Brunei prepares for APEC meeting

Brunei prepares for APEC meeting

JAKARTA (JP): Brunei, gearing up to host the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November, is training 2,000
job-seekers to help cater to the needs of the region's political
and business elite, an official of APEC secretariat in Bandar
Seri Begawan has said.

Brunei's leaders also hope to turn that training and
experience into long term employment opportunities as the country
opens up to both foreign business investment and tourism, the
official said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post
on Thursday.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the current chairman of 21-member
APEC forum that was founded in 1989, said recently that he
expected some 6,000 delegates and 2,000 journalists would attend
the summit.

Committted to achieving tangible results in the area of
economic cooperation, notably education and training for small-
and medium-sized businesses, the sultan encouraged his people to
continue to move forward to face the challenges of global
competition, the statement said. (kod)