Brunei Attends Microsoft Government Leaders Forum In India

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Deputy Minister of Communications, Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff bin Hj Abdul Hamid, led a delegation from the Brunei Darussalam Information Technology (BIT) Council to attend the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum - Asia in New Delhi, India from Dec. 5-7.

The Brunei delegation will meet Bill Gates and other senior Microsoft executives and have the opportunity to pitch the country as a location for attractive investment to Microsoft and other government and corporate leaders from 15 Asia-Pacific countries.

Delegation members will have a live dialogue on the future and expoloitation of ICT with prominent leaders from Japan, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, among other countries.

Dato Paduka Haji Yusoff said Brunei aspires to create an advanced information society in which everyone is able to access, gain, share and exploit knowledge to maximise everyone's potential and improve the quality of life.

This is a prerequisite to transform Brunei into a knowledge-based economy, supported by modern communications infrastructure.

The average focus areas like e-education, e-government and e-society are crucial in this respect, he said.

The adoption of ICT usage in society must be further encouraged and the important aspect of increasing users' confidence in rising ICT in their daily lives must be addressed, he said.

The forum will provide a dynamic discussion platform for government leaders from the Asia-Pacific region. Wide ranging perspectives will be exchanged on issues revolving around the central theme of "Leading in a Connected World".

A wide range of issues will be presented in three discussion forum tracks related to knowledge Economy, governance and education.

The service (information) industry viz-a-viz e-business or e-commerce is already becoming an economic niche and probably is an answer to Brunei's diversification from oil and gas, the Ministry of Communications said.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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