CA asks BGMEA to follow compliance guidelines in paying wages
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday noted with satisfaction a laudable contribution of the RMG sector to the national economy, and urged the BGMEA leaders to follow the compliance guidelines in paying salaries to the garment employees, reports UNB.
He assured maintaining government cooperation in materialising the apparel owners and exporters' next three years' export target envisaged at $15-18 billion (1,500-1,800 crore), as apprised by the leaders.
The CA expressed these views when a 10-member delegation of the newly-elected body of BGMEA, led by its president Anwarul Alam, made a courtesy call on him at his office.
The BGMEA leaders apprised the CA that the RMG sector has raised its export earning to $9.0 billion in a crescendo over the last 30 years.
"Some 76 per cent of the country's foreign-exchange earnings come from the RMG sector, where 2.4 million (24 lakh) people are employed, 80 per cent of whom are women," the delegation said.
They put forward some recommendations for attaining their targeted export earnings in the next three years. Those included the government's cooperation in enhancing Bangladesh's image abroad with cooperation from Bangladesh missions, appointment of trade councilors to each mission, further development of infrastructure, declaring one-day weekend on Sundays, 10 per cent or less loan interest, and quick government steps to rehabilitate the sick RMG units.
He assured maintaining government cooperation in materialising the apparel owners and exporters' next three years' export target envisaged at $15-18 billion (1,500-1,800 crore), as apprised by the leaders.
The CA expressed these views when a 10-member delegation of the newly-elected body of BGMEA, led by its president Anwarul Alam, made a courtesy call on him at his office.
The BGMEA leaders apprised the CA that the RMG sector has raised its export earning to $9.0 billion in a crescendo over the last 30 years.
"Some 76 per cent of the country's foreign-exchange earnings come from the RMG sector, where 2.4 million (24 lakh) people are employed, 80 per cent of whom are women," the delegation said.
They put forward some recommendations for attaining their targeted export earnings in the next three years. Those included the government's cooperation in enhancing Bangladesh's image abroad with cooperation from Bangladesh missions, appointment of trade councilors to each mission, further development of infrastructure, declaring one-day weekend on Sundays, 10 per cent or less loan interest, and quick government steps to rehabilitate the sick RMG units.