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Empowering Young Consumers: Commerce Educators Engaged to Champion Smart Consumer Culture
02 August 2025
A meaningful step toward nurturing smart and informed young consumers began with a knowledge-sharing session for Subject-Based Committee (SBC) - Commerce educators from schools across all districts, aimed to reinforce the importance of consumer rights education, starting as early as the classroom.
Temporary Closure of Petrol Stations for the Inspection and Verification of Fuel Dispensing Pumps for the Month of August 2025
30 July 2025
Industry and Business Ecosystem Division (IBE) through Weights and Measures Unit (SDT) under the Ministry of Finance and Economy will carry out the verification of accuracy readings on fuel dispensing pumps at various fuel stations in accordance with the Weights and Measures Act 1983 Chapter 151. Whereby, the stipulated guidelines under the Act require all weighing and measuring machines used for trading purposes to be checked for their accuracy and validity, and whether the machines have already been registered with the SDT Unit.
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Joint Operation DEPS and SDT in Tutong District results in two Warning Notice and 1 Compound issued
30 July 2025
A total of three (3) business premises were found to have violated the Price Control Act, Chapter 142 during a recent joint operation in Tutong District conducted by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics (DEPS) through the Department of Consumer Affairs, in collaboration with the Weights and Measures Unit (SDT), Industry and Business Ecosystem Division (IBE) under the Ministry of Finance and Economy.
