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BSS, Chittagong

All are set to hold first ever meeting of council of advisers in the port city of Chittagong on Wednesday with high aspiration of people here to have a big push on overall development of the region.

Official schedule on the visit of Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed to attend and preside over the August 13 meeting has already been issued and circulated among the concerned offices here.

August 13 meeting of the Council of Advisers will be the first such parley in Chittagong during post-independent time.

District administration here has been working relentlessly as per directives of the top administration of the government for necessary preparations in connection with the meeting.

Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong, Mohammad Ashraf Shamim told BSS yesterday that preparations are afoot in full swing for taking place the meeting most smoothly.

Apart from arrangements of accommodation facilities for high officials during their stay in the port city, the work to give a facelift by necessary restyling of Chittagong Circuit House - the venue of the high profile meeting has almost completed, officials said.

The scheduled meeting has already drawn much importance and at the same time created huge enthusiasm among the Chittagoneans as they are on high hope that the government is going to take some time-befitting decisions on crucial issues related to address the long standing problems and expedite the much-awaited development programmes of this region.

Education and Commerce Adviser Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman who is currently supervising the development of Chittagong has hinted after a meeting held end of last month here that the government would approve and announce a concrete "package development programmes" for this region at the scheduled meeting of council of advisers on August 13.

The Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed during his scheduled press briefing after the Advisory Council meeting at 3 p.m is likely to announce the decisions of the meeting focusing the development programmes as well as measures to be taken to solve the problems of the city.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10.30 a.m and will continue up to 3 p.m .