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Courtesy
of BruDirect By Azrol Azmi
Among the questions
raised by His Royal Highness during meetings with the senior officials were:
"What are the ministries' actions after every Titah by His Majesty the
Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam?" and "Is the
e-Government implementation on schedule and has it met its objectives as
planned?" Yesterday's day-long itinerary
started at the Istana Nurul Iman where His Royal Highness was greeted by
Pehin Dato Awang Haji Yahya, Minister of Energy, Dato Paduka Haji Eusoff
Agaki bin Haji Ismail, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister Office, as well
as senior government officials. His Royal Highness
consented to visit the Secretariat Building in the capital for a briefing on
the functions of the Prime Minister's Office, including the strategic
planning, organisational structure as well as the Prime Minister's Office's
e-government plan that was presented by the Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Abdul
Hamid, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office. His Royal Highness
attended a question-and-answer session and visited divisions of the Prime
Minister's Office at the His Royal Highness
consented to attend zohor prayers at the Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. After
lunch and gettogether with the staff and officers of the Prime Minister's
Office, His Royal Highness met with the permanent secretaries from the
ministries at the Asean-EC Management Centre. His Royal Highness
consented to present a sabda, stressing on several issues such as improving
on ethical and competitive working culture including establishing an
administrative system that is responsive and adaptive towards new development
and future challenges, His Royal Highness
stressed the practice of a consultation culture between all levels, being
more transparent and futurelooking as well as giving due attention on
long-term planning. His Royal Highness also emphasised the importance of
improving services to the public. The working visit
reflected the support given to His Majesty in ensuring that the government
agencies will always be responsive and ready for any developments. The visit reflected His
Royal Highness' concern towards work implementation and responsibilities of
the ministries, especially the Prime Minister's Office as a national
administrative centre as well as a catalyst for all public sectors to execute
their duties with dedication and diligence as well as to be more efficient. --
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