Prices of Cars in Brunei Showrooms

I’ve noticed that in car show rooms, there’s often a letter on the dashboard of the cars displayed about the price. I had only vaguely notice that it was “approved” by the Department of Economic Planning and Development (Jabatan Perancangan dan Kemajuan Ekonomi). I had recently found a list of the approved cars on their [...]

Brunei’s e-government portal

Checkout the governments e-government portal at www.gov.bn The website focuses on 3 types of visitors * Locals * Businesses * Tourists It has been fun for me exploring what aspects of business the government has provided facilities for. Previously, I usually googled in order to search for a government website. this portal is convenient. Just [...]

Luncheon Keynote on CSR by Thomas Thomas

I was lucky to represent for someone at this Luncheon by AsiaIncForum at the Radisson Hotel. The Guest Speaker was named Thomas Thomas. No typo there, the speaker spent a few moments to share his humorous experience regarding to his name, specifically on how his ancestors before him was named the same, and he stopped [...]

LiveWIRE Business Awards 2010-2011

The LiveWIRE Business Awards was launched last Tuesday, on 9th November 2010. I have personally joined this competition a few times since 2003. It had allowed myself to realize my entrepreneurial desires, which started me in creating business plans and learning about how most business operate. The categories for this competition are: Category A – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

VSAPAC Incubation Technical Assistance Programme

8th March 2010, Monday – An Incuabation Technical Assistance programme was held at Entrepreneurial Development Centre, Sinaut, Tutong. The programme was organized by Vector Scorecard (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. Among the participant were incubatees, selected SME’s and officers from EDC. The objectives of the program was to help incubatees and SME’s understand more

SME Halal Workshop 2010

3rd March 2010 – MIPR held another SME Halal Workshop. The event was held at MIPR building in Berakas. The opening remarks were given by the guest of honor – the new MIPR permanent secretary, and the head of entrepreneurial development centre (EDC). The first talk was “Preparing SMEs for the Global Halal Market” by Abdalhamid [...]

Brunei’s Credit Crunch?

I was interviewed during the brunei national day and one of the questions asked was, what I was looking out for in 2010. I guess it has been on my mind for a while now, at I answered that I was a bit worried about the near future economics in Brunei, due to the recent [...]