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Last night AITI held a Doa Kesyukuran Ceremony and a mass prayer at the Ash-Shaleehin Mosque, Prime Minister’s Office. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (WTISD) and also celebrating AITI’s 10th year anniversary. Did you know that every 17th May of the year is World Telecommunication Day? and the theme for this year is “ICTs and Improving Road Safety”.

The guest of honour was the Minister of Communications, YB Pehin Hj Abdullah with the presence of Abdul Mutalib, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Chairman of AITI and also Hj Yahkup Hj Menudin, the Chief Executive of AITI.

For your info, there will be a public exhibition from 1pm to 6pm at Sutra Hall, Level 4, at Rizqun Hotel and there will be essay writing and drawing competition as well. AITI will also celebrate their 10th year on the 26th May at the AITI premise.

 

Physically I’m not there yet but mentally it’s almost there. This is one of my bucket lists for 2013.

 

Shamsul Bahrin, General Manager of OGH and Jamilah Abdul Halim, Director of Tourism Malaysia with the representative of Liz Kamarudin, her mother.

The Orchid Garden Hotel had a prize presentation ceremony for the winners of the OGH Penang Food Promotion. The recent food festival was also supported by Tourism Malaysia.


The winner, Ms. Liz Kamarudin, won herself a trip to Penang for 3 Days 2 Nights Holiday Package inclusive of return air ticket BWN-KUL-PEN-KUL-BWN, an accommodation in Penang and return hotel airport transfer for 1 person. Prize was presented by Puan Jamilah Abdul Halim, Director of Tourism Malaysia and Mr. Shamsul Bahrin Pehin Hj Ahmad the General Manager of Orchid Garden Hotel.

Throughout the entire period of Penang Food Promotion, all diners were entitled to the lucky draw. It was good to see Penang food promotion coming back to OGH as it’s one of the most popular food promotion at OGH.

 

Mardi Hedus and Amy Cheong of Relentless Entertaiment before the start of the event

Hats off to Relentless Entertainment on their tireless effort in producing an enchanting performance at the Jerudong Amphithreater a few weeks ago. We, Bruneians, definitely have talent. I’ve stressed lately on the abundance of growing talent especially from our youth. It’s a matter of giving them the opportunity and being exposed to realise their potentials and Relentless Entertainment has given some opportunities to our local talent.

About 40 of them participated in the performance and they have been invested their time for a few weeks or so. The musical drama performance was themed “The Enchanted Forest” and doing it for the first time, this is a great effort from Relentless Entertainment.

Datin Paduka Hjh Adina was the guest of honour and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports is one of the supporters for the eent. The event was also sponsored by Jerudong Park Country Club, HSBC Brunei, Adison Marketing Services, Fun Bee Park, IA Salon, Patisserie Cake Shop, Misato Japanese Restaurant, Brunei Gas Carriers, Digimark, Aewon Garments, QAF Autokars Sdn Bhd, TK Asco Enterprise, KFC Brunei and Atmosphere Music Production Studio.

Of the total audience, about 1,000 seats were allocated to children from various charities in Brunei Darussalam – Pusat Ehsan, KACA, Smarter Brunei, YASKA, Learning Ladders and Children’s Welfare Home – and enjoyed the musical for free.

According to The Brunei Times’ article, The musical presents a tale inspired by classic children’s stories. It began with the introduction of Hansen and Greta, a brother and sister who had been placed under a hypnotising spell by Wilhelmina the Evil Witch. Wilhelmina kidnapped them and transported them to the Enchanted Forest, but Hansen and Greta managed to escape. They ran into the forest where they met characters such as Straws the Scarecrow, Eugene and Alicia, who showed them the way to Willow the Good Witch, who can send them home.

Thumbs up to the cast and crew and a big shout out to Mardi Hedus and Amy Cheong the co-producers of the Enchanted Forest. Will this be a yearly thing? I do hope so.

It was such a great crowd that night and this shows how caring the public in support for charity

Wilhelmina the Evil Witch

The two main cast – Hansen and Greta

Mardi checking to make sure everything run smoothly

I see you, Lily :p

The introduction of Straws

 

The 1,500 jobs up for grabs at the mini job fair, which began yesterday, will be in the retail, hospitality and tourism, to accommodate a big number of job applicants who are looking for jobs in these three sectors, according to an officer from the Local Work Agency and Workforce Development (APTK) yesterday.

The Brunei Mini Job Fair 2013 will be launched today at the Chancellor Hall at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) to boost the number of locals in the workforce.

“Based on our studies, a lot of jobseekers are looking for jobs as sales representatives and hoteliers. They are looking for jobs in these sectors,” said the officer who preferred anonymity.

Organised by APTK in collaboration with the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), the Brunei Mini Job Fair 2013 includes a career exhibition, walk-in interviews and workshops, said the officer.

The mini job fair is also held to help reduce unemployment and speed up job employment procedures as well as encourage more locals to work in the private sector.

The APTK officer, who is a member of the organising committee, said that walk-in interviews at the job fair will be opened to jobseekers beginning May 17.

He added that this was the first in a series of three mini job fairs to be held this year.

“The remaining two job fairs will identify other industries as the focus industries, including automobile and construction.”

Held at UBD, the fair will be open from 9am to 12pm, and from 2pm to 5pm today, May 16 and Saturday, May 18, according to a previous report.

On Friday, the fair will be open from 9am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 4.30pm, the report added. The job fair is one of the initiatives carried out by APTK to boost local workforce in the private sector.

The agency is also actively implementing its Training and Employment Scheme (SLP), where participants of the SLP are eligible to receive financial incentives of up to $2,500 in stages according to their job attendance and performance.

In a previous report, an official from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) said that out of over 1,000 who have participated in the scheme since it started in 2011, nearly half have resulted in the signing of employment contracts.

The SLP is aimed at providing locals with suitable job skills and experiences in a bid to make them more employable and interested to work for the private sector as well as for employers to be less reliant on foreign workers.

The call to evaluate work performance between locals and foreigners was previously made during the sixth day of the Ninth Legislative Council (LegCo) in March, during which a LegCo member suggested for a benchmark assessment of the locals against foreign workers to see where the locals have fallen short.

In response, LegCo ex-officio member and MoHA Minister Yang Berhormat Pehin Udana Khatib DatoPaduka Seri Setia Ustaz Hj Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Hj Othman advised against early judgment of the local workforce against foreign workers.

He called on businesses to be patient and committed to the government’s cause, as changes among the local workforce will not take place overnight and claimed that the SLP has achieved 80 per cent success rate.

“We have to see them (local workers) as our local entity and it is our responsibility to continue giving them jobs so that they will be able to enjoy a good quality of life as it should be in the country,” the minister said. Text courtesy of Fitri Shahminan of The Brunei Times.