I am here to bring forth the issue of ‘minimum wage’ concerning our maids or house helpers. I am sure the majority of households in Brunei employ at least one maid, if not more. They work long hours, usually as long as they are awake they are working. Some, not all, are fortunate enough to have Sundays off. This means that work is basically their whole life - they wake up and work until everyone in the house is sleeping and no longer requires their assistance. However, I have noticed that employees are only required to pay a minimum wage of $300 to these full-time maids. That is $30 a day, and less than $1 an hour, assuming the maid works for 12 hours each day. Is that what we have come to? Paying our loyal helpers less than $1 an hour? What do maids do? Many are forced to take on ......

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A UBD geography lecturer recently died of cancer. Much praise was heaped on him as a teacher and a friend. But what concerned me was that he was suffering from cancer for many years. His cancer did not appear overnight. yet he was able to pass his medical examination and get his contract extended repeatedly. How was this possible? Before every contract he has to be certified fit at RIPAS. Did the expatriate doctor just tick the relevant boxes and pass the lecturer even though he had cancer? What about the blood test results? They would have clearly shown that he has cancer. yet he was able to pass his medical examination and get his contract renewed repeatedly although he was suffering from cancer. Something is surely not right with the way the medical examination is done at RIPAS. If you have a friend who is an expatriate doctor there they will ......

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hey..im student dari skulah perdagangan..ku banar2 kecewa pasal skulah ani..ku sangka nda buang masa blajar dsini tapi rupanya bnr2 buang masa pasal cikgunya jarang masuk (tidak semua cikgu)..then kadang2 cikgunya langsung nada masuk dalam sehari atu..benar2 buang masa..baik pulang ku blajar di rumah saja tu..inda menyusahkan ibubapa tani ...

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I will definitely disagree with your thoughts on prioritizing defense as part of our country’s development. For all that I know, investing on military equipment is a waste of time and most importantly, on resources. You mentioned about equipping Brunei’s military with the latest military equipment and gadgets, but do you realise that hundreds of million of dollars will be ‘wasted’ if we do that.The money could be used for something which is worth investing, for instance, on education, better health care, and people’s welfare. These areas are ‘permanent investment’, in which will benefit the country and its people in a long-term. Unlike military, which is more of a ’short-term investment’. It is obvious to us that the military equipments will become obsolete in a few years time, the bullets and missiles will expire, all the tanks and navy ships needs expensive maintenance, etc-etc. Such a waste of resources! In ......

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KURANG AJAR BANAR PEMANDU KERETA POROTON WIRA  ATU, KAN MATI USULNYA IA DRIVING JALAN RESIDENCY TADI AH, LAJU BANAR IA, NDA JUA BERAPA KETA NYA, JANGAN TELUAN MIKIRKAN DIRI SENDIRI ANI, KALAU ACCIDENT NTADI BARU KO TAU,, KALAU KAU SAJA YANG MATI NDA JUA APA, JANGAN ORANG LAIN MATI LABIH-LABIH LAGI KALAU ORANG ATU KANAK-KANAK MASIH, SIKIT LAGI KO MELANGGAR ORANG MELINTAS TADI, BAIK JUA ORANG ATU BELARI, MUN NDA KO LANGAR KALI,, KAU ANI TAH PEMANDU YANG PALING BUDUH PERNAH KU LIAT NIE, BAIK TAH KO LAKAS-LAKAS MATI, KALAU KAN GAGAS PASANG LAMPU EMEGENCY PALOI! KALAU ADA ORANG YANG KENAL KAN FLAT LESEN KERETA ANI PADAH ARAHNYA SURUH IA KOMEN DI DALAM RUANGAN ANI, EH MBAGIKAN MENGASAKAN MUA NYA ATU, PAKAI KERATAS PASIR NOMBOR KOSONG JUA. ...

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assalamualaikum. greetings to all readers, respectively. I want, well, I need to complain about ITQ's warden. My niece's friend was from ITQ and one day, she told me about this warden. I was disgusted and feeling sorry to all students. I've been known that the Warden ( 'T' not a real name ) always asked the students to clean up their rooms, but she didn't even realized that her room is dirty as well. much more dirty than the student's. She told me that the room is NOT in order. everything is such a mess. Is this what you call role model? I don't think so. If you want the students to have a better discipline of their own room, please try to find a better warden. I'm a guy even disgusted so much about this. just didn't expect something like that. once again, sorry but I need to complain ......

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assalamualaikummm..... aku menyampuk ni...ukan kn lawankan sapa2.... tp dua2 pn ada slahnya n ego nya...dua2 karier ni pn ada ngaleh pyah nya..nursing pn mmbli brg klinikal jua...which is most of them are xpensive...scissor nya sja cost $8 above...lain lg bku nya...pling murah pn $80+....n den lain lgi yg tgal dhostel dgn blanja mkn mnum nya....n d most importnat thing juwa, they deal wv human life....once error made, either nyawa urg nursing o the patient bleh melayang or they might suffer wv multiple disease+ student nurse nada insuran nyawa which is...klu mati nada urg tau...pham bisaii), nursing pn sma jua mkirkan intervention for their patients the next day...mna lgi yg incharge,bnar plg f cgu handle 30 students, tp jgn silap, nurse sorg mnjga 12 patients...tp pnyakitnya ukan satuuu....mna lg handling krenah doktor, patients relatives demand, mna lgi durg handle patients right, wpun blik udah krumah, f anythin happen they cud be called ......

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Kepada bini2 security yg ketanya ATOZ grey yg mna kn menyampati kuar spg jerudong pd pkl 8.00am tdi spya bhati2. wlpn ko gagas kn kraja o tnjk eksen liat2 jua dih. ringankn kepala memusing a2. b4 kn kuar spg a2 liat kiri knan, liat keta a2 hampie o jauh. bila ko liat keta a2 jauh, baru ko kuar. bknnya bila keta dh hampie bru ko kmbng2an kuar. mun tdi aku nda menhon bh, ntah blanggar x. ditoleh mcm org palui tia. mcm nada apa2 sulnya. ...

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Memang patut gaji amah atu $200 sebab segala makan minum, air, letrik dan tempat tinggal ditanggung oleh majikan. Di Malaysia atu lagi tia ganya RM400, inda sampai $200 duit kitani. Kalau jadi pelayan restoran gaji durang paling tinggi $400. Tapi makan minum dan tempat tinggal tanggung sendiri. Bila dirasakan inda cukup, ada tia membuat khidmat tambahan. Selalunya yang kononnya kasian dengan gaji amah $200 ani bukannya ia sendiri memberi gaji amah atu. So, cakap pun senanglah. Walaupun ia tedapat amah dirumah tapi yang menguruskan dan membayar gaji amah dirumahnya atu bukan ia tapi indungnya. Pasal atu ia inda terasa apa-apa. Cuba kalau ia sendiri mengambil amah tanggung 100% masa atu baru tah terfikir. Jadinya, selagi belum menguruskan sendiri pengambilan amah dan membayar sendiri gaji durang, jangan tah kan buat komen kononnya kasian dengan gaji durang $200. Lainlah kalau sudah batah arah kitani, boleh jua dinaikkan gajinya setiap tahun. ...

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Kenapa Babi Haram Bahagian ke 2 Assalamu Ala Man Ittaba' al-Huda, Alhamdulillah, Wasalatu 'Ala Rasulillah Wa 'Ala Aalih. Baru saja kita membincangkan mengenai kenapa Khinzir atau babi haram, tiba-tiba wujud Swine flu. Itulah azab Allah swt bagi mereka yang mendustakan dan mempermainkan hukum-hukumNya. Namun sayangnya kebanyakan mereka tidak juga mahu percaya bahawa azab itu datang dari Allah swt. Firman Allah swt dalam surah al-Mutaffifun ayat 1 hingga 13:- ~ 1 ~ وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ 1. Kecelakaan besarlah bagi orang-orang yang curang Woe to those that deal in fraud,- ~ 2 ~ الَّذِينَ إِذَا اكْتَالُواْ عَلَى النَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ 2. (yaitu) orang-orang yang apabila menerima takaran dari orang lain mereka minta dipenuhi, Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure, ~ 3 ~ وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ 3. dan apabila mereka menakar atau menimbang untuk orang lain, mereka mengurangi. But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due. ~ 4 ~ أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُولَئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ 4. Tidaklah orang-orang itu menyangka, bahwa sesungguhnya mereka akan dibangkitkan Do they not think that they will be called to account?- ~ 5 ~ لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ 5. pada suatu hari yang besar, On a Mighty Day, ~ 6 ~ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ 6. (yaitu) hari (ketika) manusia berdiri menghadap Tuhan semesta alam? A Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds? ~ 7 ~ كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتَابَ الفُجَّارِ لَفِي سِجِّينٍ 7. Sekali-kali jangan curang, karena sesungguhnya kitab orang yang durhaka tersimpan dalam sijjin Nay! Surely the record of the wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin. ~ 8 ~ وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا سِجِّينٌ 8. Tahukah kamu apakah sijjin itu? And what will explain to thee what Sijjin is? ~ 9 ~ كِتَابٌ مَّرْقُومٌ 9. (Ialah) kitab yang bertulis. (There is) a Register (fully) inscribed. ~ 10 ~ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ 10. Kecelakaan yang besarlah pada hari itu bagi orang-orang yang mendustakan, Woe, that Day, ......

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Salam smua, kan mencari biskita (yang berkemahiran lah ah..) dlm membuat dekorasi utk landskep i.e: dekorasi pasu bunga tempahan (custom made) utk okid dan bunga2 lain. Kalau ada, emel keterangan syarikat biskita ke lailamencanai@hotmail.com, kalau buleh emel kan jua gambar2 contoh dekorasi landskep yg pernah biskita buat, insya'ALLAH mun terpakai tarus tah kami tempah.. so emel je ok,(khas utk mereka yg berkemahiran saja) ...

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Minimum wage for amahs April 29, 2009 – 5:11 pm by NS (4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) NS you are definately not a Bruneian. OR your brain is at your butt. I was in Indonesia staying with a well-to-do friend for few weeks and I saw the condition of the amah working there. I would not make comment on how they treat their own down there. But in Brunei most of our amah have got mobile phones and they spent their time 25% on SMS their friends or whoever.Working condition? again you please put your brain where it is suppose to be.... up in your head not at YOUR BACKSIDE.In Indonesia they get only B$50/- per month. I also was in Malaysia. I wont continue lah... person like you should have your Brain scan. ...

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Our government should not give up Limbang so easily at what ever cost. Limbang belongs to us and for our future generations. We should not give in to the synical gestures of the Malaysians. The land stretching from Bukit Pagon to Gunong Maulu and beyond is ours. We should not easily settle it between them just like that, if necessary it is better to bring this matter to the International Court of Justice and settle it there once and for all. ...

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salam.. niat ku 1 saja bukan kan mnyakiti ati mna2 pihak tpi tuk kesedaran smua pihak lebih2 yg berkenaan.. napakan post systemnya lambat msa ane?? mcm sbulan skli sja n tau2 mcm surat temu duga yg smpai xpired sudah datenya.. damit jua brunei ane klie aa.. ada lgi yg nda pernah smpai langsung.. dtnya arh pengirim sudah dpostnya tpi smpai ane blum dtg... bri mentel jua tu.. napakan?? mikin pemalas kah durg atu kn ngntr? mkn gaji buta tu eh. ada lg complen surat2 atu yg dtrima mcm bkas kna check2.. atu mun bnar waa nda lgi selamat e post system msa abe.. kcian yg menungu xpcly surat2 govrment.. ya allah.. npakan?? stau ku msh jua kna perlukn post system ane.. ndakan alasan setem 20c durg pyh2 kn ngntr.. ada lgi pecaya kamu surat jemputan kira adlah suatu badan tu menjemput kwn ku.. sudah acara atu berlangsung surat atu bru smpai ......

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To whom it may concern. Why aren;t we allow to put on sports rim or modified our car to make it more stabilize? With sports rim, the tyre we use is wider = stable, with sports lower spring & absorber is more stable than the original one, why we are not allow to install it to our car? Put on sports rim and lower spring will not faster the car = no fatal accident. In fact, most car with sports rim and lower spring drive slower than bicycle. So it should be safe. If sports Rim and lower sports spring that is use for racing not allow to install to our car, then why it is widely sale in Brunei? Shouldn't those shop be close down since they sell item that consider illegal??????? Most fatal accident is cause by speedy driving user that use original car setting from manufacturer and ......

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