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Your
Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Thank you all very much for coming. It’s a
pleasure to see you here.
Dato Timothy has given you a good idea of the
I-centre but, before opening it, I would just
like to say a few words about how I personally
see it.
Basically, it is all about helping our people:
helping them look for opportunities; helping
them set things up; helping them get more
knowledge; improve their skills and talents;
and, above all, helping them to make sure their
businesses and companies work well.
In other words, giving them the chance to take
on the modern world with confidence.
It is a very special project and it’s for a very
special group of people - our own men and women
with great ideas and lots of courage who want to
prove themselves in the business world.
They are in what’s often called “small and
medium enterprises”or “SME’s”
Personally, however, I see nothing small or
medium about them. They are an important part
of our country’s future and I very much admire
their determination and hard work.
I also know that they can’t be left to work
alone. They must be helped in the best possible
way. They don’t need government protection and
they don’t need words and speeches.
They need facilities. They need knowledge.
They need research and they need world class
advice, both from within our country, and from
high-level professionals overseas.
At present, these are from our good neighbours
in Singapore and Malaysia but maybe, later on,
they will come from all around the world.
Those are the things that will help our
business people succeed and that is where the
I-centre comes in.
It may be a small beginning but it sends out
important messages. They are the ones I am sure
all our businessmen and women want to hear.
We support you.
We encourage you.
And we hear you.
You want action not words?
Well, this is action!
The best kind of action.
It is one that hands responsibility to those who
will light up our commercial future, the bright
young business stars of Brunei, the men and
women who want to introduce exciting, high-class
products to the world.
As it says on the sign across the road, this is
your centre.
And I congratulate all of you who are already
using it.
Thanks to you, today, I am not just opening a
building.
I am opening your future.
And with that, Your Excellencies, Distinguished
guests…..
….. In the name of Allah Most Compassionate and
Most Merciful….
….I have great pleasure in declaring the first
Info-Communcations Incubator in Brunei
Darussalam officially open.
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