Survey Department Brunei Darussalam celebrates its Diamond
Jubilee
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, 14 November 2012
The Survey Department, Ministry of Development Negara Brunei Darussalam,
an Affiliate Member in FIG, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a one-day
seminar in its “Land Surveying Basis for Development” Seminar series on 14th
November 2012. The theme of the Diamond Jubilee Celebratory Seminar held at
a local hotel in Bandar Seri Begawan the capital of the country, was
“Geospatial for Sustainable Development”. President CheeHai TEO was
invited and delivered the keynote address titled “Geospatial Information for
Sustainable Development” at the opening segment of the Seminar. In
conjunction with the celebration, the Survey Department hosted the 47th
Council Meeting of the ASEAN Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics the
day before and delegates to the AFLAG Council Meeting led by its President,
Dr. Wicha Jiwalai of Thailand also attended the Seminar.
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Source: Survey Department, Brunei |
The Guest-of-Honour at the Seminar was the Permanent Secretary,
Administration and Finance, of the Ministry of Development, Awang Haji
Muhammad Lutfi bin Abdullah. In his Opening Address, he announced that
national geospatial information would be made available to all agencies
within His Majesty’s Government through the National Spatial Data
Infrastructure.
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Article from
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In his presentation, the FIG President referred to the outcome of this
year’s Rio+20 Conference, the document titled “The Future We Want”, that
recognizes the importance of “comprehensive hazard and risk assessments, and
knowledge and information sharing, including reliable geospatial
information”. He also quoted Prof. Dr. Paul Cheung (UN Statistics
Division & GGIM Secretariat) who said earlier this year “Sound geospatial
information is crucial for addressing the complex problems the world is
facing today. These problems are global in nature and affect different
regions, rural and urban areas alike, requiring coordinated efforts, more
innovative and sophisticated approaches, as well as effective tools to
ultimately guide our way to sustainable development”.
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Acting Surveyor General of Brunei Darussalam,
Awang Haji Ali
Bakar bin Kassim,
addressing participants at the start of the Seminar |
CheeHai TEO
December 2012
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