For some reason, although confirmed as distributed, my message to
Muhammad Taher of 11 May appeared not to have been received. It is
repeated here with the addition of a short quote from Transparency
International's website:
Whilst I agree and and sympathise with what has been expressed regarding
search and rescue for occupants of building collapse in Dhaka, hopefully
yours will not be 'the final entry on the topic'.
We all wait eventually to learn from the courts, via the media, what
caused the building to fail, inclusive of actions and inactions by its
owner, by those who possibly ignored its construction and the addition
of three illegal floors and, just maybe, what illicit influences there
were upon the responsibilities of relevant professionals, administrators
and politicians.
We hope that what may be revealed in Dhaka will serve as warning around
the world to others who might be tempted to similarly wager people's
lives for the sake of quick and easy profit.
Iftekhar Zaman, Executive Director of Transparency International
Bangladesh, explains:
The bottom line is that worker safety laws are hardly enforced. The key
lesson from the tragedy is about the importance of the rule of law, and
controlling collusive corruption in a manner that a strong message is
out that corruption is indeed a punishable offence as provided by the law.”
http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/in_bangladesh_corruption_kills_hundreds
With appreciation, Muhammad, for what you have written on this issue and
in the hope of eventually more to come -
James
James Lewis
Datum International
www.datum-international.eu
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