Step out of comfort zone, Development ministry staff urged

Aaron Alwines
TUTONG

THE Minister of Development urged staff in his ministry to step outside their comfort zone in order to truly achieve growth and better delivery of service.

Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Suyoi Hj Osman (pictured), made the address in relation to issues faced by the people of the Tutong District yesterday during a Hari Raya celebration.

"What use are our mega projects if the issues that are close and dear to the public, do not receive our attention?" asked the minister.

"There are some amongst us who refuse to progress or change our ways, refusing to leave our comfort zones and prefer the status quo and conditions that are stagnant without progress in sight, whether it is in the way we work or in our delivery of service."

In Tutong, he said, the ministry is working hard on upgrading infrastructure in a few notable areas. Some of these initiatives include increasing the standard of roads that are easily flooded in Tutong Phase 1, improving main roads and simpangs around Tutong Town which have been tendered out, as well as some connecting roads entering Tanjung Maya, Lamunin, Jln Long Mayan-Merangking, Mukim Ukong and Jln Merangking-Bukit. Also up for upgrading and development in Tutong are water conservation projects and the drainage system, yet the true measure of the ministry's success according to YB Pehin Dato Hj Suyoi lies in "our (the ministry's) ability to overcome every day problems of the ordinary people."

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