| Danial Norjidi |
THE Brunei Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DPPMB) organised a dialogue session for the stakeholders of DPPMB at the 4th World Cafe 2018 at the Radisson Hotel yesterday.
The event highlighted the Business, Economy, Social and Technology (BEST) approach to address issues impacting business development and nation building. The session saw reports presented on challenges encountered in the four areas of this approach as well as actions needed.
The reports were presented by lead representatives from Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Religious Teachers University College of Seri Begawan (KUPU SB), Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) and DPPMB.
The presentations were followed by a moderated panel discussion and round table dialogue session.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin attended the session as guest of honour.
President of DPPMB Dr Haji Kamaruddin bin Dato Seri Paduka Haji Talib delivered opening remarks at the event in which he shared, “In pursuit of accomplishing our National Vision 2035, we have successfully organised the 4th World Cafe 2018 on May 5, 2018, a social dialogue with various experts and stakeholders exploring ideas on how the public and private sector may better contribute to accomplishing the National Vision.
“The preliminary session saw 90 registered participants joining the morning activity and 50 selected business people gathered for the exploration session in the afternoon.”
He said that yesterday’s dialogue session aimed to further refine the recommendations drafted during the aforementioned preliminary and exploration sessions.
“We aim to finalise the report of the 4th World Cafe which will soon be submitted to relevant government and non-government agencies for further action.
“The preliminary and exploration sessions discussed a range of key issues and challenges facing the private sector that include the business community. We believe that there is a collective wealth of wisdom among our experts and stakeholders that need to be articulated and shared in order to get the best solutions to the many challenges raised in the preliminary and exploration sessions.
“We encourage the exchange of ideas, but most important of all is we walk the talk. These issues need to be addressed and it has become imperative for DPPMB to take an active role in monitoring the actions taken and those actions that still need to be taken,” Dr Haji Kamaruddin said.
He expressed hope that the dialogue session would bring forth the need for inclusive, interactive and ongoing information sharing between the private sector and government authorities.
“We can strengthen the bond among us in our pursuit to accomplish the National Vision 2035,” he affirmed.
“We are positive that the DPPMB World Cafe is a great open space to cross-pollinate ideas and find connectivity and commonality among our common challenges and together we can rise above the occasion and be active participants in steering the socio-economic goals of the National Vision 2035.”
The DPPMB President expressed appreciation to the guest of honour, programme supporters including UNISSA, UBD, KUPU SB and UTB as well as consulting partners MDG Services and BN Hartajati Management Consultant and strategic partner Creativo Sdn Bhd.
“Your full support made a meaningful impact in our 4th World Cafe,” he said.
“Last but not least, I wish to thank the DPPMB team whose relentless support became a backbone to all our efforts in getting the business community and the rest of the stakeholders together to participate in this important and relevant event,” Dr Haji Kamaruddin said.