Soul Industry finds a home in Kiulap
After years of trying to find a place to call home, Soul Industry – a collaborative dance project between Ak Hanif (pictured main L)...
These UNISSA graduates turned their popiah project into a full-time business
When 23-year-old Normajidah Rapidi set up shop at the MSME Festival this weekend with her friend Siti Nur Liyana Hj Adanan - she didn't...
Exquisite handcrafted soap: Dear Daffodils
When 28-year-old Nur Adilah Hamzah set up a quaint display of purple flowers and eleven types of handmade soap at the Made in Brunei Market Fair...
After nine years, Tutong’s wild herbal tea makes it to supermarkets
“Assalamualaikum! It’s been a long time,” cried out the man behind the 3MPK Herbal Tea, Hj Amran Hj Johari, as I got out of...
Cosmetics to BSP contracts: the sisters behind Khayla Zalzi
All information for this story, including images, interviews and video recordings were sourced in June 2021.
In an unassuming industrial site in Belait lies...
‘We need the young generation to come through’
In 1966, a small group of youth, working in the oil and gas industry, would cycle door to door around Seria, persuading friends, family...
‘I will redeem myself’
At the turn of 2012, Rejemi Hj Suhaili handed in his resignation to Brunei Shell Petroleum.
Then 28, Jimmy – as he’s affectionately called by...
Inside the home-based aquaponics farm shortlisted for Shell Global’s Innovator Awards
Syazwan Hj Suni couldn't believe his luck when S&R Aquafarms was called up not once but twice to the stage at the Shell LiveWIRE...
A new experience at a low price: One Station
When How Wan Hai arrived in Brunei from Johor, Malaysia in 1979, he was already 30-years-old. He had a Malaysian friend, who suggested that...
‘Bringing back our mother’s passion’
There are dozens - if not hundreds - of food stalls selling nasi katok across the Sultanate. The combination of fried chicken, sambal and...
