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Contracts
Signed For E-MIPR Projects By Laila Rahman & Azrol Azmi
A contract signing
ceremony for four e-MIPR projects between the Ministry of Industry and
Primary Resources and three local IT companies, ITIS Wescot Technology Sdn
BM, e-Suria Mentari Systems Sdn Bhd and AV Electronics Sdn Bhd was held. The guest of honour was
Haji Mohd Hamid bin Haji Mohd Jaafar, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of
Industry and Primary Resources. Also present were Haji
Mohd Zain Haji Abd Ghafar, Director of Brunei Industrial Development Authority
(BINA), Pg Hajah Mariana Pg Dipa Negara-Laila Diraja Pg Haji Abdul Momin,
Acting Director ofAgriculture, Hajah Hasnah Ibrahim, Acting Director of
Fisheries and Haji Shahrill Haji Shabuddin, Acting Director of Forestry. The e-MIPR projects are
for the supply, delivery, installation, development, testing and maintenance
of the network infrastructure for the Agriculture Department, Forestry
Department, Fisheries Department and Brunei Industrial Development Authority
(BINA). Representing -MIPR was
Haji Ahmad Baihaki POKDGSLDSU Haji Mohd Taha, Senior Administrative Officer
of the Ministry. ITIS Wescot Technology
was represented by its Managing Director, C. T. Lim. e-Suria Mentari Systems
Sdn Bhd was represented by Sulaiman Haji Mahmud, the company's business
development director. AV Electronics Sdn Bhd
was represented by Karim Haji Asmat, Managing Director. The ceremony was also
attended by MIPR senior officers and staff and senior executives and officers
of the local IT companies. The projects involve the
establishment of the local area networks (LAN) infrastructure connecting the
department's headquarters and its site offices in a secured virtual private
network (VPN). To date five e-MIPR
projects, namely network - infrastructures for Agriculture department,
Forestry, Department, Fisheries Department, Brunei Industrial Development
Authority (BINA) and the Ministry's IT Centre, have been approved by the
State Tender Board. Overseeing the
implementation of the projects is the MIPR's e-Government Implementation
Committee. -- Courtesy of
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