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Signing ceremony on technology
Courtesy
of Sunday Bulletin
By Laila Rahman
11 November 2005
 Bandar Seri Begawan – A signing ceremony was
held between Brunei Darussalam Computer Society (PKBD) and the Singapore
Computer Society last Friday. In conjunction with the signing, there was a
presentation by BIT council on Brunei National IT Development that took place
at the premises Ministry of Communications, yesterday.
The first speaker was Haji
Mahmud bin Haji Md Daud, the Director of
Information Technology and State Store Department cum Secretary of Brunei
Darussalam Information Technology Council. He talked about the national IT
plan for Brunei. The
second speaker was Mr. Paul Phillips, Chairman of APICTA, Queensland. His
talk was entitled "Asia
Pacific Information Technology Awards".
The third speaker was Mr. Salahuddin,
the Director of PNM Techno Venture with his talk entitled "Indonesia
Strategic Alliance".
Speaking to the Bulletin was Hajah
Hairati bte Haji Mohd, the Secretary General of PKBD. She explained
that as the result of the meeting they would adopt the APICTA logo and
website. It was also decided that in early September 2002 Malaysia will
host the same event. In 2003, the meeting will be held at Gold
Coast, Australia and
hopefully Brunei Darussalam will host this similar event in 2005.
Presently there are 10 members of APICTA. They
are Australia,
Brunei Darussalam, Hongkong, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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