VANCETAN.COM (BRUNEI) - Brunei Muara District may have Hua Ho Department Store and Giant Hypermart as their shopping grounds. For Belait residents, Soon Lee Megamart in Belait District is the giant store for customers to purchase their daily neccesities.

However, the story here is a different one. Unlike the norm, Soon Lee was receiving a huge stadium of people rushing here and there to grab the last piece of item for their Hari Raya and Moon Cake Festivals coming really soon. A section of the store was displayed with the festive products while the other section displayed products such as moon cakes and lanterns alike.

As announced during yesterday’s broadcast through radios and television of Brunei, the first Syawal will fall on Monday, 21st September (tomorrow) as the new moon ws not sighted yesterday. Meanwhile, Moon Cake Festival will fall on Saturday, 26th September 2009. The moon cake festival is also known as Mid-Autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.