shehab Phung, Kalong Katiik, Mail Ingkai and Mdm Tan Ing Kheng.

The Bahá’ís of Kg. Mujat in the Tebakang region of Serian had a grand opening ceremony for the completion of their Institute building. The guest of honour was the Hon. Datuk Richard Riot, Member of Parliament for that area. He was accompanied by Temenggong Datuk Michael Ben from Serian.

The reception committee comprised of members from all branches of the village administration, religious leaders, and those in charge of the community affairs, financial matters, school affairs, etc.

Datuk Richard cut the ribbon before entering the building. The Mujat friends had put up pictures of various proclamation matters, e.g. Bahá’ís visiting His Excellency the Governor of Sarawak, the Commissioner of Police, etc. The background of the main hall carried a large display of Abdul Baha’s words: “The best way to thank God is to love one another.

National Children and Junior Youth Education Coordinator Miss Geriti Katik our
resource person Mr Lee Yih Ven will be visiting advance clusters May-July to
train our newly appointed Children’s Class and Junior Youth Cluster
Coordinators; organize Children’s Class teachers gathering, get the statistic,
access SBI programs for Junior Youths animator and Children’s Class teachers and
train animators for Junior Youth Empowerment Programs. Their tentative visiting
schedule is below. We hope individuals, institutions and communities will give
them and your cluster coordinators

We are very pleased to share with you that according to reports received by SBI in October, 47 groups had completed their study circles and 148 friends had graduated from Book 1 to Book 7. We are also happy to note that many clusters are focused to move their participants up the sequence of courses. This is one way to ensure human resources for our own communities.

Kg. Sg. Pedada, Meludam:- Commencing 11 December a total of 23 believers from the host community and Kg. Sg. Meranti attended the institute campaign. 2 persons attended Book 1 with Sulang as tutor, two groups of Book 2, 6 participants with Mr. Ragai and 5 with Ms. Jamory. 10 persons attended the evening-only session study circle on Book 1 with Mr. Terrence Tinggi. On the evening of their arrival, the tutors were warmly welcomed by the community.