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Brunei's National Vision

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MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY SULTAN HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH MU’IZZADDIN WADDAULAH, SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
 

My Government is not only responsible for our people today. It must also help them fulfil their hopes for our next generation. To do this, it must listen to them and offer clear-sighted, realistic plans for the future that can be implemented with skill and professionalism.

With this in mind, I approved the formation of a Council for Long-Term Development Planning. In instructed its Chairman and the members of its committee to consult our people closely and to offer an inspiring vision of Brunei Darussalam in 2035, supported by a detailed account of the technical, financial and strategic requirements for it to be brought to reality in the thirty years that mark the passing of one generation to the next.

I have now received their presentation in the form of the three documents that follow.

They have looked ahead and recognised the needs of the future generation that is being born at this very moment in our history during these early years of the twenty first century.

They have asked our people to describe what kind of country they wish Brunei Darussalam to be thirty years from now, when our children will be completing their careers and our grandchildren will be assuming responsibility for our country’s affairs and for its people’s fresh hopes.

As a result, they have identified many of the demanding personal, social, spiritual, cultural and economic challenges that will be set in the next three decades by the new world in which our young people will grow up and become adults.

They have tried to ensure that these challenges will be met successfully.

I commend the conclusions they have reached.

I believe their work will give our coming generation great confidence and lasting hope for the future.

When successfully completed, it will be the heritage we bequeath them.

Wabillahit Taufiq Wal-Hidayah, Wassalamu ‘Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuh.
 
ENDURING VALUES
 
While recognising the need to change, we will continue to uphold vigorously the values that have been the foundation of our political stability, social harmony and prosperity.
 
In our work we shall be guided at all times by our commitment to the Brunei monarchy and nation, our faith in the values of Islam, based on the Ahli Sunnah Wal-Jemaah, Mazhaf Shafie and our tradition of tolerance, compassion and social harmony.
 
We believe that our ability to adapt and manage change is greatly enhanced by the MIB concept which is inspired by these core values.
 
ACHIEVING BRUNEI 2035
 
We will need to develop and implement an integrated and well-coordinated national strategy comprising the following key elements:
  • An education strategy that will prepare our youth for employment and achievement in a world that is increasingly competitive and knowledge-based.
  • An economic strategy that will create new employment for our people and expand business opportunities within Brunei Darussalam through the promotion of investment, foreign and domestic, both in downstream industries as well as in economic clusters beyond the oil and gas industry.
  • A security strategy that will safeguard our political stability and our sovereignty as a nation and that links our defense and diplomatic capabilities and our capacity to respond to threats from disease and natural catastrophe.
  • An institutional development strategy that will enhance good governance in both the public and private sectors, high quality public services, modern and pragmatic legal and regulatory frameworks and efficient government procedures that entail a minimum of bureaucratic “red tape”.
  • A local business development strategy that will enhance opportunities for local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as enable Brunei Malays to achieve leadership in business and industry by developing greater competitive strength.
  • An infrastructure development strategy that will ensure continued investment by government and through public-private sector partnerships in developing and maintaining world-class infrastructure with special emphasis placed on education, health and industry.
  • A social security strategy that ensures that, as the nation prospers, all citizens are properly cared for.
  • An environmental strategy that ensures the proper conservation of our natural environment and cultural habitat. It will provide health and safety in line with the highest international practices.
To realise our Vision of Brunei 2035, the strategies listed above will need to be developed by both government and private bodies and implemented as a well-coordinated national strategy.
 
Source: Brunei Darussalam Long-Term Development Plan, Wawasan Brunei 2035