| Danial Norjidi |
DARUSSALAM Enterprise (DARe) held a dialogue with the Brunei Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DPPMB) on Wednesday evening.
The dialogue took place at the Design and Technology Building, Anggerek Desa Technology Park, and was aimed at allowing the DPPMB as a voice of the Malay community in Brunei to present to DARe the issues businesses face.
Leading the panel was the Minister of Energy and Industry at the Prime Minister’s Office, Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Awang Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar.
The proceedings began with a presentation from DARe by Dayangku Hajah Siti Normadinah binti Pengiran Haji Omarali.
She spoke on the functions of DARe, explaining how the statutory body looks to nurture and support local enterprises with the aim to foster their growth in order to enable them to contribute to the country’s GDP.
DARe develops local enterprises by assisting in capacity building, facilitating access to funding, access to international markets as well as providing industrial spaces for small and medium enterprises (SME) to grow.
Minister of Energy and Industry at the Prime Minister’s Office, Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Awang Haji Mohammad Yasmin bin Haji Umar, leading the dialogue panel
Members of the Brunei Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the dialogue session. – PHOTOS: DANIAL NORJIDI
This was followed by a presentation from the Ease of Doing Business Unit (EODB) under the Prime Minister’s Office by Zulfadli bin Abu Bakar on the current improvements that have been made to start a business in the country.
The President of the DPPMB, Dr Haji Kamaruddin bin Dato Seri Paduka Haji Talib in his remarks at the event thanked DARe for inviting them and providing an opportunity to have a dialogue.
Speaking to the Bulletin after the dialogue, the Minister of Energy and Industry at the Prime Minister’s Office described the DPPMB as being “an extremely important group of people”.
He said that the DPPMB is important because of “the number of membership they have” and “the number of local business entrepreneurs they have”.
Sharing his thoughts on the dialogue session itself, the minister said, “The dialogue was very constructive, and there were issues that were highlighted that weren’t on our radar.”
“These issues were highlighted sincerely and constructively by the members of the DPPMB,” he added.
Around 90 people attended the talk, with the attendees including representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Education, the Prime Minister’s Office, Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister’s Office, Registry of Companies and Business Names under the Ministry of Finance, Women’s Business Council, financial institutions and DARe board members.
The dialogue was the sixth of its kind to be held, with five DARe Dialogues having been conducted previously.
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