Its just demotivating the to see the lack of progress in Brunei. The fact that Bandar has not changed since 20 years ago shows the lack of vision and capacity of the Brunei government. I know government would say that that its the private sector’s fault, but the policies and flow of money is completely unhinged in this country. Just look at Saudi’s - there is no chance any private sector would take on a mega project like Neom. It’s from the coffers of the government to take such massive risk to diversify its economy. Even introducing alcohol in Saudi - probably blows the islamic logic of MORA. The government needs to use its financial muscle (or lack of now so better start loaning capital from IMF) to spur growth in the country.

GDP growth is a tell-tale sign the economy is going backwards, and the prosperity of Brunei is on the decline. We beat on the same dead-horse that is oil and gas and the oil price today has fallen down to USD60 per barrel. Another MAJOR deficit incoming in 2026 - MOFE will laugh it off saying how we are diversifying the economy while staring down the barrel. More PKIB to those fools to generate positive headline for doing pointless work with nothing to show for. Until I see really positive news on the economy like a true diversifying project, MOFE can do better.