Another One Bites The Dust

Last night I attended a small gathering amongst local ‘rockers’ to bid farewell for one of our lad who left the company after 25 years to join another. Indeed it has been the trend recently that a few has left and gone for new pastures.

What it means is that Bruneians are now capable and globally marketable. In the biggest energy company in the world based in the Middle East, at least 5 Bruneians have already joined the company. Next door in Qatar, where mega projects are ongoing, quite a few has left the local companies here and opted to join these companies.

Elsewhere, there are nearly 20 others who are working for other companies in the same industry. It does not stop there. In the world of LNG, some 6000 jobs are opening up in the world as new plants are being built. This is now and in the future will attract some of our countrymen to join these new companies, to be paid at global market rate.

Amongst the ongoing contention is the difference between the local package and the global market rate. The other bit is the ‘lack’ of recognisition. Enough to say that they remained being the hidden faces behind the search and exploitation of the country’s main resources that have been primarily driving the country’s economy.