Author's note: This piece was written on 8th August, 2013. It is being posted today, because I was unable to do so on the day. Please read on:
If Ghana's young and hard-working trade and industry ministerial team
were to think outside the box - and in this particular instance, ignore
the "hide-bound senior civil servants who advise our leaders, and many
of whom secretly wish that the present regime fails", to quote an
acquaintance of mine - they could revolutionalise Ghana's light
industrial sector.
The garment industry has the potential to rapidly grow Ghana's light
industrial sector's contribution to the country's GDP. It could also
provide employment for many young people in Ghana.
On the basis that no foreign investor who visits our country can fail
to be impressed by Ghana and its people, my humble suggestion to the
ministerial team at the trade and industry ministry, is that they should
invite Mr. William Fung, Mr. Victor Fung and Mr Bruce Rockowitz, of
the Fung Group, to Ghana - and show them what the Ghana Free Zones
Board has to offer investors in the garment industry.
The Fung Group could work with the government - which should rely on
advice from the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) in this particular
instance, instead of relying on the senior civil servants who usually
advise them - to grow Ghana's garment industry, and turn it into a
leading source of garments for retailers in the US and the EU.
There are other areas the Fung Group could be persuaded to invest in,
if the ministerial team at the ministry of trade and industry and the
Association of Ghana Industries were to invite Mr. William Fung, Mr.
Victor Fung and Mr Bruce Rockowitz to visit Ghana.
The Fung Group, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, could help turn
Ghana into a leading exporter of garments to the developed world.
Perhaps Ghana's ambassador to China could be asked to extend the
invitation to the Fung Group on the government's behalf. A word to the
wise...
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