Financial Times - Rajapaksa meets various economic cluster groups

Rajapaksa meets various economic cluster groups

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has, in recent weeks, been meeting heads and members of many cluster groups of the National Council for Economic Development (NCED) and discussing issues ranging from tourism, tea to apparel. Officials said the President had discussed future plans with cluster groups involved in tourism, tea, exports, apparel, small and medium industries, construction and others.

The cluster groups have been discussing their ‘way forward’ plans with the apparel sector – as an example – explaining how the industry is positioned to achieve a $4.5 billion turnover in coming years from $2l.9 billion in 2005 and an estimated $3.1 billion this year.

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