JOB CREATION

JOB CREATION:

The internet, perhaps the greatest technology in all of man’s inventions. You-tube makes us aware, instantly.

I was watching a programme on the rice industry. Dr. Doerga made the comment, “I meet Guyanese wherever I travel, very capable of moving Guyana forward.” Something to that effect.

I am reminded of the capabilities of some of the Guyanese that I know. In 1960, I was fortunate to gain a place at the Bookers Apprentice Training Centre. The centre was established in 1957.  Boasted the best in the British Commonwealth. Each year, twenty students are accepted for the training. To date, there, might be 1200 graduates. Many have migrated to Canada and United States. A few went off to England. We have all done well. Many have further their education in Engineering. We provide valuable services to hi-tech industries in North America. We are businessmen and women in North America. We are employers in the Manufacturing Sector. Our Skill and Confidence gives us that competitive edge.

During the mid-60’s, when the sugar factories were modernizing. It was the trainees of the Centre who were forefront in the implementation of the expansion Facilities, Power House and Sugar Making Machinery. It is unbelievable, the Minister of Agriculture would sought the world at large for solutions to the Skeldon Factory. And there it is all along, Guyanese who were trained in the Sugar Industry weren’t even considered. Ignored at all level of the Government of Guyana.

Ramotar/Jagdeo Clique are out of touch with Guyanese. Perhaps, they think, we are all dumb. Thank goodness, they will be no more after May11, 2015.

The SUGAR INDUSTRY has the potential of spin off jobs for at least 300 sustainable high priced employment. The Material Control Department is rift with malpractices.

We must develop our economy to produce-it is the only way forward.

And whatever we already have, must be fine-tuned to create employment for Guyanese.

Guysuco’s Materials Control Department have too many overseas suppliers. Many of the purchased items can be quality produced in Guyana. Reduced cost is one factor in consideration. Guysuco does not have competitive bidding systems. They have a buddy system.  In 1992, Guysuco was saddled with Cronyism-incompetence has brought the company to the brink of disaster to the detriment of thousands of its employees on the Corentyne.

Boasted, as being the only English speaking country in South America, could be an opportunity for Guyana.

There isn’t a nation in the world that does want to buy Chinese products-cheaply made. It seems, consumers do not mind buying the same product over and over again. Because it is cheap. The Chinese re-cycled the waste of Western Countries. Remanufacturing materials for foreign based products.  

The Industrialized World has always sought cheap labour to MANUFACTURE cheap commodities. I am impressed with the Asian countries. As the Western World moved their sourcing from countries to countries. Seeking a cheaper labour force. The Asian countries that lost that business quickly adapted to manufacturing value added products. They built on their experiences. And they sought after the markets in the West.

There was a time, the West thought, the Chinese could only manufacture cheap products. That was proven wrong. The Chinese had built their economy on simply selling to the West. Today, they manufacture just about anything. A country just fifty years ago virtually had no metal making industry. Now has sophisticated systems in place making steel of all sorts and other materials. Unethical practices most times. But they have the materials, skills and the political culture that instill growth.

Those MANUFACTURING Businesses owned by Guyanese in North America are competing everyday against the Chinese. It is not easy. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING purchases goes to China, mainly because buyers are driven by prices.

We could tap into that market. We are close to the market. We have trade agreements that seeks to encourage Guyana to grow, economically.

However, ignorance prevails with the people that govern this nation and makes its policies. They doan know, and the people that elects them, doan care to know. They would rather have a lil raise from their families abroad to exist day to day. Believe me, I have tried-humbled by the stupidity I have ran into.

Guyana has a trainable labour force. The opportunities exist. The will to do MANUFACTURING in Guyana is possessed by Guyanese Manufacturers in North America. What is needed, Is a corrupt free import and export system. Because raw materials that comes into the country needs to be processed and sent back out of the country. There has to be a review of taxes, duties and tariffs to facilitate this type of industry. I briefly touched on it. A country that has a great many of its citizen working in the manufacturing sector is a wealthy nation. An example, look at China’s growth since the time of Bill Clinton. Clinton gave China most favoured nation trading status. American businesses went with purchase orders in droves. And never stopped. Eventually China became extremely wealthy and American workers reduced to the poverty level.

Even with China’s success there is dissent in the labour force. China has a large consumer base. And very soon China would service its own markets.

Guyana is strategically placed to benefit. Ramotar/Jagdeo Clique doan have the capacity to take this nation to its HIGHER CALLING.

We are a country full of enthusiasm-thank God for the men and women who really toil to provide for their children. The sectors of farming-rice, vegetable, fruits and other commodities can be enhanced. A Canning Facility on the Corentyne would create employment for the young people. Like Mr.Granger has said, “Happy people don’t commit suicides.” The people on the Corentyne must have a purpose to live and a future to look towards.  Farmers would be guaranteed a peaceful happy demeanor. Because they will not be faced with frustrations by the Cabal of Ramotar/Jagdeo. Drainage and Irrigation you will have. Good roads you will have to transport your yields. A better quality of life you will have. And the success on the Corentyne will be carried to every region in the country. Corentyne will be the Pilot Project.

Research, Development and Marketing will be the focus of this nation. We cannot afford to be complacent. We will die if we do. Since 1950, our life and success were sucked out of us-saddled with vampires who robbed us of vision. Those days are now replaced with dishonesty. Bold and barefaced are the Ramotar, Jagdeo and the adopted children of the Jagans.

THROW DEM OUT.

East Indians assert your rights. Take advantage of the opportunity to vote APNU+AFC. Re-build the Peoples Progressive Party. Rid yourself of the corrupt. They give a bad name to true politicians-these opportunists. They use Cheddie’s name only to favour themselves. Such despicable acts.  

Sugar and Rice will survive as separate products. Combined, to make consumer products aimed at global markets. Everything is possible. It takes the will and know-how to do it.

Quite recently, Indonesia hosted a Furniture Exhibition. Its leader, once a furniture manufacturer himself, has targeted the US$2 billion market in the West. Guyanese logs are going to be sold by the Chinese to Indonesia. Because Indonesia has already depleted its forests.

For the current Government of Guyana, it is much simpler to sell the logs. Value added, is a government initiative. Implementation takes vision. So what the Ramotar/Jagdeo Clique did? They sent Ravi Dev to India. There he told the Hindu Forum, “Come to Guyana with your capital, make money by using the Caribbean Initiative Agreement and at the same time, the East Indians in Guyana will help you get rich.”

East Indians on the Corentyne need to ask themselves, and East Indians everywhere in Guyana, “Am I not capable to create wealth for my families.”

Why, would Ramotar and Jagdeo disrespect the free will of the East Indians of Guyana?

You are to be reminded. You are in this part of the world because of devious men back in India.  The Brahmins of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh created a society of greed for your fore-fathers. The lands they farmed for millions of years were seized from the villages-something like what the Ramotar/Jagdeo Clique done to the Local Government Elections. This clique deliberately permits hardships on the famers in Guyana. No drainage and Irrigation. No matter how hard you work, they rob you in their secret deals with their buddies. The middle-men.

Watch the movie, “Mother India”, you will see your future.

It is all happening again. After 177 years in Guyana.  You, the East Indians have empowered another set of Brahmins. They followed us to Guyana-Ramotar and his clan. Just as the children of the Brahmins in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh did not plough the land yet they extracted the fat of your fore-fathers labour, so also are the children of the PPP cabal waiting to seize your harvest.

Famine and Brahmin greed forced our fore-parents to flee Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. When they boarded those ships for British Guiana, they were walking skin and bones. Starvation had beaten them down. Escaped the clutches of a tyrannical caste of people, they boarded those ships. Never knowing the fate or where they were going.

The author of the West of Trial painted picture of the White man taking advantage of the indentured East Indians to Guyana. I say, it was an opportunity to escape ignorances of India.

In their loins they carried you to this land, we have settled in, Guyana. Free and healthy. Why do you wish to be in bondage again?

Please vote APNU+AFC.

Free yourself from the clutches of Bharrat Jagdeo who has elevated himself as the tyrannical Brahmin. Speaking to you as if you are a stupid people. He will not plough the land, but every month you have to give him lots of money. For doing nothing. A young man like that?              

I was part of an Investment Consortium trying to implement the European Union Funds allotted to LEAP. The money is finished. And our Project never received serious considerations. That was about ten years ago. It can still be implanted today. We were going to manufacture hard wood products for the Export Market. Something similar to, the approach IKEA has-on a smaller version. Lands and Buildings once used by Demba were going to be used as the Manufacturing Facilities.

This Project is still viable today. Creating at least 1000 full time sustainable jobs in Linden. This has to be a government initiative for the start. Then the company goes public-selling shares and recovering the government investments.     

In order to comply with promises made by the APNU+AFC. There should be a Short Term Plan and a Long Term Plan. The Short Term Plans will generate employment immediately. It is must be structured and wage conscious. All those Housing Schemes will need paved roads, efficient water systems and electricity. Those are huge employment opportunities.

We are told often by ordinary citizens of their water woes. There is neglect in that Corporation that needs addressing.

On Electricity, the Short-term plan will be Solar Power and Localized Power Generation. That is an area of huge employment opportunities.

After the APNU+AFC victory, the people will expect immediate changes.

It is possible.

Dr. Doerga words are correct. We have the people to bring about changes in our country.        

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Velutha Kuttapen

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