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Garment sector in wage wars
Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka
By Dilshani Samaraweera

Garment factories say they cannot meet the latest Wages Board salary increase for garment workers while trade unions argue that the Board’s recommendations are inadequate given the increasing cost of living and are threatening ‘action’ unless a bigger wage hike is assured.

Last week the Wages Boards for the Garment Manufacturing Trade announced an increase of minimum wages for garment workers. Under this wage structure, most grades of garment workers will see basic salaries go above Rs 5,000. Garment factories that account for around 300,000 jobs in the country, say this wage increase is both unfair and unrealistic. Read more about Garment sector in wage wars …

BBC News
By Rob Young
BBC World Service, Arusha, Tanzania
Ajay Shah is a worried man as Sunflag Textiles, the company he runs in Arusha, northern Tanzania, has experienced a huge fall in orders.
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Times of India
COIMBATORE: The tumbling rupee has brought some hope to beleaguered garment exporters, who are cEspecially, exporters working with Wal-Mart, who were facing a squeeze on the pricing front, would benefit from the weakening rupee. The rupee has depreciated by over 20% against the dollar in the last seven months, and by over 6% in 2014 alone.
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12 persons arrested for various offenses
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia 
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter

Police arrested over the weekend 12 men and one woman for allegedly committing various offenses on Saipan.

All defendants were taken before Superior Court associate judges Juan T. Lizama and David A. Wiseman for a bail hearing yesterday.

The defendants are Roland Kaipat, Vicente Kaipat, Jeffrey C. Magofna, Shu Jin, Bernard Sebangiol, Julian Muna Sablan, Hillario Teigita Angui, David D. Kapileo, Anthony Cariaga Norita, Joshua Lee Santos, Wainy Williander Moses, and Jun Kitaoka. Read more about 12 persons arrested for various offenses …

Tekstil Tiongkok Bawa Peluang
jumat, 10 Mar 2014/jawapos.com

SURABAYA – Maraknya TPT (Tekstil dan Produk Tekstil) asal Tiongkok yang masuk ke Indonesia memang menjadi bencana bagi produsen lokal. Tapi, bagi sebagian pebisnis ritel, membanjirnya produk dengan harga murah itu menjadi peluang yang menguntungkan.

“Bagi kami sebagai penjual malah jadi peluang yang menguntungkan. Asal modelnya bagus, kami bisa juga menjualnya,” tutur General Manager Rimo Department Store Kunarto Chandra kepada Jawa Pos. Read more about Tekstil Tiongkok Bawa Peluang …

HK Bourse: Release from Lai Sun Garment (Intl) On Price Move
Friday March 10, 2014, 12:44 pm/ Dow Jones News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance
DJ HK Bourse: Release from Lai Sun Garment (Intl) On Price Move

Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited
(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
(Stock Code : 191)

ANNOUNCEMENT
This statement is made at the request of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited (“Stock Exchange”).

We have noted the recent increases in price and trading volume of the
shares of the Company Read more about HK Bourse: Release from Lai Sun Garment (Intl) On Price Move …

Vietnam plans bigger garment export in 2015
People’s Daily Online

Vietnam has planned to reap 15 billion U.S. dollars from shipping garments and textiles abroad in 2015, up from anticipated 5.5 billion dollars in 2014 and 4.8 billion dollars in 2005, said the country’s biggest garment producer on Wednesday.

Under a plan on textile and garment development till 2015 and vision to 2020 recently submitted to the Vietnamese government, the country will earn 15 billion dollars from exports of the products and 5.5 billion dollars from domestic sales, said the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex). Read more about Vietnam plans bigger garment export in 2015 …

Train garment workers for better productivity: Expert
Thursday March 9 2014 10:51 IST/Newindpress (subscription)

COIMBATORE: The Indian textile industry could improve productivity only by providing proper training and motivation to its workers, observed M S Mathivanan, president of Textile Association India.

Mathivanan, who inaugurated a national workshop on latest developments in garment machineries and equipment, conducted at the Kumaraguru College of Technology here on Monday, expressed confidence over the export potential of the industry. Read more about Train garment workers for better productivity: Expert …

Singh admits public sector imbalance
Friday, March 10, 2014/Fiji Times

THERE is still an imbalance in gender distribution in Fiji’s public service with men holding dominating senior executive grades.

Fiji Public Service Association general secretary Rajeshwar Singh said at the end of January this year, the breakdown in number of men and women in the service saw 52.2 per cent males and 47.8 per cent females.

“There is only an overall gap of 4.4 per cent although men dominate, by quite a big margin, in senior executive grade of the service in comparison,” he said Read more about Singh admits public sector imbalance …

‘Amendment would lower NMI prices’
Saipan Tribune
By Agnes Donato-Reporter

Friday, March 10, 2014
An amendment to Headnote 3(a) would restore the local garment industry’s competitive advantage by reducing the selling price of Saipan-manufactured clothing by 16 percent.

The Saipan Garment Manufacturers Association and Richard Pierce, the governor’s special assistant for trade relations and economic affairs, told the Senate Wednesday that the proposed U.S. Tariff Code amendment would greatly cut Saipan’s costs and place the local industry in a level playing field with China Read more about 'Amendment would lower NMI prices' …