MALAYSIAN KING TO GRACE 12th MALAYSIAN JAMBOREE IN TERENGGANU

KUALA TERNGGANU (Malaysia), Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysian King Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin is scheduled to grace the 12th Malaysian Jamboree and Terengganu International Scout Jamboree 2011 at the Telaga Batin Scout Camp in Seberang Takir here on Nov 21.

Malaysian Jamboree executive secretary 1 Mohamad Sulaiman in a statement on Monday said that Tuanku Mizan, who is Malaysian Scout Association's main patron, had also given his consent to Terengganu government to host the week-long jamboree for the second time.

Mohamad, who is also Terengganu Scout Council honorary secretary, said the Regent of Terengganu, Tengku Muhammad Ismail Sultan Mizan, would also attend the jamboree.

So far, 11,000 participants from 25 countries, including Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Nepal, Hong Kong, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Brunei and Sri Lanka, had showed interests and commitment to participate in the jamboree which would begin on Nov 19.

Participation applications still open until end of this month.
-- BERNAMA