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The Bandaranaikes, SWRD and Sirimavo were desperate for solutions for problems created after independence not really their making, but their indecisiveness was the bane, that gave room to the undesirable elements, which is ruling roost, even today. Their loyalty and dedication remained in tact, but they did not have the courage to go it alone, playing into a verbose, irrational, and frivolous, Sinhala mentality. What is admirable is that, for whatever reason, Chandrika Kumaratunga has cleared the emptiness of most Lankans, and now it appears there is a silver lining after all. She must not vacillate any more on language, religious and communal issues, she should stand firm in her decisions as long as it is beneficial for the country at large. She will always be remembered as the first daughter of this nation, the only stateswoman that this country has ever produced. Walter Fernando, We wish to draw the attention of the Wild Life Department on the problem of human-elephant conflict that has arisen in the Galgamuwa area of the Kurunegala District. A news item published in Lakjanatha newspaper, dated 04.07.2005 says that a woman who lived all by herself in her house in a village of Galgamuwa area died from an attack of a wild elephant. But, not all elephants enter the villages and only one or two of them come and cause devastation. According to residents, there is a single murderous elephant that roams at night along the roads killing people. The residents, especially in the areas Pothanegama, Giribawa, Thambuththa and Warawewa live in fear. The lives of people are in jeopardy if this dangerous situation continues. L. W. Gamini C. Kumara, Despite the availability of the facilities of modern equipment, it is very unfortunate to note that patients face mishaps and deaths due to surgical and medical misadventures. It is clear that these mishaps and deaths are caused due to ignorance, negligence and inexperience of those who are engaged in treating patients. National wealth of Sri Lanka spent on health services will be futile if medical and surgical misadventures continue to occur. Instead of experimenting with lives of suffering human beings, medical people should be more vigilant, at least to learn thoroughly from those superior medical personnel who know the subject thoroughly, before treating patients. When a life is lost due to medical or surgical misadventure, it is useless making monetary compensation to their kin as the life of a person can only be compensated with another life or lives of those who are responsible. K. Ratnam, While appreciating the initiative of the High Commissioner of Maldives, His Excellency Ali Farook for finding more employment opportunities for teachers in Maldives, I request the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Administration to extend the govt servants No Pay Leave (NPL) from 5 years to 10 years or more by amending the existing laws in the establishment code. At present, govt. servants are offered only 5 years of No Pay Leave which is insufficient to fulfil their aspirations, being employed in foreign countries, comparing the exhilarating cost of living and low remuneration paid to them. As the govt. receive a good foreign exchange through the earnings of the expatriate workers, I suggest the two ministries to amend the existing laws in the establishment code to provide No Pay Leave from 5 years to 10 years or more, laying down some conditions if necessary, and it will enable the govt. to provide more jobs for the unemployed youth too. M. S. M. Hansaf, It was good news to read the Minister has decided to restructure the Sri Lanka Tourist Board. During the past 5 or 6 years there has been no professionalism in the Tourist Board. No sooner the UNP Government came to power the then Chairman Renton de Alwis a well known personality in world tourism tendered his resignation as he was not prepared to bow down to Ministerial interference. Political stooges were given top posts, persons who had no knowledge of tourism, marketing or foreign languages were picked to head foreign offices. Local hoteliers and travel agents have to meet the cost of the Tourist Board personnel (who are not professionals) who participate in foreign promotional activities. Last year the Tourist Board introduced a voluntary retirement scheme. What happened was the good staff left and now the Board is left with a bunch of inefficient persons. N. Wijesinghe, |
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