His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam (L) being welcomed by His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo yesterday. Picture: BT/Ubaidillah Masli
Sunday, November 14, 2010
PEOPLE are the "key" to the success of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (Apec) growth strategy and therefore, their future should be protected, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam highlighted here yesterday at a meeting with regional counterparts.
During a titah delivered at the first session of the Apec Economic Leaders' Retreat with the theme "Sustaining Prosperity in the Asia Pacific Region", the monarch expressed his happiness that the 21-member economies were cooperating to develop a growth strategy that would integrate human resource development, structural reform, green growth, knowledge-based economy and human security.
"His Majesty said that it is important to have economic, social and environmental policies that are coordinated in laying the path to growth that is balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure," a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.
His Majesty, who was addressing leaders in a room with a virtual Koi fish pond at its centre in the InterContinental Yokohama Grand hotel, also noted that the formulation of the growth strategy would also allow economies to share best practices and to learn from each other through the exchange of experiences.
As a consequence of this, the sovereign pointed out that economies would be able to draw up a "menu of options" in the region's pursuit of long-term growth.
His Majesty was also content with the aspect of "secure growth" included in the regional growth strategy.
His Majesty also welcomed the recent adoption of an action plan to develop human resources, "vigourously" promote employment and achieve inclusive growth across the region.
"The action plan complements the commitment of Brunei Darussalam to bring about better employment opportunities and long-term economic security of its people," said the Prime Minister's Office.
In securing the people's future, His Majesty stressed the importance of addressing the impacts of natural disasters, threats of terrorism, disease pandemics, and food and energy crises, on economic development. The monarch added that Apec had shown that it was capable of dealing with such issues in the past, especially with the regional response to the Sars pandemic and to the Indian Ocean tsunami.
His Majesty highlighted that this was what Apec "must continue to do".
The retreat session was one of many meetings His Majesty yesterday attended with heads of state and government, as well as regional business leaders, as part of the 18th Apec Leaders' Summit Meetings held in Yokohama.
During a titah delivered at the first session of the Apec Economic Leaders' Retreat with the theme "Sustaining Prosperity in the Asia Pacific Region", the monarch expressed his happiness that the 21-member economies were cooperating to develop a growth strategy that would integrate human resource development, structural reform, green growth, knowledge-based economy and human security.
"His Majesty said that it is important to have economic, social and environmental policies that are coordinated in laying the path to growth that is balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure," a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.
His Majesty, who was addressing leaders in a room with a virtual Koi fish pond at its centre in the InterContinental Yokohama Grand hotel, also noted that the formulation of the growth strategy would also allow economies to share best practices and to learn from each other through the exchange of experiences.
As a consequence of this, the sovereign pointed out that economies would be able to draw up a "menu of options" in the region's pursuit of long-term growth.
His Majesty was also content with the aspect of "secure growth" included in the regional growth strategy.
His Majesty also welcomed the recent adoption of an action plan to develop human resources, "vigourously" promote employment and achieve inclusive growth across the region.
"The action plan complements the commitment of Brunei Darussalam to bring about better employment opportunities and long-term economic security of its people," said the Prime Minister's Office.
In securing the people's future, His Majesty stressed the importance of addressing the impacts of natural disasters, threats of terrorism, disease pandemics, and food and energy crises, on economic development. The monarch added that Apec had shown that it was capable of dealing with such issues in the past, especially with the regional response to the Sars pandemic and to the Indian Ocean tsunami.
His Majesty highlighted that this was what Apec "must continue to do".
The retreat session was one of many meetings His Majesty yesterday attended with heads of state and government, as well as regional business leaders, as part of the 18th Apec Leaders' Summit Meetings held in Yokohama.
courtesy of--The Brunei Times
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