By Fadhil Yunus Dk Sharifah Elia Baizura, Desmond Lim, Sheikh Rashid and Hj Ideris at yesterday’s talk. PHOTO: SIM Y H Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) has intensified its efforts to provide various means of support and assistance for budding local companies to grow and internationalise away from their comfort zone in Brunei .
GOH DE NO BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Saturday, January 28, 2012 THE Monetary Authority Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) has reduced the rate of interest applicable to credit cards from the current rate of two per cent, to not more than 1.5 per cent on the total outstanding amount. For Islamic institutions, the administration fee on credit cards .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, January 27, 2012 BRUNEI has been catching the attention of potential trade partners as a founding member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Oxford Business Group (OBG) said. In its latest economic update on Brunei that was posted on its website, OBG noted that the Sultanate is now on the radar screen .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN WAITRESS in restaurants will soon be wielding iPads and iPods to take your orders as local startup Cubebox Solutions will soon be introducing this technology to Brunei next year. Based on state-of-the-art technology from the United States, the mobile point of sales (POS) system is an intelligent combination of cloud computing, wireless .
In light of public concern over Japanese food contaminated with radiation from the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, the Ministry of Health yesterday conducted a surprise check which ended with fruitful discussions with arguably Brunei’s most popular Japanese food franchise, Excapade. Miss Lim Siew Fong, the General Manager of Excapade, said in a telephone interview, “the .
Bandar Seri Begawan – As one the highlights of IWCB’s annual fundraising activities in support of charities in Brunei, a bazaar will be held next weekend (Saturday March 26 to Sunday March 27, 2011 – from 10am to 10pm) at the Gadong Mall’s Atrium. Since its incorporation, the annual charity bazaar has been a huge .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, March 4, 2011 POPULAR Japanese cream puff chain, Beard Papa, is set to open its first outlet in the country tomorrow, brought in by a franchise holder which is also looking at East Malaysia. Tan Kheng Tong, operations manager of Beard Papa Brunei franchise holder, White Tangerine, said he and his .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Friday, March 4, 2011 LEGISLATIVE Council (LegCo) members sought progress reports on projects by the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) at yesterday’s session. The three projects, namely the Pulau Muara Besar (PMB) project, the Telisai-Lumut highway and the National Housing Development project were highlighted during the morning session of the council meeting. .
As quality service and safeguarding the people’s rights are the Brunei government’s main focus, it was announced yesterday that the relevant government department will soon have a law to protect consumer rights. According to the Minister of Finance II at the Prime Minister’s Office, YB Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Dato Seri Setia Awg Haji .
As an international bank centred on its globally connected financial services capabilities, HSBC Brunei recently celebrated its Asia Pacific milestone on surpassing its one-millionth Premier customer mark, the first HSBC in the region to globally do so. A “One Best Day” event was held at Radisson Hotel in conjunction with HSBC’s latest Premier campaign. The .
