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You have brought to light (Sunday Observer - Straight Talk - 9th January, 2005) that the Jaffna District Cricket Association has not conducted the AGM for 3 years, despite being requested to do so by the Sri Lanka Cricket and the Sports Ministry. It is high time that this Association is made defunct immediately to stop the irregular activities of the JDCA continuing. This Association which has not submitted any accounts for the last 3 years has been collecting annual subscription from clubs by threatening to leave them out at the next meeting. The receipts are signed by the Secretary, even though the treasurer is around. It may be suggested that an interim administration headed by the District Sports Officer be put in place immediately with the responsibility to organise the AGM within a short time frame. Desperate Jaffna, Silence of the BoA is deafening! Among the first organisations to start crying about exchange fluctuations and oil prices and their effects on the profitable operations of aircraft is the BOA or Board of Airlines. We in Sri Lanka have suffered increased rates on numerous occasions purportedly on such issues. However, when the opposite effect is in existence, we hardly hear from the BOA and wonder if it even exists! While the rest of the world have benefits from the reduction in oil prices. We Sri Lankans are not as fortunate. At least the previous government retail priced fuel based on the fluctuation of prices but not so with this regime. In fact, some airlines too (not in Sri Lanka) have already reduced the prices of airline tickets. Additionally, we have had an appreciation of the rupee by as much as 6% against the dollar. yet, we unfortunate Sri Lankans don't seem to benefit from such reductions. R. Silva, A well known prelate suggested that work 12 hours can help us to rebuild our country. Wouldn't it be better if all heads of religions agree and request the Government to put a moratorium for 2 years on Festive holidays like Poya, Good Friday, etc. Please take 2005 calendar, see the number of holidays and when they fall on weekends almost 3 to 4 days of productivity is lost. I'm sure learned high priests, bishops religious leaders will join hands to give the lead. L. Joseph, More than a billion people read, heard and saw the word tsunami more than a million times between now and that tragic day. A record in the use of a single word within such a short space of time. I felt that the Japanese may be saddened, that this precursor of death and doom is a Japanese word. Nevertheless, they should be proud that the tsunami was also the percussor of the spontaneous outburst of love, compassion and generosity as never before seen in the annals of human history. The world wept with the survivors. It was mankinds finest hour. Therefore, let this word be the cornerstone of a new beginning with a new meaning - faith in the goodness in man. Siripathy Jayamaha,, Tsunami are not frequent occurrences in Sri Lanka and planning for extremes is uneconomical and wasteful. Imposing unnecessarily wide-no-build zones would be effectively shrinking the land space available for development and the fast increasing population, and adversely affecting all coastal occupations, employment and land owners. What is called for a reliable disaster warning system, a rapid evacuation system, and inexpensive semi-permanent structures for the fisher folk in reasonable proximity to their source of livelihood, the sea. They will never settle elsewhere for long. It has been tried before in Dehiwala, Kalutara, etc., and failed. Lincoln Wijeyesinghe, |
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