Damascus-SANA
The General Authority of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce discussed, during its annual meeting today, a number of issues related to facilitating commercial work to ensure the flow of goods in local markets and their export to foreign markets.
The participants in the meeting focused on the necessity of tax exemption for old investors, transforming family businesses into public joint stock companies, and finding solutions to the issue of used machines that lost their documents, stressing that with the issuance of the new investment law, an economic renaissance can be brought about in all fields.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad Abu Al-Huda Al-Lahham, stressed that the next stage will be full of work to face the current economic challenges, which requires the chambers to take an active role through trade, investment and export to make Syria a commercial center for the region and the Arab world.
In turn, the Secretary of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad Al-Hallaq, indicated that the meeting is an annual station to evaluate the Chamber’s work during the past year, present a plan for the next year and its continuation, under the auspices of the interests of its affiliates, managing its funds, and coordinating with the government in everything related to commercial and economic work.
The General Assembly approved the annual report, the final budget for 2020, and the estimated budget for 2021, and the plan of the Board of Directors.
The Chamber's General Assembly for Merchants' Pension Fund discussed the fund's management report regarding affiliation and participation in it, and approved the report, budget and budget.
The fund's board of directors stressed the need to work in the next stage to develop the fund's work, obligatory affiliation, forming a permanent board of directors, and investing the fund's proceeds in projects that secure a good income for its affiliates.