Top Story: Territorial disputes high on ASEAN foreign ministers agenda this week
The South China Sea issue will no doubt be on the table later this week when ministers from Southeast Asia and their allies meet in Brunei Darussalam, despite objections from Beijing.
UBD, IBM drive smarter energy research initiatives | Borneo Post, June 26
IBM announced yesterday a new research agreement with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) to explore smarter ways to conserve and consume energy in the country IBM said it will collaborate with UBD to better understand energy usage and supply in buildings to enable efficient allocation of resources and distribution of power, Borneo Bulletin reported.
BIMP-EAGA to forge joint food security measures | PIA, June 19
Member countries of the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) are strengthening initiatives to achieve food self-sufficiency within the economic sub-region by 2016, in a bid to become the food basket of Asean and the rest of Asia.
Dev’t minister calls for more tech based services | Brunei Times, June 26
Minister of Development calls for more technology-based projects under the Quality Control Circle (QCC), or Konvensyen Kumpulan Kerja Cemerlang, to be conducted in the future.