Outstanding Working Group Convention opens
By Jon Tampoi

The Language and Literature Bureau, one of the participants of the Outstanding Working Group Convention, is holding a book sale at the Civil Service Institute

All working people of any establishment are leaders in their own right. They should practice a two-way conversation in order to ensure smooth operation and to better understand the situation of the establishment.

This was stated by Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Dato Paduka Awg Hj Idris bin Hj Belaman, who was the guest of honour during the opening of the Outstanding Working Group Convention at the Civil Service Institute yesterday.

"The technological and global era creates better communication among all," he said, explaining that this meant that better management was possible.

The convention will draw to a close tomorrow (August 24) with the announcement of the winning project. It is an annual competition that is organised by the Civil Service Institute.

Among the objectives are to create better working conditions, encourage work initiative, effective services, professional work handling and improve productivity as well as output.

Each team would be judged on how they plan, execute, check and implement their respective projects.

Every year, the convention has seen an increasing number of participants. Thus, improving the services provided to the public further. The project first began in 2001 with only 17 entries. This year, 24 are participating in the competition.

The judging panel is made up of professionals of which three are from the Civil Service Institute - Awg Md Zeni bin Latip, senior training officer; Awg Hj Md Tahir bin Hj Awg Alli, acting senior training officer; and Awg Hj Said bin Hj Yussof, acting senior training officer. Also in the panel is Lim Yu Been, the director and principal consultant of Metapereneurs Inc Pte Ltd, Singapore.

One of the participants of the convention is the Language and Literature Bureau whose displays have been put up at the ground floor of the Civil Service Institute. A variety of specially discounted books are also available.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin