Guyanese products displayed at GuyExpo can compete with anywhere in the world-President Bharrat Jagdeo
Georgetown, GINA, October 2, 2011
Source - GINA
President Bharrat Jagdeo and Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Maniram Prashad poses for a photo with local furniture exhibitors at GuyExpo
President Bharrat Jagdeo said that the products displayed by the local entrepreneurs at GuyExpo are of world class standards. President Jagdeo made this remark to the National Communication Network (NCN) while attending GuyExpo on Saturday night, where he spent several hours visiting booths and interacting with exhibitors and visitors.
“It makes me very proud to see not just the growth of the businesses in our country but improvement in quality and better standard of living for our people,” Jagdeo said, referring to the impressive crowd attendance and the increasing participation of businesses at the expo over the years.
“I have seen in the early years how substandard the products were and over the years how our entrepreneurs and people have transformed our products,” he said,” adding that “what we see on display now is of world-class standards and can compete with products anywhere in the world.”
President Bharrat Jagdeo poses for a photo with two young patrons
President Jagdeo said that wealth and growth in the country are increasing and it is evident in the small things that may go unobserved.
He said that he recently went to an event in Suriname and met several Guyanese who had migrated to the country several years ago. At the end of the event the Guyanese expressed the desire to take photographs with the President but only two of the girls had cellphones that could facilitate this, Jagdeo said.
Compare this to Guyana “where almost every child has a cellphone with a camera, tells the story of our growth,” he said.
“This says something as to the growth of our income level without our realizing it,” Jagdeo said.
Guyana has the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean, he said. “Our country is the only country in the region that has seen six years of consecutive growth.”
“We have defied the logics of the international crises. As a result of a lot of ‘heavy lifting’ by the Government, the country is now producing products that can compete in any part of the world,” he said.
Jagdeo said however, that the producers need to produce more as the future of the country lies in not just selling to the domestic market.
“Our internal market is too small. We have to export and the only way we can export is to compete with a keen playing field with the international production,” he said.
Guyana’s premiere trade fair and exposition – GuyExpo is being hosted under the theme “Enhancing Growth through Competitiveness,” for four days, September 29-Octber 2.
This year is the 12th hosting of events that has seen attendance of thousands of patrons and participation by several producers and corporate entities of Guyana, displaying their products.
Several overseas exhibitors, investors and buyers are also involved in the event.
Georgetown, GINA, October 2, 2011
Source - GINA
President Bharrat Jagdeo and Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Maniram Prashad poses for a photo with local furniture exhibitors at GuyExpoPresident Bharrat Jagdeo said that the products displayed by the local entrepreneurs at GuyExpo are of world class standards. President Jagdeo made this remark to the National Communication Network (NCN) while attending GuyExpo on Saturday night, where he spent several hours visiting booths and interacting with exhibitors and visitors.
“It makes me very proud to see not just the growth of the businesses in our country but improvement in quality and better standard of living for our people,” Jagdeo said, referring to the impressive crowd attendance and the increasing participation of businesses at the expo over the years.
“I have seen in the early years how substandard the products were and over the years how our entrepreneurs and people have transformed our products,” he said,” adding that “what we see on display now is of world-class standards and can compete with products anywhere in the world.”
President Bharrat Jagdeo poses for a photo with two young patronsPresident Jagdeo said that wealth and growth in the country are increasing and it is evident in the small things that may go unobserved.
He said that he recently went to an event in Suriname and met several Guyanese who had migrated to the country several years ago. At the end of the event the Guyanese expressed the desire to take photographs with the President but only two of the girls had cellphones that could facilitate this, Jagdeo said.
Compare this to Guyana “where almost every child has a cellphone with a camera, tells the story of our growth,” he said.
“This says something as to the growth of our income level without our realizing it,” Jagdeo said.
Guyana has the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean, he said. “Our country is the only country in the region that has seen six years of consecutive growth.”
“We have defied the logics of the international crises. As a result of a lot of ‘heavy lifting’ by the Government, the country is now producing products that can compete in any part of the world,” he said.
Jagdeo said however, that the producers need to produce more as the future of the country lies in not just selling to the domestic market.
“Our internal market is too small. We have to export and the only way we can export is to compete with a keen playing field with the international production,” he said.
Guyana’s premiere trade fair and exposition – GuyExpo is being hosted under the theme “Enhancing Growth through Competitiveness,” for four days, September 29-Octber 2.
This year is the 12th hosting of events that has seen attendance of thousands of patrons and participation by several producers and corporate entities of Guyana, displaying their products.
Several overseas exhibitors, investors and buyers are also involved in the event.