GKN Promotes Solidarity Among Co-Ops
By Hussin HJ

Bandar Seri Begawan - Cooperatives are urged to give unequivocal support and full commitment to Gabungan Koperasi National (GKN) as the umbrella of sultanate's cooperative movement. This scheme is aligned with one of the resolutions adopted in a national seminar held in May this year.

"GKN is a symbol of solidarity for cooperative movement. GKN will always continue to strife and if all cooperatives become members, it will grow stronger and GKN will be able to sustain the socio-economic well beings of its affiliates," stressed Pehin Orang Kaya Dewa Pahlawan Dato Paduka Haji Dani bin Haji Ibrahim in his capacity as the President of GKN during a meeting with head of cooperative leaders in the Tutong District. The ceremony took place at Tutong Civic Centre on Dec 16, 2007.

"When we work together, we could spot many quality and visionary leaders within our confines. With that luxury in hand, we may able to choose and pick our future leaders to spearhead GKN. If financial resources are the issues, the accumulation of modal to run the projects could be funded by all its members," Pehin Haji Dani said.

He added solidarity and cooperation are two underlying factors that lead any establishment to sustainability. He went to give examples of two prominent apex bodies that campaign the aspirations and rights of cooperatives. For Malaysia, it is governed by Angkasa (Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia) while Singapore National Cooperative Federation represents Singapore where each apex body assists the development of its members. To date GKN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Angkasa in the fields of training and education.

"United we stand, divided we fall. We help each other in accordance with our religious and nation teachings. The bottom line is, are we prepared to unite and spur the growth of co-operative movement in this country? To achieve commendable outcomes, we ought to translate words with actions such as becoming members to GKN. Negative elements that will undermine the cooperative national aspiration need to be ward off collectively," he said further. Yesterday's ceremony was also attended by GKN top brass committee members, Pg Hj Tajuddin bin Pg Hj Mohd Salleh, Acting Director of Brunei Industrial Development Authority (BINA) as a personal representative to the Director of BINA, GKN's Liasion Officer for Tutong District, Haji Yahya bin Bendahari Haji Ghafar and some 30 Tutong's cooperative leaders.

A briefing on the role, function and responsibility of GKN was delivered by Pehin Colonel (R) Dato Paduka Haji Mandini Bin Dato Paduka Haji Basir, Vice President of GKN. The ceremony was ended with a question and answer session.

Among the projects in the pipeline undertaken taken by GKN is to setup a warehouse and wholesale centre, filling station and loan repayment services.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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