1st April 1952 | Information Department was established and known as Brunei Information Service. |
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| 1954 | The Information Branch in the Belait District and the Information Reading Room were established. |
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| 1956 | The 1st issue of Pelita Brunei, the official newspaper was published fortnightly in Cyclostyle form. |
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| 1st January 1957/1958 | Pengiran Mohammad Yusuf bin Pengiran Hj Abdul Rahim (now known as
Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Setia Negara Pengiran (Dr.) Haji Mohd Yusof bin
Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahim) was elected as the first Information
Officer of the country. |
| | Information Reading Room was established in Pekan Bangar, Temburong District and in Tutong District the following year. |
| | With the establishment of Radio Brunei Service in 1957, Information
Service gave the public subsidy to purchase radios by monthly
installments for one year. In 1958, Information Service sold 1,048 sets
of radio throughout the state. |
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| February 1959 | Pelita Brunei, after going through several changes, started the use of printing machine for the first time. |
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| March 1960 | A monthly English language publication entitled "Brunei (The Abode
of Peace)" was published containing events of the months. It had a
circulation of 500 copies for overseas distribution. |
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| January 1, 1962 | Brunei Information Service and Radio Brunei Service were merged and later known as Broadcasting and Information Department. |
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| January 1, 1975 |
The Broadcasting and Information Department were separated
into two entities in June 1975, whereby Information was designated as
Information Division and was put under the jurisdiction of the State
Secretariat Office. |
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| 1983 | The status of the Information Division was later upgraded and it became Information Department. |
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| 1984 | Information Department was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. |
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| 1985 | 'Brunei Darussalam Newsletter' - an English publication was first introduced. |
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| | December 1, 1985 - Information Department and Radio Televisyen
Brunei were merged and later known as Broadcasting and Information
Department, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. |
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| October 20, 1986 |
The Broadcasting and Information Department came under the wing of the Prime Minister's Office. |
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| March 1, 1991 | The Broadcasting and Information Department was separated into two
departments and Information became Information Department under the
Prime Minister's Office. |
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| April 1, 2002 | Information Department celebrated its "Golden Jubilee", 1952 - 2002. |
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| August, 2005 | Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam
consented for a work attachment at the Information Department on
August 27, 2005. |
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| February, 2006 | Pelita Brunei, the official government newspaper, celebrated its Golden Jubilee. |
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| July 19, 2008 | Pelita Brunei is now available twice a week while its online version, Pelita Brunei Online is available and updated daily at www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn |
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| July 18, 2010 | Pelita Brunei is now awailable three times a week with the introduction of Monday edition of Pelita Brunei. |
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| March 21, 2012 | Information Department receive a site for a new complex of the department. |
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| April 1, 2012 | Information Department celebrates its 60th Anniversary, 1952-2012 |
