ATTN: MR: CHANDIMA UDABAGE

RUNDOWN
THE STATE OF BUSINESS – 14th NOV, 2007

WIJEDASA VTR NILANTHA 02.10

TRAVEL CARD CHAMI 00.30

MIGRANT CARD DAKSHITHA 01.15

T-BILLS
00.15

ADD DEALING ROOM BRIDGE

SANETH @ CITY BANK 01.00

ADD STATE OF BUSINESS BRIDGE

TOWN VTR LASHINI 03.10

ADD CORPORATE BRIDGE

CEYLINCO VTR ANOUK 00.45

BREAK 2 – ADD STOCK WATCH BRIDGE

STOCK CARDS
CURRENCY CARDS

LINE UP EDITOR ANOUK/NISHANI

ANCHOR DAKSHITHA
HEADLINES
1.COPE CHAIRMAN SITS IN THE OPPOSITION AND,
2. YALA NATIONAL PARK-OUT OF BOUND FOR BRITISH
TRAVELERS
1.SLUG-WIJEDASA

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENTERPRISES - COPE,

WIJEDASA RAJAPKSHE SAT IN THE OPPOSITION THIS MORNING AT
THE PARLIAMENT.

HE IS A NATIONAL LIST MP.

ROLL VTR

2.SLUG:TRAVEL–VTR

UNITED KINGDOM HAS AMENDED ITS TRAVEL ADVICE TO SRI LANKA

CAUTIONING ITS CITIZENS TO AVOID VISITING THE YALA NATIONAL
PARK DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS.

CARD IN

THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ITS CITIZENS QUOTE “WE ADVISE

AGAINST ALL TRAVEL TO YALA NATIONAL PARK” UNQUOTE.

THE AMENDED TRAVEL ADVICE ALSO SAYS THAT SINCE OCTOBER 2007
A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE PARK AND IT
IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS.

CARD OUT

YALA NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF SRI

LANKA WHICH IS A TOURIST HOTSPOT.

READ ON
3.SLUG:MIGRANT-CARD

IN A REPORT RELEASED TODAY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STATES THAT

THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO MORE TO PROTECT WOMEN
FROM LABOR EXPLOITATION AND VIOLENCE WHEN THEY MIGRATE TO
THE MIDDLE EAST AS DOMESTIC WORKERS.

ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MORE THAN 660,000 SRI

LANKAN WOMEN WORK ABROAD AS DOMESTIC WORKERS, NEARLY 90
PERCENT IN KUWAIT, LEBANON, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES- COUNTRIES THAT LACK STANDARD LEGAL
PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.

THE 131-PAGE REPORT TITLED “EXPORTED AND EXPOSED: ABUSES

AGAINST SRI LANKAN DOMESTIC WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA,
KUWAIT, LEBANON AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES” IS BASED ON
170 INTERVIEWS WITH DOMESTIC WORKERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
AND LABOR RECRUITERS CONDUCTED IN SRI LANKA AND THE MIDDLE
EAST.

THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT JENNIFER TURNER STATES THAT THE

SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE MONEY THESE WOMEN SEND
HOME, BUT DOES LITTLE TO PROTECT THEM FROM ABUSE.

THE REPORT FURTHER STATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO

ADEQUATELY MONITOR AND REGULATE ABUSIVE PRACTICES BY
RECRUITING AGENTS AND SUB AGENTS IN SRI LANKA.

IT ADDS THAT ITS CONSULAR OFFICIALS OFTEN PROVIDE LITTLE OR

NO ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO APPROACH THEM WITH
CASES OF UNPAID WAGES OR ABUSE.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STATES THAT THE SAUDI, KUWAITI, EMIRATI

AND LEBANESE GOVERNMENTS SHOULD PROSECUTE EMPLOYERS WHO
ABUSE DOMESTIC WORKERS, AND ALSO NEED TO IMPOSE MEANINGFUL
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SANCTIONS ON EMPLOYERS AND LABOR AGENTS
WHO VIOLATE THE LAW.

READ ON

4.T-BILLS

5.DEALING ROOM WITH SANETH AT CITI BANK

BREAK
6.SLUG:TOWN PLANNERS-VTR

THE INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS YESTERDAY WARNED THAT THE

COASTAL BELT AND THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY ARE PRONE TO
MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE.

THE TOWN PLANNERS WHO MET THE MEDIA IN COLOMBO TO MARK THE
THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, ADDED THAT PERADENIYA, MATALE, AND
KOTTE ARE AMONG THE RISK AREAS.

THEY RECOMMENDED THAT PROMPT AND EXTENSIVE TOWN PLANNING IN

THE NEXT FEW YEARS WOULD HELP AVERT THIS POSSIBLE DANGER
AND THE LIVES AND PROPERTIES OF THOUSANDS.

ROLL VTR

CORPORATE

7.SLUG:SEYLAN–VTR

CEYLINCO TAKAFUL INSURANCE LIMITED LAUNCHED A NEW INSURANCE

SCHEME BACKING THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR.

ACCORDING TO THE INNOVATIVE NEW SCHEME, DAIRY FARMERS CAN

NOW INSURE THEIR “MILKING COWS”.

ROLL VTR

BREAK
STOX

ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET WAS DULL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH
INTEREST ON SELECTIVE COUNTERS.

JKH SAW A TOTAL OF THREE CROSSINGS AMOUNTING TO 0.94

MILLION AT 131 RUPEES. 201,000 SHARES OF DOCKYARD MOVED AT
50 WHILE 500,000 SHARES OF SLT ALSO CROSSED AT 35.25

TOPPING THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST WAS C W MACKIE WITH 1.48

MILLION SHARES FOLLOWED BY FERN TEA AND JKH WHICH TRADED
1.05 MILLION AND 1 MILLION SHARES RESPECTIVELY.

HIGHEST CONTRIBUTION TO TURN OVER CAME FROM JKH WHICH

PUMPED IN 131.4 MILLION RUPEES AND WAS FOLLOWED BY C W
MACKIE AND RIVERINA HOTELS

FOREIGN BUYING FOR THE SAY WAS AT 144 MILLION AND FOREIGN
SALES AT 35.6 MILLION.

CARD 1
BOTH INDICES ENDED THE DAY ON POSITIVE GROUNDS.
THE ALL SHARE GAINED 12.36 POINTS TO 2,629.67 WHILE THE
MILANKA CLOSED TRADING AT 3,515.44 AFTER PICKING UP 23.99
POINTS

TURN OVER WAS AT 389.4 MILLION

CARD 2
PARAGON, CONFIFI HOTEL, C W MACKIE AND COMPANY, FERN TEA
LIMITED AND RIVERINA HOTELS WERE THE TOP GAINERS FOR THE DAY

CARD 3
WHILE THE TOP LOSERS WERE UNION CHEMICALS, BROWNS,
SELINSING, LANKA ASHOK AND HEYLEYS EXPORTS

CARD 4
A DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON
LIMITED

FOREX RATES
CARD 5
CARD 6
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 14/11/07
REPORTER: NK
SLUG: SEYLAN – VTR

CEYLINCO TAKAFUL INSURANCE LIMITED LAUNCHED A NEW INSURANCE

SCHEME BACKING THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR.

ACCORDING TO THE INNOVATIVE NEW SCHEME, DAIRY FARMERS CAN

NOW INSURE THEIR “MILKING COWS”.

ROLL VTR

‘INSURING THE MILK!’

IN:
OUT:
VOICE OVER – SEYLAN

THE INSURANCE SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED AT A FUNCTION HELD IN

COLOMBO LAST EVENING.

MINISTER OF LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT C.B. RATNAYAKE WAS THE

CHIEF GUEST AT THE EVENT.

UNDER THE INSURANCE SCHEME, COMPENSATION WILL BE PAID TO

THE OWNER OF THE INSURED COW IN THE EVENT OF ITS DEATH
CAUSED BY NATURAL CAUSES, WHILE COMPENSATION WILL ALSO BE
MADE AVAILABLE IN CASE OF TOTAL DISABILITY.

THE SCHEME ALSO MEETS MEDICAL EXPENSES IN THE EVENT THE

INSURED COW MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT.

SPEAKING AT THE OCCASION, MINISTER RATNAYAKE SAID THIS BOLD

MOVE WILL ENCOURAGE DAIRY FARMERS THEREBY HELPING
INCREASING LOCAL MILK PRODUCTION.

ENDS./
SEGMENT : MAIN
DATE : 12/11/07
REPORTER : LASHINI
SLUG : TOWN PLANNERS-VTR

THE INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS YESTERDAY WARNED THAT THE

COASTAL BELT AND THE CENTRAL HILL COUNTRY ARE PRONE TO
MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE.

THE TOWN PLANNERS WHO MET THE MEDIA IN COLOMBO TO MARK THE
THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, ADDED THAT PERADENIYA, MATALE, AND
KOTTE ARE AMONG THE RISK AREAS.

THEY RECOMMENDED THAT PROMPT AND EXTENSIVE TOWN PLANNING IN

THE NEXT FEW YEARS WOULD HELP AVERT THIS POSSIBLE DANGER
AND THE LIVES AND PROPERTIES OF THOUSANDS.

ROLL VTR

SUPER:

J. M. L. Jayasekara
Director General
National Physical Planning Department

TOWN PLANNING

25% of population live with in

1km of the cost– 2001 census
VOICE OVER – LASHINI – 12/11/07 – TOWN PLANNERS – VTR

THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLANNING POLICY AND PLAN FOR 2006 TO

2030 WHICH WAS COMPILED BY THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLANNING
DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO RELEASED TO THE MEDIA DURING THE
BRIEFING.

THE POLICY HAS BEEN COMPILED AFTER A SEVEN YEARS OF

RESEARCH BY TOWN PLANNERS.

THE REPORT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES TWO REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY AS

‘FRAGILE AREAS’.

THE POLICY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WITH THE ISSUE OF GLOBAL WARMING

THE SEA LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOUT ONE METRE IN A FEW
YEARS.

THIS, THE TOWN PLANNERS SAYS WILL IMPACT SRI LANKA’S

COASTAL BELT.

36:48
IF THE WATER LEVEL RISES THE ENTIRE COSTAL BELT OF SRI
LANKA IS FACING A POSSIBLE DESTRUCTION AND ALSO YOU KNOW WE
ARE ALSO IN THE PLATE OF EARTH QUAKE NOW. 37:00
37:08
SO WE MUST PLAN FOR THAT AND PLAN FOR NOW AND WE CAN NOT
WAIT 10, 12 YEARS FOR THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
37:16

THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLANNING POLICY ALSO IDENTIFIES

14,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF THE HILL COUNTRY AS ANOTHER
FRAGILE AREA.

ACCORDING TO EXPERTS SOME MOUNTAINS IN THE HILL CAPITAL IS

UNDER THE THREAT OF COLLAPSE DUE TO FACTORS SUCH AS
INAPPROPRIATE USE OF LAND.

40:22
PEOPLE IN THE UPCOUNTRY ARE FACING A MAJOR THREAT TO THEIR
LIVES AND THEIR PROPERTY.
40:29

40:05
IF YOU DON’T LOOK AT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PLAN THE
CITIES WE HAVE A PROBLEM PARTICULARLY IN THE UP COUNTRY
MUST BE PROTECTED, POPULATION MUST MOVE OUT.
40:17
THEY RECOMMENDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUR METRO REGIONS TO
PROVIDE URBAN SERVICES TO ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. THIS
THEY SAY WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
FRAGILE AREAS.

TOWN PLANNERS SUGGEST THAT ANURADHAPURA, POLONNARUWA, AND

TRINCOMALEE BE DEVELOPED AS THE MAIN METRO REGION.

THEY ALSO RECOMMEND THAT HAMBANTHOTA IN THE SOUTHERN

PROVINCE, COLOMBO IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE WHILE AMPARA AND
BATTICALOE IN THE EAST TO BE ESTABLISHED AS THE METRO
REGIONS IN THE RESPECTIVE AREAS.

34:32
SUBTITLES:
AFTER THE TSUNAMI TOWN PLANNERS UNANIMOUSLY SAID, EVEN TO
THE CABINET AND THE MEDIA THAT USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE
THE CITIES INLAND, TO PLAN NEW CITIES.
34:54

35:35
AS YOU KNOW ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 3 BILLION US DOLLARS CAME TO
SRI LANKA AT THAT TIME. MAY BE MORE SOME PEOPLE SAY 6
BILLION DOLLARS. SOME MONEY IS STILL LYING IN THE CITI BANK
IN NEW YORK
35:47

ENDS.
SEGMENT: MAIN

DATE: 14 / 11 / 2007

REPORTER: CHAMINDA

SLUG: TRAVEL ADVICE – VTR

UNITED KINGDOM HAS AMENDED ITS TRAVEL ADVICE TO SRI LANKA

CAUTIONING ITS CITIZENS TO AVOID VISITING THE YALA NATIONAL
PARK DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS.

CARD IN

THE UK GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED ITS CITIZENS QUOTE “WE ADVISE

AGAINST ALL TRAVEL TO YALA NATIONAL PARK” UNQUOTE.

THE AMENDED TRAVEL ADVICE ALSO SAYS THAT SINCE OCTOBER 2007
THERE A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE PARK
AND IT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS.

CARD OUT

YALA NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF SRI

LANKA WHICH IS A TOURIST HOTSPOT.

READ ON

“We advice against all travel to Yala national park”

United Kingdom
STOX

ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET WAS DULL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH
INTEREST ON SELECTIVE COUNTERS.

JKH SAW A TOTAL OF THREE CROSSINGS AMOUNTING TO 0.94

MILLION AT 131 RUPEES. 201,000 SHARES OF DOCKYARD MOVED AT
50 WHILE 500,000 SHARES OF SLT ALSO CROSSED AT 35.25

TOPPING THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST WAS C W MACKIE WITH 1.48

MILLION SHARES FOLLOWED BY FERN TEA AND JKH WHICH TRADED
1.05 MILLION AND 1 MILLION SHARES RESPECTIVELY.

HIGHEST CONTRIBUTION TO TURN OVER CAME FROM JKH WHICH

PUMPED IN 131.4 MILLION RUPEES AND WAS FOLLOWED BY C W
MACKIE AND RIVERINA HOTELS

FOREIGN BUYING FOR THE SAY WAS AT 144 MILLION AND FOREIGN
SALES AT 35.6 MILLION.

CARD 1
BOTH INDICES ENDED THE DAY ON POSITIVE GROUNDS.
THE ALL SHARE GAINED 12.36 POINTS TO 2,629.67 WHILE THE
MILANKA CLOSED TRADING AT 3,515.44 AFTER PICKING UP 23.99
POINTS

TURN OVER WAS AT 389.4 MILLION

CARD 2
PARAGON, CONFIFI HOTEL, C W MACKIE AND COMPANY, FERN TEA
LIMITED AND RIVERINA HOTELS WERE THE TOP GAINERS FOR THE DAY

CARD 3
WHILE THE TOP LOSERS WERE UNION CHEMICALS, BROWNS,
SELINSING, LANKA ASHOK AND HEYLEYS EXPORTS

CARD 4
A DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FROM COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON
LIMITED

FOREX RATES
CARD 5
CARD 6
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 14TH NOV 07
REPORTER: ANOUK
SLUG: MIGRANT- CARD

IN A REPORT RELEASED TODAY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STATES THAT

THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO MORE TO PROTECT WOMEN
FROM LABOR EXPLOITATION AND VIOLENCE WHEN THEY MIGRATE TO
THE MIDDLE EAST AS DOMESTIC WORKERS.

ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MORE THAN 660,000 SRI

LANKAN WOMEN WORK ABROAD AS DOMESTIC WORKERS, NEARLY 90
PERCENT IN KUWAIT, LEBANON, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES- COUNTRIES THAT LACK STANDARD LEGAL
PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.

THE 131-PAGE REPORT TITLED “EXPORTED AND EXPOSED: ABUSES

AGAINST SRI LANKAN DOMESTIC WORKERS IN SAUDI ARABIA,
KUWAIT, LEBANON AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES” IS BASED ON
170 INTERVIEWS WITH DOMESTIC WORKERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
AND LABOR RECRUITERS CONDUCTED IN SRI LANKA AND THE MIDDLE
EAST.

THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT JENNIFER TURNER STATES THAT THE

SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE MONEY THESE WOMEN SEND
HOME, BUT DOES LITTLE TO PROTECT THEM FROM ABUSE.

THE REPORT FURTHER STATES THAT THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO

ADEQUATELY MONITOR AND REGULATE ABUSIVE PRACTICES BY
RECRUITING AGENTS AND SUBAGENTS IN SRI LANKA.

IT ADDS THAT ITS CONSULAR OFFICIALS OFTEN PROVIDE LITTLE OR

NO ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO APPROACH THEM WITH
CASES OF UNPAID WAGES OR ABUSE.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH STATES THAT THE SAUDI, KUWAITI, EMIRATI

AND LEBANESE GOVERNMENTS SHOULD PROSECUTE EMPLOYERS WHO
ABUSE DOMESTIC WORKERS, AND ALSO NEED TO IMPOSE MEANINGFUL
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SANCTIONS ON EMPLOYERS AND LABOR AGENTS
WHO VIOLATE THE LAW.

READ ON
CARD 1

SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WOMEN FACE SERIOUS ABUSE

- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

CARD 2

MORE THAN 660,000 SRI LANKAN WOMEN WORK ABROAD AS DOMESTIC

WORKERS,

NEARLY 90% IN KUWAIT, LEBANON, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED

ARAB EMIRATES- COUNTRIES THAT LACK STANDARD LEGAL
PROTECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.

CARD 3

“THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE MONEY THESE WOMEN

SEND HOME, BUT DOES LITTLE TO PROTECT THEM FROM ABUSE”.

“THE GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR AND REGULATE

ABUSIVE PRACTICES BY RECRUITING AGENTS AND SUBAGENTS IN SRI
LANKA”.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Saneth Gamage

Country Treasurer

Citibank

THERE AND IT I

'We advise against all travel to Yala National Park. Since October 2007 there have been a number of
incidents there and it is currenty closed due to security concerns. See the Terrorism and Local Travel
sections of this advice for more details.

Notes for Editors

Full details of the revised travel advice for Sri Lanka are available on the Foreign Office website
(www.fco.gov.uk).

FCO Travel Advice can also be obtained on the following telephone number: 0845 850 2829.

FCO Travel Advice is kept under constant review. This advice is based on our latest assessment of
the situation in Sri Lanka.
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 14/11/07
REPORTER: NK
SLUG: WIJEDASA - CARD

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENTERPRISES - COPE,

PRESIDENT’S COUNSEL WIJEDASA RAJAPKSHE CROSSED OVER TO THE
OPPOSITION THIS MORNING AT THE PARLIAMENT.
HE IS AN MP COMING UNDER THE NATIONAL LIST.
ROLL VTR

IN:

OUT:
VOICE OVER - WIJEDASA

FOLLOWING THE CROSS OVER PARLIAMENTARIAN WIJEDASA RAJAPAKSE

MAKING A STATEMENT SET SEVEN CONDITIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT
TO MEET IN RETURN FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR THE BUDGET 2008.

THE FIRST AMONG THE CONDITIONS IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT

DISMISS TWO CABINET MINISTERS AGAINST WHOM THERE ARE
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION BY THE COPE.

HE ALSO ASKED THAT THE GOVERNMENT REMOVE THE SECRETARY OF

THE TREASURY WHOSE NAME IS ALSO MENTIONED IN THE COPE
REPORT AND ALSO REQUESTED THE REMOVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER
GENERAL OF THE INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT AS RECOMMENDED BY
THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE.

RAJAPAKSHE ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE CABINET OF MINISTERS BE

REDUCED TO 30 WITH THE NUMBER OF DEPUTY MINISTERS TO BE
DECREASED TO 30 AS WELL.

ALSO AMONG THE CONDITIONS IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES

TO PARLIAMENT THE DETAILED ACCOUNTS PERTAINING TO THE
EXPENDITURE OF THE 19.87 BILLION RUPEES ALLOCATED FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL BUDGET UNDER THE APPROPRIATION BILL
OF 2007.

HE ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES DETAILS

REGARDING THE 50.67 BILLION RUPEES THAT IS ALLOCATED UNDER
THE SAME HEADING FOR NEXT YEAR.

HE ALSO NOTED THAT 23.75 BILLION RUPEES HAS BEEN ALLOCATED

FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE PRESIDENT AND MINISTERS – BUT FOR
SAMURDHI BENEFICIARIES AMOUNTING TO AROUND 1.9 MILLION
FAMILIES – ONLY 9.6 BILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED.

HE FURTHER ASKS THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES FULL

RESPONSIBILITY IN SOLVING THE ETHNIC ISSUE AND AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE A PARLIAMENT SELECT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE APPOINTED
TO COME UP WITH PROPOSALS IN THIS REGARD.

THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ALSO SAYS THE COUNTRY’S ANNUAL CRIME

RATE HAS RISEN TO 2000 AND STEPS MUST BE TAKEN TO LOOK INTO
THIS AREA AS WELL.
RAJAPAKSHE, A SENIOR MEMBER AND A LEGAL ADVISER OF THE SRI
LANKA FREEDOM PARTY, HAD ALSO SERVED AS THE MINISTER OF
STATE BANK DEVELOPMENT.

READ ON.

CARD 1:

COPE CHAIRMAN WIJEDASA RAJAPAKSHE JOINS THE OPPOSITION

CARD 2:

RAJAPAKSHE’S SEVEN POINTS TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT AT THE

BUDGET

1. TWO CABINET MINISTERS WHOSE NAMES ARE MENTIONED IN COPE

REPORT SHOULD BE REMOVED

2. REMOVAL OF TREASURY SECRETARY & INLAND REVENUE CHIEF

3. CABINET & DEPUTY MINISTERIAL POSTS SHOULD BE SLASHED TO

30 EACH

4. TO DISCLOSE ACCOUNT DETAILS OF RS. 19.87 BN ALLOCATED

UNDER NATIONAL BUDGET DEPARTMENT HEADING

5. INCREASE OF “SAMURDHI” BENEFIT

6. APPOINTMENT OF PARLIAMENT SELECT COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND

SOLUTIONS FOR ETHNIC ISSUE

7. ADDRESSING THE RISING CRIME RATE