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To the Editor...
Export or Die
Sir. This refers to your edi • torial "Export or J)lc" of 22nd August which has been both forceful and illuminating. The great tragedy for us all is the difference between what we profess and what we actually perform and complete. We all know what are the Imperatives for this nation, but In actual practice we are always afraid to go in for the hard options. We are always afraid of the pres sure groups and coteries, and go in for ad hoc or short term solutions, which in fact are no solutions at all, and lead us to a worse position. Our demo cratlc government has to realise that It has to act for the well-being of the nation as a whole, and not only for industrial labour, trade unions and the traders.
We must develop a national ethic for work, which has been the first casualty since our liberation. Everything has to be worked for and earned. There has to be value added, and the actual production of goods and services. Our Industrie* are sick because we do not put in hard' work. We demand pay, overtime and bonuses, when, virtually, we have not produced anything. We do not go in for the real entrepreneurs, but unwittingly, for those who swindle the public funds, bank money and whatever they can lay their hand* on. In a fiercely
competitive world, we can only survive if we are able to produce goods at competitive prices. Even within our own borders, the Indian and Chinese goods are always preferred. Our labour is only cheap In terms of wages, but not tn terms of productivity. We have good prospects In Ihe matter of shrimp export, the leather goods and many other non-tradltlonal Items.
The large tailoring shops that we have (garments industry), will face a grim future beyond 1993, if we are unable to produce fine fabrics.
In the area of manpower export, we are almost wholly depending on unskilled labour. We may give training to our manpower in specific and specialised fields, to increase their demand and earnings.
We have great resource constraints, but we have made our economic condition far worse, because of our nonwork situation, and an absence of political, social and industrial peace which is a pre-condition for all economic activity. Shahabuddin Mahtab Dhanmondt RA, Dhaka
Brutality in Bosnia
Sir, Recently, almost pvery-day we sec news reports about the Inhuman brutalities inflicted upon the Slav Muslim* by Serb force* In Bosnia. Bosnia Is a predominantly Mu-
slim region in contrast to the Christian Serbia and Croatia. As the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia began to disintegrate. Serbia and Croatia emerged ^s independent Sov-reign states. It was only natural that Bosnia would also become an independent Sovrclgn state and incidentally a Muslim country in the heart of Europe. Perhaps this prospect of emergency of a Muslim country in the middle of Europe is too much for the western nations. Most of the western countries are allowing the Serbians and Croatians to carve out large chunks of Bosnia in stages.
Muslims In Bosnia as a nation arc now facing total destruction. If things go like these, the greater Serbian Imperialist force* will completely occupy the entire Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Serbs are now engaged In a process what they call ethnic cleansing. The Serbian "ethnic cleansing' is eerily similar to the nazl barbarisms perpetrated four decades ago.
The horror stories coming out of Bosnia these days are shocking. To terrorize the Muslim* the Serb forces arc resorting to random violence. Unarmed Innocent civilians are being tortured and murdered at will. Castration and execution in prison camps arc now common. Muslim women are being violated, tortured
and incarcerated (n inhuman conditions. These systematic application of terror has already achieved its objective to force the Muslims to leave their ancestral homeland. In some cases, Serbs are allowing the Muslims to leave only after • they have relinquished all claims to their properties.
Violence among ethnic groups is not a modern phenomenon. But what is new and unfortunately quite shocking Is the Insensitive attitude in western nations to the plight or Bosnian Muslims. President Bush is happily busy trying to destroy the Iraqi dictator which is certainly going to help him win the White House once again. For western lead er* helping the Slav Muslims In danger of complete annihilation docs not seem to be "politically correct. Their response to this human tragedy In Bosnia is mostly rhetorical than real.
We, people of Bangladesh, strongly condemn this Inhuman brutality 1n Bosnia. We know very well how it feels to suffer at the hands of an aggressor. We call upon all conscientious people in Europe and elsewhere to protest against these Serbian atrocities and let the Bosnian* live in peace and dignity.
Mohammad Abdul iMttf Khan and Manjur A Chowdhury, Hanan! Dhaka