Four Pillars Of Patriotism
By Malai Hassan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Steering Committee responsible for organising the ongoing `Brunei Business SympForium' as a prelude to the upcoming National Day celebration has reaffirmed their commitment to raising the spirit of patriotism through the four pillars of Trust, Equitability, Partnership and Security.

The Steering Committee coordinated by the Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry underscored this commitment in their recent meeting in the capital.

At the meeting they further agreed that "partnership" is their strategic approach upon which trust can be built up. They have also agreed to address the issue of "equitability" as the foundation for "security" in the context of social harmony, while security in the physical sense is a collective community responsibility.

"Our approach towards "patriotism and business" is that we have to do everything in partnership. The private sector has to build a meaningful partnership with the government or the public sector.

"We believe that only through meaningful partnership can we have trust in each other.

The ideals in "adil" which is "equitability" can help build a stable and harmonious social environment, which is also good for business," said a member of the committee.

Also discussed in the meeting were the preparations and programmes for the 2nd Workshop/Quality Circles and Halaqah Fikir to be held on January 28.

The working group agreed to use the items and issues as listed in the World Economic Forum Competitiveness reports as the grouping and clustering of issues. These are listed in itemised headings such as Openness, Finance, Technology, Management, Government, Labour, Institutions and Infrastructure.

The first workshops saw the discussion of problems and issues faced.

It was also agreed that there would be joint declarations from the many working groups.

The declaration would be introduced with the preamble that the SympForium and all its constituents subscribe to the basic principles of building a partnership with all players and stakeholders and that a partnership between Government and the Private Sector is the only formula for meaningful economic development.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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