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Sultan of Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
progress and prosperity. In other words, the tremendous
progress being achieved in development should enable the
people, even at the bottom level, to move up to become
members of a progressive community. However, they
must also realise that progress and prosperity are the
outcome of the common struggle through hard work and
productive efforts.
Essentially, the public sector must think of bigger
things, based on policies, which have been charted out
for them. For this reasons, heads of departments must
do their utmost to continuously enrich their systems to
enable members to keep up to date with the changes.
However, those relating to motivational programs and
changing skills must have similarities with those in the
private sector as they must be compatible with each other.
Again, I have said in a number of occasions, in the
era of globalisation, every department must undergo a
transformation, which necessitates all heads to understand the overall trends
of development in the country. They must be knowledgeable of the fact
that strategic development is not something, which can be implemented
without a comprehensive plan. Nor can a strategic government work unless
its plan is religiously studied and adhered to even though adjustments may
be made from time to time.
Admittedly, this kind of transformation needs greater delegation of
authority down the line. Hence, the state government has already given back
the power to heads of departments to plan and recruit their own manpower
requirements. They must plan well ahead for the kind of changes, which
the departments will have to cope with, because their functions will change
drastically as the state and country enter into the new era of competitions.
Sarawak’s achievements in the socio- Generally members of the civil service, with the knowledge and understanding
political economic front is now fast
becoming a cause for pride for the country. of their own working environment, should endeavor to adjust themselves to the
Sarawak often plays host to national and changing roles accordingly. In this regard, even oficers at the lower levels,
international leaders who are keen to who tend to be harder to convince to work as a team, must open their mind to
learn more about Sarawak’s development the new realities and adjust themselves accordingly; they must come in. The
approaches and programmes. lower echelon of members must be willing to accept changes in the overall
transformation of the service as they have equal right to beneits, which come
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progress and prosperity. In other words, the tremendous
progress being achieved in development should enable the
people, even at the bottom level, to move up to become
members of a progressive community. However, they
must also realise that progress and prosperity are the
outcome of the common struggle through hard work and
productive efforts.
Essentially, the public sector must think of bigger
things, based on policies, which have been charted out
for them. For this reasons, heads of departments must
do their utmost to continuously enrich their systems to
enable members to keep up to date with the changes.
However, those relating to motivational programs and
changing skills must have similarities with those in the
private sector as they must be compatible with each other.
Again, I have said in a number of occasions, in the
era of globalisation, every department must undergo a
transformation, which necessitates all heads to understand the overall trends
of development in the country. They must be knowledgeable of the fact
that strategic development is not something, which can be implemented
without a comprehensive plan. Nor can a strategic government work unless
its plan is religiously studied and adhered to even though adjustments may
be made from time to time.
Admittedly, this kind of transformation needs greater delegation of
authority down the line. Hence, the state government has already given back
the power to heads of departments to plan and recruit their own manpower
requirements. They must plan well ahead for the kind of changes, which
the departments will have to cope with, because their functions will change
drastically as the state and country enter into the new era of competitions.
Sarawak’s achievements in the socio- Generally members of the civil service, with the knowledge and understanding
political economic front is now fast
becoming a cause for pride for the country. of their own working environment, should endeavor to adjust themselves to the
Sarawak often plays host to national and changing roles accordingly. In this regard, even oficers at the lower levels,
international leaders who are keen to who tend to be harder to convince to work as a team, must open their mind to
learn more about Sarawak’s development the new realities and adjust themselves accordingly; they must come in. The
approaches and programmes. lower echelon of members must be willing to accept changes in the overall
transformation of the service as they have equal right to beneits, which come
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