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• Any guest you bring to the Mess should be introduced to the Commanding Officer<br />

if present.<br />

• Times and etiquette for a function are usually given out a week prior to the event<br />

for an informal function and a couple of weeks prior to the event for a formal<br />

function.<br />

• The invitation of guests other than your spouse, to a formal function, must be<br />

approved by the Mess President (PMC).<br />

Formal Dinner Nights<br />

• Dinner guests should be introduced the Mess President.<br />

• There is no smoking at dinner until the port and/or coffee has been passed<br />

round and the President or senior officer has lighted up.<br />

• Silver displayed on the table should not normally be handled.<br />

• You don’t start eating unless the Commanding Officer has started.<br />

• You should not leave the Mess until the Commanding Officer has left.<br />

• There is no use of the Mess ablutions during the playing of the pipes and<br />

drums and the giving of any toasts or speeches.<br />

• Use of the Mess ablutions during a formal Mess function can vary and is<br />

usually announced either prior to the function or at the beginning.<br />

Pipes and Drums<br />

At any function, when the pipes and drums are playing, you are expected to remain<br />

silent out of respect.<br />

Mess meetings<br />

These usually happen quarterly and as a Mess member you have a responsibility to<br />

attend. If you can not attend then it is your responsibility to ensure that your<br />

apologies are given to the Mess Secretary before the Mess meeting.<br />

Mess Bills<br />

Mess bills are issued at the beginning of each month and are currently delivered to<br />

school*. Mess bills are paid at the Officers’ Mess or Treasurer . They must be paid by<br />

the 14 th of every month.<br />

All Mess functions you attend, any food or drink you purchase at the Mess and your<br />

Panaga bill are accounted for on your Mess bill.<br />

It is your responsibility to ensure that your Mess bill is paid promptly and to ensure<br />

that you have made provision for it to be paid while you are away, eg in the summer<br />

holiday.<br />

Mess bills must be paid in Brunei Dollars<br />

Public Rooms<br />

These are the Bar, the Dining Room, the Ante Room and the toilets. All other rooms<br />

are private and should be treated as such.

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