Sheltech fair kicks off today

Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd, a real estate company, begins a five-day
promotional housing fair on at its office in Dhaka today. The company
will come up with different discount offers to sell off their
products during the fair styled "Sheltech Housing Fair-09 ", Toufiq M
Seraj, managing director, told a press conference at its office at
Panthapath in the capital yesterday. It will offer up to Tk 5 lakh
discount against each flat and 10-15 percent discount on plots.
"Sheltech is always sincere to offer flats to customers at low
price," Seraj said. The fair will remain open from 10 am to 7 pm
every day without any entry fee. The Sheltech MD said his company now
goes ahead with around 50 projects to build 1 ,200 apartments.
Around 2 ,000 apartments have so far been handed over to customers
since its inception in 1988 , he added. Seraj suggested that the
government come forward to address the issues like exorbitant prices
of construction materials and land, which he blamed for the present
high rate of flats. Mushfiqur Rahman Khan, head of marketing of
Sheltech, and Sharif Hossain Bhuiyan, head of operations, were also
present at the press meet.