AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 minutes agoDigital Identity for Asean: A new push argues digital IDs could help people and businesses verify credentials across borders fast, using QR-style authentication for licences, qualifications and authorisations. Brunei Tech in Agriculture: Brunei launched a one-year expert advisory programme with China to strengthen rice breeding and hybrid seed production, including plans for a hybrid rice research centre. Offshore Energy Tech: SLB won a Brunei Shell Petroleum contract to restore production from shut-in wells across multiple offshore fields, bundling subsurface work, well selection, engineering, intervention, monitoring and marine logistics under one coordinated execution model. Climate Tech Funding: Neocrete, whose concrete additives are already deployed in Brunei, raised US$3.5m to expand its low-carbon concrete technology into Europe and the US, backed by Temasek Trust’s C3H and others. Regional Environment Pressure: Indonesia arrested 72 people suspected of starting forest and peatland fires as haze spread, while South Sumatra authorities held rain prayers amid prolonged dry conditions. Maritime Policy Watch: A Brunei shipowner warned that imposing international maritime rules without local context could stifle the young shipowning sector. Bilateral Cooperation: Brunei and Malaysia reaffirmed plans to deepen cooperation, including progress on surveying and demarcating their land border and moves to streamline cross-border processes.
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