Letters to the Editor
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Dear Editor,I AM a murderer — perhaps not in the eyes of the law, but I feel like one nonetheless, and I'm not being glib or facetious.I became a murderer on the weekend while driving back from Limbang. I was being tailgated at the time...
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Dear Editor,I READ with interest the article "Give Youths Opportunity to Contribute in ASEAN" in your edition dated May 21, 2013.I agree that the role of senior officials promoting youth programmes is to ensure that the youth are given an...
Dear Editor,I BECAME a victim of a hit-and-run case recently.As I was leaving work around 7.10pm, using Jalan Menglait (under the flyover), a car from behind cut into my lane without warning (indicating).As a result, the car hit the front tyre of my...
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Dear Editor,IT GOES without saying that Brunei public toilets are constantly wet and not up to the mark in terms of cleanliness.If it is too costly to provide toilet papers in the public restrooms, can businesses or malls start introducing anti-...
Dear Editor,I AGREE with the views expressed in The Brunei Times (May 20, 2013) letters column regarding road safety.I believe that proper enforcement is the best way forward.The rules and regulations have been in place and all drivers have to learn...
Monday, 20 May 2013
Dear Editor,I WORK in Bandar and park my car at a basement parking lot. What concerns me is my personal safety when I park my car there. I guess it depends on the location and the time of day, the parking lot can present safety risk issues.The...
Dear Editor,I'D LIKE to comment on some of the nonsense mentioned in the article, "Attitude shift crucial to prevent road accidents", which argues that a psychological approach to changing drivers mindsets may be more effective in...
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Dear Editor,I RECENTLY met with a government official at an event and was appalled to listen to the individual talk about the need for the industry to be more flexible when hiring locals in their workforce. He talked about how labour laws should be...
Dear Editor,FOLLOWER made a good point about the use of social media for police work, but the letter ("Authorities can use social media to rebut false info", May 13, 2013) missed an important aspect.It isn't just for spreading messages...
Friday, 17 May 2013
THERE'S been a rising debate on unemployment recently sparked by The Brunei Times in their article entitled "Chasing after Brunei's runaway scholars". Now it deals with the scholarship programme, one which I am indirectly...
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Dear Editor,I'D HATE to sound like so many others who have griped about dealing the government and its way of getting things done (or not). So instead I wish to propose something radical.I propose that the working hours for the government should...
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Dear Editor,FOR safety issue, during driving lessons,I was taught not to use high beam lights while driving on a crowded road with other cars because it would already be lit up well, and so that I will not blind other road users too.But I noticed,...
Dear Editor,THE new format of driving licence has been issued since early May 2013 in which we can renew the driver's licence at the Land Transport Department (LTD) office or at the selected post office.Last week, I went to LTD Sungai Akar to...
Dear Editor,REFERRING to The Brunei Times article "Brunei telco rates highest in ASEAN" published on April 13, 2013 by Jennee Rubrico, the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) would like to...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Dear Editor,A FEW weeks ago, a friend of mine, who has been working in the Sultanate for over four years, had to go back to her country of origin. She was supposed to sort out her documents and come back to Brunei to work with another company.All...
Dear Editor,I AM not a scientist, nor am I a conspiracy theorist but if there is one thing that's bugging me, it's the fluoridation of our water supply throughout the country.From what I have read and heard, mass fluoridation in water supply...
Monday, 13 May 2013
Dear Editor,THE authorities in the country don't seem to be aware of the need to keep up with times and the people's desire to get information on public safety fast.No, they don't need to hire social media editors to spend eight hours a...
Saturday, 11 May 2013
A CERTAIN USA bank has suffered due to its unrelenting focus and emphasis of its new owner, on profit, profit, profit, rather than on relationship, relationship, relationship ~ its old business credo. This credo had strengthen the endearment of...
Friday, 10 May 2013
THE issue that I would like to raise here has been a constant subject of discussion by students of one of the leading universities in our country Brunei Darussalam.It has been posted in this column before if I am not mistaken and now I would like to...
RESPECTFULLY, this letter is eventually written after having been forced by the current incessant rumblings caused by certain sharp policy actions taken recently by the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) on the long standing commercial...
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