27 May 2011
Luanda — Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, Friday here said that it is already possible to work in two directions enabling the use of potential of industries installed in Special Economic Zone (ZEE) and making feasible, in term of economic and financial gains, the manufacturing units.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of ZEE, the Angolan Statesman said that one of the purposes is to establish a selected bond between the contracts of works done by the State and the various building companies for construction of more than 200,000 houses and accommodations countrywide.
“These companies will need over 1.5 million doors, over 2 million windows, large quantities of bathroom suite, assorted electric materials, paints, varnish, among other building materials”, emphasised the President.
The President also mentioned the investment that protects the national production and the emerging industry, without ruling out the aspects related to the transfer of knowledge and technology, the training and qualification in technical fields and entrepreneurship management.
This perspective, insisted the head of State, can be adopted for the Executive programmes of other sectors, like agriculture and fisheries, of which the government approved 46 contracts for construction of agriculture, cattle breeding and fisheries.
The President José Eduardo dos Santos also said that the investment for materialisation of the programme is estimated at an amount equivalent USD 1.8 million expected to generate about 9, 400 direct and over 30.000 indirect jobs.
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