The e-passport is one of the Immigration and National Registry Department's projects under the e-government project and is aimed at replacing the "Machine Readable Passport" (MRP) currently in use.
Discussions were held on the need for cooperation, and to raise professionalism and commitment among the agencies. This is in order to manage issues related to the materialisation of an e-government.
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This is the 12th time the executive development programme has been offered to selected senior government officers from the Brunei Public Service.
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The DefPAIS, which is by far the largest IT initiative of the Ministry, marked another achievement in the realisation and implementation of MinDef Mission towards cultivating advancement in Information Technology. The guest of honour was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Dato Paduka Haji Abdul Majid bin Mangarshah.
"People here tend to think they (already) have e-lifestyle but actually ... it is not (about chatting and exchanging e-mails)," says Thin C Hoe, chief executive officer of E-Prime Networks.