Fisheries Services to Go Online Soon
BERAKAS, 18 June 2007,
Monday - FOREIGN and local investors can now have access to online
information on fisheries licences, import and export and procedures
involved in establishing aquaculture industries through the new online
eFisheries service launched yesterday at the Ministry of Industry and
Primary Resources.
Through this "single
window" provided by the Fisheries Department, fisheries entrepreneurs,
both local and foreign investors and the public can access services
easily, facilitate their investments and the running of their businesses
that can benefit the country, said MIPR's Permanent Secretary, Dato
Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar.
This will allow users to
have access to such details anytime, save time by avoiding long queues
and conduct their business in the comfort of their homes without
additional costs, said the permanent secretary.
Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Hamid
added the eFisheries service, valued at $248,000, is hoped to facilitate
the Department's Fisheries vision of a 'Sustainable and Competitive
Fisheries Contributing Towards A Diversified Economy' through enabling
fisheries ventures by both local and foreign investors.
He noted further that the
project under MIPR's eGovernment initiatives is an effort by the
ministry to heed His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei
Darussalam's titah to make 2007 as the year to improve the quality and
delivery of public service. In addition to the eFisheries venture, an
eMIPR Business Help Centre has also been set up at the MIPR's Industry
and Trade Information Centre, as well as in business centres in all
departments nation-wide under the ministry, where IT assistant officers
will be available to assist entrepreneurs and the public.
The ministry had recently
launched its online business facilitation service, eMIPR, as previously
reported by The Brunei Times.
Accessible
through www.bruneimipr.gov.bn, the single window service provides
provides easy access to the services of the ministry and allows foreign
investors the convenience of applying for business licences online.
- Courtesy of the
Brunei Times -
