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The Sri Lanka Medical Council refuses to accept the St. Petersburg Medical Academy degree acquired by Registered Medical Practitioners. This is invariably due to pressure from the GMOA. Since the inception of the St.Petersburg Degree program the registered Medical Practitioners received the approval of the Health Ministry to proceed to Russia on full pay leave. The St. Petersburg Medical Degree course was for 2 1/2 years in Sri Lanka and 7 months in Russia. At St. Petersburg they competed with students who had completed a six year course. My son served in the Sri Lanka Air Force as a civil medical doctor for five years. In 1982 he was selected for the Assistant Medical Practitioner's course in Colombo Medical Faculty. All examination results were published by the Ceylon Medical College Council. After his finals he completed his six months internship at Matara General Hospital. He had worked in the Sri Lanka Transport Board under a Consultant Physician. The Medical Council in Sri Lanka has by its refusal to accede to an order of the Supreme Court virtually challenges it's supremacy. M. A. Mendis The Philatelic Bureau is issuing stamps to please the foreign market and dealers who are also paid a commission to sell our stamps abroad, by issuing 500,000 stamps and giving most of it to the dealers to sell abroad what will the plight of the local collector. It will be the local/foreign dealers, who will benefit in two ways (1) by way of commission, (2) foreign exchange. Can the P.M.G. tell us how much of foreign exchange we have earned. Why is the so called stamp sheet let printed (even under protest from many collectors) for the Bangkok 2004 STILL LOCKED-UP in the cupboards of the Bureau. (Of the 3000 Sheets taken to Bangkok only 246 sheets were sold). N.V.H., Ratmalana. "It is not wrong for the King to punish with Death Penalty those who commit grave crimes, such as murder. It is like uprooting the weeds to save the crop" (Thirrukurral 550). The Thirrukurral written 3000 years back by Thiruvalluvar was acclaimed a great philosophy (Vedantham). "Punishment must fit the crime states the Silapadikaram (by Ilanga) another of the great epics coming down the ages. The need for such measures will not arise if there is good governance. These measures arise where persons who are greedy for power and selfish govern the country. The devil will dance for some time and inflict sorrow on the people. In the end this devil will swallow the government which let it loose. This is the Truth which history has shown". S. Thambyrajah, Colombo 3. The general public is very happy that the death penalty is being introduced. For once the major political parties have agreed. Some are already speaking against it. One reason given is that a wrong person might be implicated. Today with advanced methods of checking (DNA tests) and with advanced technology this can be eliminated. Planned murderers, hired assassins, rapists and drug traffickers have no place in society. Even though some say that the death penalty is not a deterrent most believe it will be and at least those who have murdered once will not be back to repeat the crime. Once the death penalty is introduced, an appeal should be allowed to be heard by 3 judges who could decide whether in the circumstances of the evidence in the case the death penalty should be converted to life imprisonment. This should be the final verdict and no Presidential Pardon should be granted. L. Y. de Silva, Dehiwela. Much has been discussed and written about the unethical conversion of Buddhists to other religions. As a Buddhist I wish to suggest that a trust fund be established in Sri Lanka where each Buddhist will contribute a minimum of Rs. 100 to this fund. The fund is to be administered by honest and trusted Buddhists who have a clean track record to be appointed by adopting a proper procedure. These funds are to be utilized to help poor Buddhists who are likely to be the target for evangelists who are trying to convert them. R. De Silva, Rajagiriya. SLT Customer Protection Society A Retired Telecom Officer from Panadura in his letter 'unjustifiable action of the SLT' published in the November 21, 2004 Sunday Observer has suggested to form a Customer Protection Society. My friends and I welcome this move and offer our support to him. His ambition to unite the other retired senior Telecom officers who held key positions to form the society is excellent. We feel that a Customer Protection Society will be more effective in solving customers' problems that the TRC and CAA. From this retired Officer's letter it is plain that the management is also guilty for permitting illegal practices, which could lead to corruption and abuse. A copy of Nedimala Citizen Committee's resolution, expressing dissatisfaction for not providing the customers with the SLT 2004 telephone directory, was posted to the Post and Telecommunication Ministry. CPS organizer should advertise in the Newspapers for the customers' information when the society nucleus is formed. Customer, Dehiwela. Killing by the State - any other word? Killing by any individual or by the State is a murder. To stop the murders and other grave crimes some other form of remedy has to be found and not murders again. Besides, it is a fact that in the world, some people who have not been anywhere near the scene of the crimes have been sentenced to death and even executed. Can the lives of those innocent people be brought back. Death penalty will bring about a reduction in the rate of murders and other grave crimes is a fallacy. Countries in which death penalty is in force for many years are not free of murders and other grave crimes. Arul, Colombo 13. Especially, against the "Back drop" of a dissatisfied 20 odd millions or so of the citizenry going empty - unfair, unbalanced indeed further. The rupees 10-100 prizes interspersed liberally, 1 for every 10 as computerised is also just "Eye wash". A chance Rs. 250 and 25 tickets proved nothing - it was a child's game after all, as my pickings were not even Rs. 100. Scrapping all prizes and lacing the whole gamut with 50,000, 25,000 and 10,000 & 5,000 prizes will light up any crowd. W. Meadows, Nelumpura. |
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