BOLKIAH GARRISON, Friday 10 May 2013 – Brigadier General Benedict Lim, Commandant of SAFTI, Military Institute, Republic of Singapore Armed Forces, made a courtesy call this morning to the Commander of Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Aminuddin Ihsan bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin. Brigadier General Benedict Lim assumed command as Commandant of SAFTI, Military Institute on 9 February 2012.
The Commandant is here for a working meeting for the upcoming 6th Brunei-Singapore Defence Scholars Leadership Development Programme, which is scheduled to run in July-August 2013.
The meeting was held yesterday’s afternoon at the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies and chaired by Acting Director of the Institute, who will co-chair the prestigious programme. The meeting was complemented with minutes of the meeting signing at an official dinner in the evening.
The Brunei-Singapore Defence Scholars Leadership Development Programme is divided into two phases: the Brunei Phase and the Singapore Phase. The Brunei Phase entails physically challenging activities that are oriented towards leadership and teambuilding dynamics, while the Singapore phase involves a series of classroom activities, focusing on leadership development, particularly on personal reflection and self-discovery.
Among the objectives of the programme are to nurture among the scholars a sense of responsibility and discovery of personal values, vision and life purpose, both in their personal life and profession, as well as forging stronger bonds among the Bruneian and Singaporean scholars. The programme also seeks to nurture, strengthen and deepen Brunei’s bilateral and personal relations with Singapore.
