Handicrafts World News

Pak Lah wants Malaysian handicraft to make global impact
Malaysia Star, Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: There are fewer than 10 Malaysian handicraft items showcased at the handicraft gallery at the United Nations head office and all are outdated, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi lamented.

“It’s humiliating. Tourists go to the handicraft gallery at the UN head office to buy handicraft but what they are offered from Malaysia is pathetic,” he said when launching National Handicraft Day at the Handicraft Complex here yesterday. (more…)

Ministry of Tourism opens Spring Festival 2008, Grand Bahama
Bahama Islands Info, Bahamas

The Ministry of Tourism officially opened its Spring Festival 2008, an Authentically Grand Bahamian Gift and Craft Show featuring the professional work of award winning handicraft specialists and artists from Grand Bahama, Abaco and Nassau. The event will be held on Taino Beach on Friday, April 4. (more…)

Spotlight: Malaysian handicrafts, but made in China
By : SHUHADA ELIS and AZIRA SHAHARUDDIN

Four ministries are working to find ways to reduce the influx of foreign-made ‘Malaysian’ handicrafts and souvenir items into the country. SHUHADA ELIS and AZIRA SHAHARUDDIN explore how they are trying to help Malaysian craftsmen.
THE handicraft may look Malaysian but the labels state otherwise. And these souvenir items are also far cheaper than local-made ones. (more…)

Ethiopia: Indian Expertise Sought to Develop Local Bamboo Industry
AllAfrica.com, Washington
The Daily Monitor (Addis Ababa)
25 March 2008
Posted to the web 25 March 2008
Addis Ababa

With its expertise and entrepreneurship, India can help Ethiopia develop its bamboo industry, an Ethiopian official visiting India said on Sunday.

Currently, bamboo plantations cover about one million hectares in Ethiopia.
(more…)

Laksala to promote & protect Sri Lankan handicrafts
Monday, March 24, 2008 (Sri Lanka)
Fibre2fashion.com, India

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka [ICTA] in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board, started the Laksala Automation Project to provide an ICT solution to the Laksala Head Office as well as to computerize three of their retail outlets; York Street, Thummulla and Kandy.

iOM Lanka (Pvt) Ltd used their Retailigence software solution to enable Laksala’s supplier management, inventory control, distribution management, sales automation, statistical and trend analysis and provide management information reports, all via ICT. (more…)

Climbing Re hurts garment, handicraft & carpet exports
Economic Times, India

NEW DELHI: The appreciation of the rupee has resulted in a decline in exports of a number of products including readymade garments, primary & semi-finished iron & steel, plastic & linoleum, non-ferrous metals, marine products, sports goods, handicrafts and carpets. The decline has been across the first 10 months of the fiscal, preliminary estimates made by the department of commerce reveal. (more…)

CWA Land cookery and handicraft day
Janelle Stewart
Guyra Argus, Australia 

A very successful Land Cookery and Handicraft day was held in Guyra on Tuesday March 11 with representatives from most CWA branches across the Northern Tablelands group represented. This is an annual event held every year to compete for prizes and the honour of representing the Group at the State Conference in May. (more…)

Jammu festival to begin in April
Hindu, India 

Jammu (PTI): The fortnight-long Jammu festival is all set to woo the tourists with a colourful package of traditional and cultural events to be unfolded from April one, a press release said here on Tuesday.

The festival would be an improvement over the past years with the main attraction being a car rally passing through the major tourist destinations, the release said. (more…)

Handicraft fair in Khulna draws large crowd
Independent-Bangladesh, Bangladesh
Our Correspondent

Hundreds of people are visiting the ongoing month-long handicraft fair at Jatisangha Shishu Park in Khulna city everyday to buy handicraft items of their choice.

The fair, organised by the National Association of Small Industries and Handicraft of Bangladesh, began on March 6 to promote handicraft goods and products of small industries. (more…)