Shortsighted decisions led to CPC crisis, say TUs
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is in a
serious crisis due to the shortsighted decisions of the government
in the privatisation of the CPC shares and unfair competition
practices by the Lanka India Oil Company, CPC trade unions said.
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Sharp increase in foreign fishing vessels at Mutwal fisheries
Harbour
There is a sharp increase in foreign fishing
vessels calling at the Mutwal Fisheries Harbour from May, consequent
to the scrapping of the Rs. 20 per kilo duty on tuna landings, here.
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Construction industry to create two million jobs by 2011
The construction industry will generate over two
million employment opportunities in 2011 from the present 1.058
million. It is estimated that around 458,000 people are directly
employed in the industry while 600,000 are indirectly employed, said
CEO and Secretary General of the Chamber of Construction Industry of
Sri Lanka, Dakshitha Thalagodapitiya.
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