The Rubber Garden Owners Association made several demands to resolve the crisis in the rubber industry. The demands are renewal of land contracts allotted in the 1980s, low interest loans to rubber farmers, import of high-yielding seeds, declaration of rubber as an agricultural commodity, withdrawal of duty or tax on manufactured rubber products, stop arbitrary use of headmen’s reports, stop illegal encroachment, improve law and order situation, establish rubber research institute. to do
The press conference was also attended by President of Rubber Garden Owners Association Muhammad Harun, Secretary General. Mansoor Alam and others.