Maulud Nabi is one of those holidays most Bruneians look forward to, the procession with His Majesty leading the way, the day off, the sense of occasion. But every year, once the ceremony’s done, I find myself sitting with the same question. What have I actually taken from his example,…
Brunei & Governance
My thoughts on elderly care in Brunei
Just read Malai Hassan Othman’s (MHO) latest piece, “When Mum Can No Longer Be Left Alone,” and it hits close to home. I see the real struggles families here are going through with this, and it has made me think hard about how unprepared most of us are for this…
Brunei & Governance
6 Days Of LegCo, What It Actually Means For You
LegCo sat for six days this time. Here is what actually happened, day by day, and what it means for you. Day 1, housing, drugs and jobs 1,092 civil servants are on the waiting list for government housing. Wait time is one to four years. An online system to check…
Brunei & Governance
What This LegCo Sitting Means For Brunei’s ICT Industry
I flagged a few weeks ago that this sitting had a heavy ICT agenda on the order paper. The answers have now come through, and there is real substance here for anyone in the ICT Federation, or in tech more broadly. AI misuse: government is not creating new AI specific…
Brunei & Governance
The Ethics Code Passed, But Not The Way It Was Written
Update on the Code of Ethics story from my last two posts. It has an ending, for now. What actually happened The original plan was for the ethics code to take effect immediately, starting 10 August. Then something interesting happened. The same member who drafted the whole thing stood up…
Brunei & Governance
Jobs, Foreign Workers, And What 2035 Actually Measures
More from the hansard. Jobs, foreign workers, and for the first time, real numbers on whether Wawasan 2035 is actually going anywhere, not just something on a banner by the roundabout. If you or your anak buah is job hunting No sugarcoating here. Out of everyone working in the private…