Brunei's Ministry of Energy abolished under Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's order


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 21 (Xinhua): Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gave an order to abolish the South-East Asian country's Ministry of Energy, local media had reported.

According to an official announcement on Radio Television Brunei, the country's national public broadcaster and local daily newspaper Borneo Bulletin, the Sultan has commanded the abolishment of the Ministry of Energy and the formation of the Department of Energy under the Prime Minister's Office.

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