Brunei and Thailand's collaboration in the
field of information and broadcasting should focus on producing programmes that
show the interests of Asean region as the 10-member grouping are working
towards the establishment of Asean Community in 2015.
In an interview with The Brunei Times, Ladavan
Bua-Aim, the co-chairperson of the 10th Joint Technical Committee Meeting
between Brunei and Thailand, said that the meeting would be evaluating the
previous programmes that both parties had done and discuss new plans to create
broader contents on Asean issues.
"I think we should see the programmes
with broader perspective which do not only restricted to contain Thailand or
Brunei issue," said Ladavan, who is also the deputy director-general of
the Public Relations Department at Thailand Prime Minister's Office.
Ladavan suggested topic that should be
presented to the public in both countries are among others on energy,
environment, food security and fighting against illegal drugs.
"We should decide the contents of the
programmes to let the world know about us, the Asean, and also the cooperation
with our dialogue partners such as China, India, South Korea, Japan and
others," she said, adding that the content is the key.
Both Thai Public Relations Department and the
Department of Radio Televisyen Brunei and Information Department of the Prime
Minister's Office, have conducted a number of programmes in the form of
documentary, news, exchange of publication, exchange of visual team and
exchange visits of the officers.
She said that so far both parties have aired
programmes such as on padi plantation, Brunei's halal food, drama on Kampong
Kita (our village) and culinary show entitled Selera Brunei (the taste of
Brunei).
She said that the programmes have received
good feedbacks from the Thai viewers, as Thailand is one of the close friends
to Brunei in Asean.
Thailand also comprise Malay Muslims who live
in provinces in the south, she added.
Both parties have been conducting meetings
after a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Government of His Majesty
the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam with the Government of the
Kingdom of Thailand on Cooperation in the field of Information and Broadcasting
was signed on August 2001.
Signing on behalf of Brunei was His Royal
Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, while
Thailand was represented by Dr Suraklart Sathirathai, the then minister of
Foreign Affairs.
The MoU aims to enhance cooperation between
broadcasting and information agencies of countries and also focuses on human
resource development through training and education, research development and
communication technology and also television exchange programmes.
The two-day meeting will discuss areas of
projects under the MoU such as on the exchange of television programme,
exchange visits by the documentary teams, television production on variety
shows.
While in the radio cooperation, both parties
will talk about the programmes which broadcast same topic on special occasion,
and the exchange of radio broadcasters.
Thailand hosted the first meeting which was
held in May 2002 in Bangkok.
Sally Piri
The Brunei Times
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