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| Sunday, 12 January 2003 |
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SATHOSA opens up in Jaffna Jaffna Spe. Correspondent "The Prime Minister and I are anxious that the facilities enjoyed by the people in the South should be accorded to the people in the North too. It is with this in view that a C.W.E retail shop 'Sathosa' has been opened in Jaffna. The consumer items were produced in Jaffna should reach the people in the South and the Jaffna producers should get a fair price for their produce. The Sathosa in Jaffna will coordinate the marketing chillies, onions, plantains and other agricultural produces cultivated in the North and the same time facilitate the sales of consumer goods produced in the South at a very fair price," said Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, after he declared open a Sathosa shop at the former Windsor Theatre building in Jaffna. The Minister was accompanied by his wife, Commanders of Security Forces in Jaffna and President TULF, V. Anandasangary, MP. The Minister further said that the Sathosa shops have been opened in all the districts except Jaffna. With the opening of Sathosa shop in Jaffna the people of Jaffna are given the benefit of purchasing their consumer goods at a very fair price and selling their produce at a competitive price. He said that he did not want to visit Jaffna empty handed. Therefore he has brought Sathosa to Jaffna after a spell of three years to give relief to the consumers. After the opening the Minister and party visited the Jaffna Public Library and Nallur Kandasamy Kovil. |
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