Use of skill, technology in garments underscored
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Speakers at a function in the city Saturday underscored the need for improving the quality of products through appropriate development of human resources in garments sector, the highest foreign exchange earner, to boost national economy, reports BSS.
To boost export, quality of products is a key barometer and for quality, training has no substitute, they said while speaking at the inaugural function of a training course on "Maintenance Technology on Industrial Sewing Machines".
Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh Masayuki Inoue, speaking at the open ceremony of the five-day course as the chief guest, said Bangladesh's RMG export, which is almost US dollar 7.9 billion industry with 23 per cent export growth, exceeded that of India last year for the first time in its history.
In this context, the ambassador expressed the hope that it would be possible for Bangladesh to make further growth in exporting RMG if it kept on making strenuous efforts to become competitive through continuous improvement.
Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) of Japan organised the course in collaboration with Brother Industries Limited Japan, Brother International Singapore and Brother Bangladesh Liaison Office.
The opening session was also addressed by Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JBCCI) President Hideo Ueno and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) representative Tomohiro Kinomoto as the special guests. Toshiaki Yamada of Brother International Singapore and A K M Moazzem Hussain, AOTS representative for Bangladesh and Nepal also spoke while Y Tsusaka of Brother International Singapore gave the vote of thanks.
Two Brother experts-Nishi and Sekhar - are conducting the technical sessions being attended by 50 persons from different garment industries in and around Dhaka city.
The ambassador said Bangladesh had already made an impressive strive in the RMG sector and expressed the hope that Brother would take further entrepreneurial ventures for the development of its human resources. He urged all the participants to pass on their acquired skill and knowledge from this course to at least ten of their colleagues on return to their respective work places.
To boost export, quality of products is a key barometer and for quality, training has no substitute, they said while speaking at the inaugural function of a training course on "Maintenance Technology on Industrial Sewing Machines".
Ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh Masayuki Inoue, speaking at the open ceremony of the five-day course as the chief guest, said Bangladesh's RMG export, which is almost US dollar 7.9 billion industry with 23 per cent export growth, exceeded that of India last year for the first time in its history.
In this context, the ambassador expressed the hope that it would be possible for Bangladesh to make further growth in exporting RMG if it kept on making strenuous efforts to become competitive through continuous improvement.
Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) of Japan organised the course in collaboration with Brother Industries Limited Japan, Brother International Singapore and Brother Bangladesh Liaison Office.
The opening session was also addressed by Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JBCCI) President Hideo Ueno and Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) representative Tomohiro Kinomoto as the special guests. Toshiaki Yamada of Brother International Singapore and A K M Moazzem Hussain, AOTS representative for Bangladesh and Nepal also spoke while Y Tsusaka of Brother International Singapore gave the vote of thanks.
Two Brother experts-Nishi and Sekhar - are conducting the technical sessions being attended by 50 persons from different garment industries in and around Dhaka city.
The ambassador said Bangladesh had already made an impressive strive in the RMG sector and expressed the hope that Brother would take further entrepreneurial ventures for the development of its human resources. He urged all the participants to pass on their acquired skill and knowledge from this course to at least ten of their colleagues on return to their respective work places.