It is an exhilarating and exciting experience to note that the Land
Department has
indeed been invited to contribute to the system called Brunei Website
Public System.
This is only the beginning of our adventure into a more liberal and
global frontiers
of future information system. It is obviously bounded by many issues
surrounding our
efforts to confront the challenging years ahead. Nonetheless the Land
Department shall
proactively enhanced its efforts, resources and skill in making this
contribution a
more productive input both from the economic aspects and its effectiveness as
well as
its efficiency.
The years ahead should be more informative to all interested applicants. It is
envisaged that
all processes could be more transparent through this system. This
transparency would
curb anxieties upon the duration and outcome of their land dealings. It
would also
create acceptable tolerance by the public towards the mechanism involved
in processing
all applications with clear accountability to all parties involved.
Land dealings
should be understood as a joint efforts of several government agencies
to produce
activities not inconsistent to the planned land use pattern solely for
the purpose
of creating and maintaining a good environment to human kind. Land
dealings and all
related matters have never been a simple issue in many developed, or
developing countries.
The dynamics of legislation and the fruit of economic growth as well
as the forces
of change in a bustling and robust economies with myriads of
conflicting demands,
it is only fair to revert to the exercise of good management with
emphasis for good
value for money.
The process of creating a more cost effective land dealings would be so much
enhanced by
our involvement in the Website Public System. This is already a vogue in the
area of land management and land administration sector. The years ahead shall be
more challenging
as we become more and more bombarded by new software in the market. Therefore,1998
has been the years of dynamic change for the Lands Department as she
becomes more
open to meet the needs of our clients.
Although the economics of Brunei is relatively small both in its GDP and GNP,
the Lands
Department has a very significant role to play in the development of its
economy. This
is purely important to the public and private sectors in Brunei. Land
titles has been
the common collaterals used in spinning financial assistance and land
parcels have
been the centre of estate management and developments. Where could
entrepreneurs and
bankers go without reverting to land as the basis for commercial and
industrial developments.
Renewable and non renewable resources all are found in association
with land resources.
Thus, it is ultimately true to stop undermining the importance
of land to the people,
namely the government, the private sector and the individuals.
Central to all these
is the Lands Department that will coherently gunner the development
of economic growth
for Brunei Darussalam in general.
It is also advocated that as the importance of land information in the Website Public
System becomes more robust and disposable at a price to the public, the
economics of
sustaining land dealings at all levels will become more and more relevant
and thus
becomes more cost effective.
