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Offline fahmidasiddiqa

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Speakers urge factory owners at a meeting

Speakers at a meeting on Wednesday stressed on fire and safety compliance of the country’s readymade garment factories to facilitate retention of the Generalised System Preferences (GSP) to be reviewed in December by the US authorities.

They made the observation while exchanging views on compliance issues of RMG sector in Bangladesh jointly organised by Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association in Dhaka.The RMG sector is passing through a crises moment especially after the Tazreen Fashions fire incident and Rana Plaza collapse, and suspension of GSP by the US government on June 27, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed.

“At any cost, we should not allow any destruction to the RMG sector as it contributes 20% to the GDP and earns 18% of foreign currency.”The government has reviewed the progress of Bangladesh Action Plan imposed for the revival of the suspended GSP facility. The review witnessed remarkable progress in some areas, he said.“We will send the progress report to the US government by November 14 (today) as the paper has been prepared having discussion with all parties.”

They also demanded a certain standard for factory inspection on fire and building safety to avert chaotic situation, and urged the government to stop harassment in the name of inspection by several organisation.Commenting on the ongoing labour unrest, BGMEA President Md Atiqul Islam urged the workers to calm down, saying that they would come up with a good offer.He also demanded business exit policy arguing that small and medium entrepreneurs would not be able to run the factory with new wage structure.

source: http://www.dhakatribune.com/economy/2013/nov/14/comply-factory-safety-issues-get-us-gsp-revived


Offline adnanmaroof

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This has a  lot of importance in order to save this sector which is the source of income of majority trade in Bangladesh. Factory compliance is a must tool for this.