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Please forward your letters to [email protected] in plain text format within the e-mail message, since as a policy we do not open any attachments. Could any kind-hearted gentleman or any institution engaged in changing currency, let me know how and where I could change Ghana currency in Sri Lanka. Your advice could be conveyed through the Sunday Observer for which I shall be most thankful. by Jaya, Kandy The Actg. Minister, the new Chairman and Board have viewed a very satisfyingly different bus service soon. Good enough! Please admit that to get an immediate impact, the commuter should be made happy and that is to see that he does not get 'thrown about' in a bus by way of many jarring brakings, non-gravity starts and 'take offs', speeding, ignoring in and out passengers on the steps. Tame the driver and the dreams will be simply realised. A strong Learner driver school as a nucleus in Colombo with an efficient head and actively dedicated select teams should be instituted as an elite group spreading out over all depot routes systematically in civvies. The services of the Ticket Inspectors also in civvies should be profitably employed - they need not have specialised training to know a bus going fast and all the other ills mentioned. A distinct smile on all commuters is promised. The buses will be popular choice and the Ticket Inspectors could be reverted back and very positively can assure the Chairman and the Board can also revert back onto other aspects of their long ranged / wide based projects. by William Mano Meadows, Dehiwela. It is an understood fact that when the mother, father or a child of a family falls sick they are immediately rushed to the nearest hospitals to provide medical help. When such people arrive at some private hospitals they are considered as rich fools by certain medical professionals and request the patients to do various unnecessary tests, and even to stay over when they could easily return home. As very few people would like to argue with such consultants, as the life of their loved ones depend on the care of this person, they bare all. At channelling places certain doctors sees at least 40 patients within one and a half hours. Some medical consultants do not even look at the patient to explain as to what is wrong with them; instead they are immediately asked to do certain tests and to return again. When they return they are given more tests. This is an extremely unfair situation where the sickness of the patients is misused to gain money by the greedy medical consultants. Is time that the Medical Authorities of this country put a stop to the abuse of the rights of the patients. The patients are no other than the citizens of this country, and the Ministry of Health is set up to look after their rights. If these authorities themselves do not have any gain in this unfair business. It's time they carry out a good monitoring program to monitor this sort of unfair activities happenings in the private hospitals and channelling clinics. Dr. (Mrs) Ajantha Perera, Chairman, Association for Consumer Action. Are cows the only animals? Recently I walked into a supermarket to find all the beef trays being empty. When I inquired about it another customer near-by said "Today you'd better eat chicken, Doctor" I was curious and asked why, and I was told "It is the Animals Day." I burst out laughing- for the chicken, fish, dry fish,prawn all are being sold merrily and the shop owner was told not to sell beef only! Though I was glad that at least we could buy chicken, I cannot help marvelling at the pretentious kindness to animals in our country. Kindness, on the other hand, to animals on the Animals Day should be shown to all animals. Chicken, pig, fish, and even kunisso should be shown kindness. But then, just blocking sales on a single day will not help any animal. First of all, let the animal lovers start with the elephants, the biggest animals we torture, by being kept in captivity for the enjoyment of human beings. Dr. Mrs. Mareena Thaha Reffai, Dehiwela. Complaints have been lodged with the Bribery Commission against the two main Presidential candidates on corruption. The clever man Ranil is challenging this to be investigated knowing very well that no investigation will be carried out as the Prime Minister has raised objections over an investigation into Helping Hambantota. As UPFA supporters we all know that the Prime Minister is innocent and he should realise Ranil's bluff. Therefore, we appeal to him to withdraw his objections so that the bribery commissioner and the CID could investigate both candidates and expose Ranil. We will then be able to canvass more votes for our honest Prime Minister. We are grateful to Mangala Samaraweera for his courage to take action to expose crooks in the political arena. He should arrange for cut outs to be put up by our party organisers, "Our nation deseves an honest leader free of corruptin". The nation knows this is a request to vote for the Prime Minister. Voter in waiting It is rather irksome that lottery draws which are telecast on Rupavahini are very often not conducted on time. The draws are delayed when the running programme, usually a teledrama, does not finish in time for the draw. This is unfair by enthusiastic viewers who sometimes have to wait for 15 or 25 minutes for the draw to commence. It so happened on one occasion that a draw due to be telecast on Rupavahini was delayed for over one hour, and when a viewer by chance switched over to Channel Eye, he found to his surprise that the draw was being telecast on that channel. Lottery draws are also important and should be conducted on time. A teledrama, for instance, could be interrupted to make way for a lottery draw, after which the teledrama could be continued. by M. A., Hendala. |
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