Two parallel systems of law operate in Brunei Darussalam. Statutory laws, which regulate mercantile activities and disputes between persons, are generally referred to as the common law system and are based on English Acts and codified laws. These courts are also known generally as civil courts, and have exclusive jurisdiction over all civil and criminal cases. The rules...
Deloitte’s recent “Asia Pacific Tax Complexity Survey” indicated that Brunei Darussalam’s tax environment is one of the least complicated and most attractive for investors. The recent announcement of the corporate income tax rate being revised down to 18.5% from year of assessment 2015 is expected to encourage the business sector to invest and help grow the economy....
Although Brunei Darussalam's ongoing commitment to providing its citizens with high-quality universal health care has produced a robust public health care network, non-communicable diseases still pose a significant threat to the population. Cancer is far and away the country's primary cause of mortality, with 295 deaths recorded in 2013, according to the Department of...
Long a priority of Brunei Darussalam’s government, the domestic health care system continues to rank among the best in the region even as it shifts its priorities in response to a change in the health issues facing the local population. Having already tackled the problem of communicable diseases while instituting nationwide universal health services, which have...
The Sultanate’s long-term strategic vision of a diversified, knowledge-based economy depends heavily on how well the education system can prepare the country’s future business leaders for the rapidly evolving and increasingly integrated global market. Preparing to build on its already solid foundation of core academic skills, Brunei Darussalam is revamping its entire...
Complementing the broader restructuring of the primary education system to redirect its focus towards meeting the needs of a modern, knowledge-based economy is a separate reboot of the technical and vocational education subsector (TVE). Given its importance in reducing unemployment and placing more Bruneians in key growth industries, the overhaul of the TVE subsector is...
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