Quality improvement of politics for change in society stressed
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said Friday that quality improvement of politics in the country is now a major challenge, but it is the only way to bring about overall qualitative change in the society, reports UNB.
The Adviser made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural session of the four-day 33rd conference on "International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC)" organised by Bangladesh Society of Total Quality Management (BSTQM) at a city hotel Friday.
BSTQM president MA Awal, secretary general AMM Khairul Bashar and former vice-chancellor of BUET Abdul Matin Patwary also spoke at the inaugural session.
About 500 foreign delegates - from a number of countries including Japan, South Korea, India, Nepal, Pakistan Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Taiwan - have signed up for the conference.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rahman reminded that politics is a noble profession the fundamental task of what is to ensure public welfare.
He said: "The country is already on the 'highway of election' and it is now time for our political leaders to bring about qualitative change in politics."
The Adviser also suggested change of attitude in every sector of society including education, politics and public administration. "We must have a total vision and education could be the key to such a change," he said.
MA Awal said quality control here means an improvement in work culture, human relationship, empowerment, solving problem and quality of human resources.
He said Bangladesh policymakers and entrepreneurs would get an opportunity to share experience and knowledge at the conference with their counterparts from developed countries such as Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
Four special keynote papers on quality management in public and private sectors were presented at the conference.
Some 155 case studies and 10 technical papers covering steel, dockyard, power, textile, electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, real estate, defence, education and service industry will also be presented in the conference.
The Adviser made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural session of the four-day 33rd conference on "International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC)" organised by Bangladesh Society of Total Quality Management (BSTQM) at a city hotel Friday.
BSTQM president MA Awal, secretary general AMM Khairul Bashar and former vice-chancellor of BUET Abdul Matin Patwary also spoke at the inaugural session.
About 500 foreign delegates - from a number of countries including Japan, South Korea, India, Nepal, Pakistan Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Taiwan - have signed up for the conference.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Rahman reminded that politics is a noble profession the fundamental task of what is to ensure public welfare.
He said: "The country is already on the 'highway of election' and it is now time for our political leaders to bring about qualitative change in politics."
The Adviser also suggested change of attitude in every sector of society including education, politics and public administration. "We must have a total vision and education could be the key to such a change," he said.
MA Awal said quality control here means an improvement in work culture, human relationship, empowerment, solving problem and quality of human resources.
He said Bangladesh policymakers and entrepreneurs would get an opportunity to share experience and knowledge at the conference with their counterparts from developed countries such as Japan, South Korea and Singapore.
Four special keynote papers on quality management in public and private sectors were presented at the conference.
Some 155 case studies and 10 technical papers covering steel, dockyard, power, textile, electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, real estate, defence, education and service industry will also be presented in the conference.