Learning about Branding at the Local Business Development Forum

I attended the Local Business Development Forum at the Grand Hall of Empire Hotel and Country Club on the 18th November 2010. The links to the slides were given to the participants, and since it was made available on the AsiaIncForum Website, I assumed it would be OK for me to upload it to scribd [...]

STEP Centre’s BEST Awards 2009/2010

On the 1st of December 2010, The Science, Technology and Environment Partnership (STEP) Centre between BSP and MOE held the Prize Presentation for the Brunei Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Awards for 2009/2010 at Bridex. The projects are actually Research and Development in nature, but most of the project have some commercial value. The Secondary [...]

Expo Usahawan Hari Belia

2-3 August 2010 - Expo Usahawan Hari Belia This was held at the Dewan Serbaguna of the Indoor Stadium in Berakas. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) celebrated the Youth day (Hari Belia) at the indoor stadium, where his majesty the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam attended. His Majesty then went on the view the [...]

Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2010

23 June 2010, Wednesday night – The Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 for Brunei was held at the Grand Hall of Empire Hotel Resort. The Special Achievement Awards Category were: Woman Entrepreneur of the Year – Hjh Khadijah Binti Mohamed of Megamas Training Company Sdn. Bhd. Young Entrepreneur of The Year – Haji Mohammad [...]

International Halal Market Conference 2010

The International Halal Market Conference (IHMC) 2010 was held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) on the 5th and 6th of June 2010. The Guest of Honor for the conference was Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Masna. The conference covered on topics concerning the past, present and future of the halal [...]

International Halal Expo 2010

The International Halal Expo (IHPE) 2010 was held between 3rd June til 6th June 2010 at the International Convention Centre (ICC). The opening was graced by His Majesty The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam.  After the launching ceremony, His Majesty visited most of the booths and stalls in the Expo. His Majesty was keen to [...]

Playing Games to Educate ourselves financially

Last Saturday on 8th May 2010, Some LiveWIRE participants/members played an expensive board game called Cashflow 101 created by Robert T Kiyosaki, the guy who wrote Rich Dad Poor Dad, Cashflow Quadrant and other Rich Dad Series books. The game is similar to Monopoly. Monopoly teaches the players about real estate, the value of land [...]

Open Source Software Networking Event

3rd April 2010 – An open source software networking event was held at the University of Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) by the Brunei Open Source Software Community (BOSSC?). Among the contents of the event were: Introduction to Open Source and its future developments presented by Pg Izam Ryan Pg Bahrin – he talked about the [...]

EL-AMIR introduces Padian.com

10 April 2010, Saturday – The EL-AMIR (previously just AMIR) Consortium held another introduction briefing about Padian.com to SME’s, EDC incubatees  and officers of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources (MIPR) at iCentre. The el-AMIR Consortium was chosen by the BEDB to help SME’s to market themselves through technology under the initiative called “buy [...]

Certificate Presentation for BINA Course Participants

24th December 2009, BINA Auditorium – It was the first time the auditorium had been used since renovation. On this day, The auditorium was used for a certificate presentation ceremony for the participants that attended the courses that were facilitated by the Brunei Industrial development Association (BINA) and Entrepreneurial Development Centre(EDC). The courses that the [...]