Tien Giang invests in handicraft villages
Vietnam Economic Times, Vietnam
VNECONOMY updated: 21/12/2006
Tien Giang provincial People’s Committee has approved a project to develop infrastructure in 11 craft villages.
Under the project, the Mekong Delta province will invest 26.7 billion VND (1.7 million USD) to upgrade road, electricity and sewage systems in the craft villages. (more…)
Craft delight at twin fairs
Calcutta Telegraph, India
Ranchi, Dec. 20: A blend of local craft items with that from various places across the country is on offer for art lovers in twin fairs in the city.
Followed by a 10-day handicraft exhibition, which was inaugurated at Bihar Club yesterday, the national khadi and handicraft fair began at Morabadi grounds today. (more…)
Asephi: Kerajinan handicraft masuk pasaran internasional
Wonogiri (Espos)
Asosiasi Eksportir Pengrajin Handicraf Indonesia (Asephi) Solo, mentargetkan kerajian handicraft di Soloraya akan masuk pasar internasional pada tahun 2007. Hal itu didasarkan pada banyaknya potensi limbah kayu sertifikasi di Soloraya, terutama di Kabupaten Wonogiri dan Sukoharjo.
Demikian disampaikan anggota Badan Pengurus Cabang (BPC) Asephi Solo, Sugeng Saryanto, saat ditemui Espos di sela-sela pelatihan teknik pemanfaatan limbah kayu sertifikasi di Dusun Ngebrak Kidul, Kelurahan Giriwoyo, Kecamatan Giriwoyo, Wonogiri, Kamis (14/12). Pelatihan tersebut dilaksanakan bekerjasama dengan Perhimpunan Untuk Studi dan Pengembangan Ekonomi dan Sosial (Persepsi) Wonogiri, dan melibatkan 20 peserta dari Kecamatan Giriwoyo, Wonogiri dan Kecamatan Weru, Sukoharjo. (more…)
Indonesia : President urges banks to grant loans for handicraft producers
December 15, 2006
Fibre2fashion.com, India
The President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, requested banks to provide loans to handicraft producers on Bantual regency, so that they can come out of economic crises faced after earthquake in May.
He told banks to provide loans on the requirement and situation of handicraft producers (more…)
India will achieve $125-bn export target, says survey
Financial Express, India
NEW DELHI, DEC 17: Reflecting all-round optimism, an overwhelming 85% of the respondents of a Ficci survey felt that the export target of $125 billion would be met in the current fiscal.
“The results of the survey indicate the country is moving towards a phase of stabilisation in export growth,†the chamber said in a statement here.
The high export growth rates in the last few months were likely to be maintained during the remaining part of the year with a low probability of surprises on the upside, the survey said. (more…)
President visits earthenware and ceramics industry center
Antara, Indonesia
Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage on Thursday visited an earthenware and ceramics industry center at Kasongan village, Kasihan sub district, Bantul district, in Yogyakarta.
At the center, the president held a dialog with scores of local craftsmen whose work places were destroyed by a powerful earthquake last May 27.
The dialog was held to give the craftsmen an opportunity to tell the president about their problems directly so that the government could help them find a way out (more…)
India : Milan Mela to support minor traders & artisans
December 13, 2006
Fibre2fashion.com, India
Yearly exhibition and buyer-seller meet Milan Mela will be organized at Park Circus Maidan between December 16, 2006 and January 1, 2007. It will be opened by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
There will be more than 150 booths displaying numerous products including home décor, embroidery, handicraft and leather goods (more…)
X’mas Fever At Sheraton Utama
By Cedrina Norlaila Abd Clark
Bru Direct, Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan - Sheraton Utama Hotel has transformed itself into a Christmas village to greet the upcoming festive season.There is a wishing well at the lobby for guests to purchase F&B items and a lucky draw for patrons of the restaurant.
There is also a Christmas craft market, which runs until December 26, between noon and 8 pm at the hotel lobby. Among the items on sale, are handicraft gifts, home decorations and greeting cards (more…)
My conscience is clear: Vasundhara Raje
Webindia 123
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said she is feeling neither embarrassed nor cornered by the controversy surrounding the allotment of 7,600 sq m of land to Deendayal Upadhayay Trust in Jaipur.
”My conscience is clear and I was not going to take it home. I thought it would be doing some good work,” Ms Raje said in an interview to CNN-IBN to be broadcast tonight. (more…)
Craft villages on the threshold of WTO
Viet Nam News, Vietnam
(09-12-2006)
Vice President of the Viet Nam Association of Traditional Craft Villages, Luu Duy Dan, spoke to (Vietnam Economic Times) about handicraft villages and the WTO.
The government has high lighted the conservation and promotion of traditional craft villages in its policy. What are your thoughts on that?
Up to 73 per cent of the country’s population live in rural areas. In some localities, the figure gets as high as 90 per cent. But the real problem lies in the fact that their cultivated land is dwindling. In the last six years, some 300,000 ha of cultivated land was used for other purposes. As a result, about 3.7 million farmers don’t have land to cultivate. This requires us to promote the development of traditional handicrafts to generate jobs for farmers whose land had been revoked for other reasons. (more…)