National Quality Control Circle Convention Concludes
By Lyna Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - The two-day 2006 National Quality Control Circle (QCC) Convention at the Civil Services Institute came to a close yesterday.

The closing ceremony was officiated by the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Awg Hj Abd Aziz OKML Hj Mohd Yusof.

Director of Civil Services Institute Awg Hi Junaidi Hj Omar, in his capacity as the chairman of the convention, said that the institute had conducted a review of the QCC programme based on feedbacks from former participants during the Civil Services Customer Day in July.

A number of reasons were found to be the contributing factors to a team's success.

It was learnt that the commitment of team members, the willingness to sacrifice time, money and energy, support from management and staff as well as consultations provided by the institute were some of the contributing factors that make a successful team, Awg Hj Junaidi said.

The director of Civil Services Institute said that all those who took part in the convention were al I winners, as there were no first, second or third place rankings.

However, judging was based on the level of achievement of the teams, where they would be put under one of three categories: gold, silver and bronze. This was to encourage teams to continuously improve themselves to make it into the gold category, Awg Hi Junaidi said.

Initiatives suggested by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Dato Hi Abd Rahman Hj Mohiddin, during the opening of the 2006 convention would be studied and proposed to relevant parties so that it would be implemented swiftly, he said.

The director of Civil Services Institute added that this would increase the number of ministries and departments' involvement in the QCC programme activity.

He also pointed out that the Civil Services Institute has a web site.on the QCC programme.

Meanwhile, the head of the judges' panel for the convention, Awg Md Zeni Latip, announced the results of the 2006 National QCC Convention.

There were no gold category winners in this year's convention. However, those who were in the silver category received a plaque, $1,000 cash and certificate of participation. AF for bronze category winners, they receive a plaque, $500 cash and certificate participation.

Thirteen teams were in the silver category namely `Bersatu Padu', - 'ExCalibre', 'BIG', 'Peranca', 'An Nuur', `UPMV', 'Rimba', 'AlFurqan', 'Syura', 'Majuara2006', 'Terabas Perintis', `Safety 11" and 'Salimbada'.

Meanwhile, 'Barisan', 'Rimbun', `TNT", 'Stereng', 'Ar-Ri'Ayah' and `Processing' were in the bronze category.

Following the presentation of prizes, the director of Civil Services Institute handed over posters for the 2007 National QCC Convention to the representatives of various ministries.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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