“Harga makin naik.” Prices keep going up. You hear it everywhere these days, at the office, at the kopitiam, in the family chat. Usually said with a sigh, and then we move on to the next topic. For me it’s butter (pasal selalu membali masa dulu utk org rumah membuat…
Category: Brunei & Governance
Commentary on Brunei’s national policy, governance, and public affairs
Brunei & Governance
Brunei’s Health Priorities and Aged Care
I sat in on the keynote by YB the Minister of Health at the Brunei Business Conference recently, and scribbled down the six priority areas he gave for healthcare in the country. Writing them out here so I do not lose them. The first is expanding healthcare capacity, which covers…
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…