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2018 wishes: Industry focuses on protection support export innovation and industrial zones
4-1-2018
The minister of industry, Dr. Hussein Haj Hassan, sounded the alarm yesterday on the dire conditions in the country as a result of the official lethargy and procrastination in terms of developing a comprehensive socio-economic policy. Haj Hassan was speaking in a meeting with a delegation of the Press Syndicate led by Elias Aoun to discuss current conditions in the country. The minister reminded his guests that at the start of 2017, he had requested the formation of an economic committee headed by premier Saad Hariri to develop an economic vision. The committee was formed but did not convene, only occasionally, and when it did, discussions were not in-depth and did not yield any relevant decisions, Haj Hassan said. The productive sectors, namely industry and agriculture, are sidelined and put off, notwithstanding the current perceptions to address the situation, as well as proposals submitted jointly with involved ministries, the minister said, calling for transforming perceptions into executable governmental decrees. Haj Hassan cautioned against high unemployment rates among the youth which have reached 35%, noting that, if in the past there has been a plan to export talents, things have changed today. Europe is currently opening for workers from East European countries, while the while the Arab Gulf countries face their own problems and and Asian workforce is invading global labor markets, he maintained. In Lebanon, around some 45 thousand young persons are on the lookout for jobs every year, the minister warned, while imports amount to USD 19 billion against only USD 3 billion in exports. This, he concluded, indicates an absence of a clear government policy to protect and promote Lebanese productive sectors while ensuring the recruitment of the young generation. He pledged to continue to work on the five key files: protection, support, exports, innovation and industrial zones. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, L’Orient Le Jour, January 4, 2018)
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