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Donor forum tomorrow by Jayampathy Jayasinghe and Rohan Mathes President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will inaugurate the Sri Lanka Development Forum at the Earl's Regency Hotel Kandy tomorrow Monday 16. This is the first time this important international donor forum is meeting in Sri Lanka, thus providing an opportunity for the international donor representatives to acquaint themselves with Sri Lanka's economic performance at close range. The forum will also provide the people with an opportunity to have a better insight into its nature and proceedings. Around 200 delegates from the international donor agencies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Japan Bank of International Cooperation and other funding agencies are expected to participate in this two-day forum. The welcome address will be made by Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama. World Bank's Vice President Praful Patel will make a speech on development partners. Sessions 1 and 2 on May 16 will be on post-tsunami. The venue for the conference will be at Mahaweli Reach Hotel in Kandy. Registration of delegates for the Sri Lanka Development Forum -2005 will take place at the Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Kandy at 4.30.p.m. today, followed by a reception and a cultural show organised by the Sri Lanka Tourist Board at 6.30 p.m. The opening ceremony at the Earl's Regency Hotel Kandy will be from 9 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. tomorrow, Monday. Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation, (TAFREN) Chairman Mano Tittawella will speak on needs, assessment and the reconstruction strategy. TAFREN Director Mahesh Amalean on implementation, monitoring and district capacity issues. Ministry of Finance and Planning, External Resources Department Director General Sujatha Cooray, representatives from TAFREN and Government Agents in Matara, Trincomalee and Mullaitivu will address the forum. Among speakers listed to address the third session on May 17, are Central Bank's Governor Sunil Mendis, Treasury Secretary and National Council for Economic Development (NCED) Chairman Dr. P.B. Jayasundera. Senior DIG Ranges III, Jayantha Wickramaratne who is in charge of the overall security operations said that a joint security operation has been launched with assistance from the Special Task Force (STF), the Ministerial Security Division (MSD), Presidential Security Division (PSD) and the Kandy Police to ensure the safety of the delegates. Around 800-1000 policemen from all ranks have been detailed for duties connected with the conference. The Army too will be in readiness to assist the Police in case of an emergency. During the conference most roads in Kandy will be kept open. However the movement of traffic will be restricted due to road blocks and traffic diversions to enable delegates to travel about without hinderance. Several mobile patrols too will be deployed for security work. DIG Central Province Nimal Mediwake and SSP Kandy Guneratna Banda will be in charge of the security arrangements. |
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