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Hassanal Bolkiah [1946-0]

Rank: 103
Statesman, Sultan of Brunei

Hassanal Bolkiah, GCB GCMG is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei. He is also the first and incumbent Prime Minister of Brunei.

Finance, Strength

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Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges.		101
The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme.		102
There is no conflict between favouring Islamic and traditional values and being more open and international.		103
As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people.		104
Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services.	Finance, Strength	105
Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners, no matter what our backgrounds, cultures, faiths and histories.		106
We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation.		107
With faith and gratitude to Allah the almighty, I declare that tomorrow, Thursday May 1, 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases.		108
Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties.		109
The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice.		110
Theory states that Allah's law is cruel and unfair, but Allah himself has said that his law is indeed fair.		111
We need foreign skills to stay competitive.		112
Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia.		113
The level of our educational development is high and serves as a strong basis for our future progress.		114
We are increasing our efforts to attract the right kind of foreign investors through our various agencies.		115
We are considering various ways of making use of our oil and gas downstream industries. This is to be complemented with the import of oil and gas from other sources as raw materials.		116

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