Govt firm on making Ctg an investment-friendly zone
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Feb 9: The government is determined to turn greater Chittagong into an investment-friendly zone, attracting entrepreneurs from both home and abroad, sources said.
Considering its geographical location, Chittagong is potential in the field of investment which occupies an unparalleled position in the similar sector across the south-east Asian region.
Executive Director of the Board of Investment (BoI) Kamal Uddin Ahmed said these as the chief guest at a seminar on 'potentialities of greater Chittagong on the regional focal point of south and south-east Asia' in the port city Friday.
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Saifuzzaman Chowdhury presided over the seminar, while Divisional Commissioner Hossain Jamil was present as the special guest.
The BoI executive chairman said he would make all-out efforts to remove complications in consultation with the policy-making body of the government if those were pointed out in the seminar.
The speakers in the seminar, however, spoke on infra-structural problems and complications in the investment process as the great barrier to economic potentials of the country.
The divisional commissioner called upon entrepreneurs to invest in the port city.
The CCCI president said there lay immense potentials of tourism, power and ship-building industries in the port city and called for providing tax holiday facilities for developing the ship-building industry.
The seminar was also addressed, among others, by CCCI Director Mahfuzul Hoque Shah, BGMEA First Vice President MA Salam, Rangamati Chamber of Commerce and Industry SVP Belayet Hossain.
CHITTAGONG, Feb 9: The government is determined to turn greater Chittagong into an investment-friendly zone, attracting entrepreneurs from both home and abroad, sources said.
Considering its geographical location, Chittagong is potential in the field of investment which occupies an unparalleled position in the similar sector across the south-east Asian region.
Executive Director of the Board of Investment (BoI) Kamal Uddin Ahmed said these as the chief guest at a seminar on 'potentialities of greater Chittagong on the regional focal point of south and south-east Asia' in the port city Friday.
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Saifuzzaman Chowdhury presided over the seminar, while Divisional Commissioner Hossain Jamil was present as the special guest.
The BoI executive chairman said he would make all-out efforts to remove complications in consultation with the policy-making body of the government if those were pointed out in the seminar.
The speakers in the seminar, however, spoke on infra-structural problems and complications in the investment process as the great barrier to economic potentials of the country.
The divisional commissioner called upon entrepreneurs to invest in the port city.
The CCCI president said there lay immense potentials of tourism, power and ship-building industries in the port city and called for providing tax holiday facilities for developing the ship-building industry.
The seminar was also addressed, among others, by CCCI Director Mahfuzul Hoque Shah, BGMEA First Vice President MA Salam, Rangamati Chamber of Commerce and Industry SVP Belayet Hossain.