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Revamped THiNK BIG Competition To Light Up More Business Ideas

Posted on 12/07/2011 - Media Centre

Written by Aziz Idris Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Bandar Seri Begawan – Add spark to your ICT business ideas and participate in the new THiNK BIG Ignite 2011 Business Plan Competition, which promises to be bigger and better in terms of cash prize money and additional categories. Organised by iCentre, the competition – previously named […]

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Asia Inc Forum wants environment conference to be business-centric

Posted on 05/07/2011 - Media Centre

Ying Chia BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Tuesday, July 5, 2011 ASIA Inc Forum wants the National Environment Conference (NEC) to tackle more “business-centric” topics, said a representative. “Asia Inc Forum’s programme revolves around what is relevant. As such, it is difficult to say what next year’s discussion topics might be. However, we plan to be more […]

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Brunei Has To Create New Engines Of Growth To Move Ahead

Posted on 01/07/2011 - Media Centre

1st July 2011 Bandar Seri Begawan – The National Environment Conference attended by over 250 participants from the private and public sectors as well as the business, academe and civil society three weeks ago recognised that for Brunei to move ahead sustainably, it has to create new engines of growth before letting go of its […]

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HSBC and UBD hosts Youth Go Green Initiative Award Winners on educational trip to Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre

Posted on 27/06/2011 - Media Centre

27th June 2011 Twelve students and two teachers from Sekolah Menengah Sayydina Ali and Sekolah Menengah Jamalul Alam with six staff from HSBC went for an overnight educational field trip last Saturday to the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre to learn about the rich biodiversity of Temburong. The trip was led by Lim Boon Teck, […]

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Asia Inc Forum Holds Workshop On Local Business Development

Posted on 16/06/2011 - Media Centre

Written by Liza Mohamad Thursday, 16 June 2011 Kuala Belait – Representative from 30 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) attended a workshop titled `Understanding and Attracting Your Target Customers’, Which focussed on local business development in the Belait Dsistrict yesterday. The second of the three-series workshop was organised by Asia Inc Forum, in partnership with […]

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Gov’t drafting environment laws

Posted on 09/06/2011 - Media Centre

Hana Roslan and Rasidah HAB BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, June 9, 2011 Published on The Brunei Times THE government is drafting three environment-related laws including one on pollution control to boost efforts towards sustainable development. These are the proposed Environmental Pollution Control Order, Environmental Impact Assessment Order and one for the control of export, import […]

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Time is money: CSR through volunteerism

Posted on 09/06/2011 - Media Centre

Debbie Too BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, June 9, 2011 Published on The Brunei Times COMPANIES can perform philanthropy beyond just giving money they can also do this by donating their time to certain social and environmental causes. This was said by Mark Cheng, co-founder and executive director of the Avelife Foundation in Singapore, a social […]

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Eight schools honoured for environment initiatives

Posted on 09/06/2011 - Media Centre

Rasidah HAB and Hana Roslan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Thursday, June 9, 2011 Published on The Brunei Times THREE schools were presented with the Youth Go Green Initiative Award, while five schools bagged the National Schools Eco-Video Competition accolade at the fourth AsiaInc Forum National Environment Conference 2011 yesterday. Sayyidina Ali Secondary School, Sultan Muhammad Jamalul […]

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Youths feted at green initiative awards

Posted on 09/06/2011 - Media Centre

By Aziz Idris Thursday, June 9, 2011 Published on Borneo Bulletin Youths from Brunei took environmental awareness to the next level by stimulating their creative minds in innovative green solutions through the ‘Youth Go Green Initiative Awards 2011’ organised in conjunction with the National Environment Conference (NEC), held yesterday at Rizqun International Hotel, Gadong. Five […]

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Ideas for a sustainable Brunei

Posted on 09/06/2011 - Media Centre

By Danial Norjidi Thursday, June 9, 2011 Published on Borneo Bulletin Sustainability was the hot topic yesterday afternoon at the Rizqun International Hotel, as a panel of experts discussed ideas to help Brunei become a sustainable country. The panel spoke during the fourth session of the National Environment Conference 2011 about how leading companies in […]

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