Issues affecting Brunei's youth

Original FB thread is here.

What are the five most significant issues young people face in Brunei?

Topics from the thread

 * Key issue is the lack of a dynamic economy and a vibrant market for labour. @izamryan.
 * a sense of limited 'freedom of expression' (Denny Ambuyart Azirman)
 * feels that entertainment is limited because of 'Negara Zikir' (Denny Ambuyart Azirman)
 * more to expect from the country rather than grabbing opportunities already given by the government (Denny Ambuyart Azirman)
 * government is not hearing the youth or NATO (Denny Ambuyart Azirman)
 * availability of work with good pay (Denny Ambuyart Azirman) <-- this is a "lack of a dynamic economy and vibrant market for labour".

A vibrant market for labour
Observation: Brunei has got great talent. We have highly qualified financial, business, technical, legal and managerial minds. But the private sector and public sector may not be large enough to absorb all this talent. The private sector is thought to be underdeveloped and the public sector is thought to "crowd out" investment by the private sector. [Is this a research topic on its own?] [Can we build a survey on this? Maybe use surveymonkey and then analyze the results? Could this be quantiative data we can use to support this hypothesis?]

Implication: A key measure of Brunei's success is GDP per capita. If our talent are not fully absorbed and leveraged by the private and public sectors, our GDP per capita growth may not meet expectation.

Recommendation: [Suggestions?] [AMO had a great FB thread a while back talking about a leadership program for Brunei talent] [Could this tie in with our other thread the one on CapitalStrategy?]