13 officers as the initial delegation from the Haj Pilgrims Management Office, Administration and Medical for this year's haj season departed for Saudi Arabia on 20th April morning, aboard a Royal Brunei Airlines flight.  The delegation comprises 5 officers from the Administrative Hajj Pilgrim Affairs Office and an officer from the Medical Hajj Pilgrim Affairs Office.

Present at Brunei International Airport was Yang  Berhormat  Pehin  Udana  Khatib  Dato  Paduka  Seri  Setia  Ustaz  Awang  Haji  Badaruddin bin  Pengarah  Dato  Paduka  Awang  Haji  Othman,  the Minister of Religious Affairs and Yang  Berhormat  Dato  Seri  Setia  Doktor  Awang  Haji Mohammad  Isham bin  Haji  Jaafar,  Minister of Health.  The delegation led by Pengiran  Haji  Haslin bin  Pengiran  Haji Ali, Acting Assistant Director of Haj Management as the Head of the Brunei Darussalam  Haj Pilgrims Management Office for this year's haj season to Saudi Arabia, is to make early preparations for haj management affairs with stakeholders in Saudi Arabia prior to the arrival of the country's intending haj pilgrims. The country's haj pilgrims are scheduled to depart for the holy land on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of May.