Strategic planning, team work needed to achieve goals
By Achong Tanjong

Dato Paduka Awang Haji Hazair, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office delivers his speech.

Awg. Haji Sapawi, Director of Management Services Department.

Strategic planning by all ministries and departments under it ensures success and effectiveness of its mission, vision and objective. However, it will require proper coordination, cooperation and support from all relevant agencies.

This was observed by the Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, Dato Paduka Awang Haji Hazair, who was speaking during the launching of a two-day symposium on 'Civil Service Alignment Programme' yesterday morning. It was held at Dewan Setia Pahlawan, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources.

An important objective of Civil Service is to provide more efficient, effective, productive and ethical services, the Permanent Secretary noted. By prioritising on proper steps, it will avoid wastage in the implementation of government projects, he added.

There is a need to effectively implement the distribution and use of organisation resources 'with better justification'.

The symposium is in line with His Majesty's titah, which was delivered during His Majesty's 57th birthday celebration in July. It stressed the need for all ministries and government departments to focus on alignment programmes.

Like other countries, he added, the Civil Service of Brunei Darussalam is undergoing a rapid change and is facing challenges due to growing public demand, advancement in technology and new ideas in the management field of economic competition - both regionally and internationally.

The two-day symposium was co-organised by Management Services Department and Civil Service Institute of the Prime's Minister Department. It was attended by permanent secretaries and deputy permanent secretaries, heads of department, directors and senior officials.

Earlier, the Director of Management Services Department, Awg. Haji Sapawi bin Bolhassan delivered a speech. He is also the co-chairman of the symposium committee.

\Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin