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by:
Virnet St. Omer-Fontenelle
Lockesh Singh - Chairman, Trade and Services Exhibition |
Monday, January 26, 2004 - The Vieux Fort Free Zone is being
transformed for a premier trade show of locally produced goods and services. The
Trade and Services Exhibition organised by the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce
with part funding from the OECS Export Development Unit will bring together
buyers and sellers in one area over a four day period starting Wednesday
February eleventh to Sunday fifteenth.
The Vieux-Fort Free Zone covers an area of 16.5 acres on the main Vieux Fort
highway. The free zone is some 200 meters from the Hewanorra International
Airport and a five minute drive from the state of the art deep seaport in the
town. The trade and services exhibition is dedicated to the promotion of the
export potential of locally produced goods.
Chairman of the exhibition Committee Lockesh Singh says the showcase will expose
the value to sub-regional businesses buying from Saint Lucia. The exhibition forms
part of the 25th anniversary celebration of Saint Lucia’s independence. Part of
the promotion will be to remind Saint Lucians of the kinds of development that has
taken place in manufacturing in the over two decades of independence and also to
win support for the sustained use of locally produced goods.
The first two days of the exhibition will be open only to buyers while the
remaining three days will be extended to the general public.
A packed entertainment calendar will complement the showcase with a list of
bands and calypsonians scheduled to perform.
For more information contact Lockesh Singh at (758) 453-1149
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