To this end, the Brunei Darussalam's Civil Service, like any other civil services or organisations, has instituted various management systems as well as other administrative measures to ensure better utilisation and promotion of its local human resources. Such systems or measures include succession planning. With succession planning, it is expected the olds will have to be replaced by the youngs, and the expatriates by the locals at the appropriate and stipulated time. In this respect, there should not be any cause for alarm as the take-over is a natural process to take place in any organisation. But, it is also worthy to note there is no short cut to succession planning.
Succession planning too calls for total commitment and concerted effort for it to work.
Hence, the increasing number of our locals occupying many key positions speaks volumes for the effort undertaken by the government in the areas of human resource management and development. For Director-General Public Service Department Appeal to review standards I am responding to the lament of Depressed Students on the need for a credit in Malay to go further in the Brunei education system. I totally agree with them on all points. Even the diploma courses in ITB and UBD require Malay credits. Ironically they are broadcast whether it is a quality programme or just a junk filler.