EU envoy agrees with Chand that sugar needs new approaches

EU Ambassador to Guyana, Robert Kopecky has supported the view of union leader Komal Chand that if the sugar industry is to prosper, new ways of doing business have to be found.

Kopecky in an open letter yesterday to the GAWU President was responding to statements made by Chand  in the August 19 edition of SN in a news item headed `GAWU wants full info on EU support for sugar’.

The EU envoy said that contrary to Chand’s assertion, since his arrival here in November, 2011, EU press releases on the industry and those jointly issued with the Government of Guyana have “contained full breakdowns of the funding provided to date by the EU as