In brief

Emerald releases tour collection

The news buzz last week was all about the attire of our cricketers for the tour down under and there commercial availability. Marketing Manager Emerald International Rimaz Marzook said that a limited number of the Sri Lanka Cricket Australian Tour shirt has been released through Emerald dealers islandwide.

"The material used for these shirts comes with an elastomeric finish giving the shirt more vibrancy and durability and is available in an array of colours, in a pin stripe design on white ground with the national lion embroidered on the pocket along with the two national flags on the cuff placket. Each shirt has the words "Sri Lanka Tour of Australia 2010 - to serve as memento of this tour".

Pan Asia Bank in Matale

Pan Asia Bank opened a branch at Trincomalee Street, Matale recently with the Mayor of Matale, Hilmy Careem as chief guest. The bank is present in the Central Province, with branches at Kandy and Katugastota.

Pan Asia Bank with an upgraded rating of "BBB" by Fitch Ratings Lanka has embarked upon an ambitious growth plan to better serve the diverse communities of Sri Lanka by extending its branch network to rapidly growing areas across the country. The Bank is focusing on introducing an array of novel banking products as well as initiatives to optimise a client's overall banking experience.

The Matale branch is headed by Ms.Inoka Abeykoon

Free fuel for a year !

HSBC launched a rewarding promotion that offers all its credit cardholders a chance to win 'free fuel' for one year when they swipe their credit card to refuel at petrol stations across the country until December 31.

The promotion will give all eligible cardholders a chance to win with every multiple transaction made each week, during the promotion period. Winners will be selected through weekly draws and the winning cardholder will receive four times the amounts of his/her weekly fuel spend with a maximum rebate of rupees 25,000 per month for 12 months.

As a result, eleven lucky winners will stand to receive free fuel rebates starting January 1 to December 31, 2011.

No Limit winners to Bangkok

No Limit launched ‘Arapaima Super Waasi’ - a special promotion to reward the loyalty of No Limit ‘Arapaima’ cardholders. Nineteen lucky winners will be awarded holiday packages to Bangkok, Thailand. The 19 winners will comprise one winner from each of No Limit’s fashion outlets.

‘Arapaima’ cardholders can enter the raffle draw by redeeming 200 points earned at any of its outlets inclusive of Glitz, Pallu, and discount fashion store. For each of the additional 100 Arapaima points redeemed against purchases, a cardholder is entitled to an additional coupon to enter the raffle draw. The promotion will conclude on November 15.

Winners will be chosen at a grand raffle draw to be held after the conclusion of the promotion.

Promoting healthy living

Healthy life Clinic, since its inception in 2005 has been committed to promoting healthy living, especially among working individuals. “We believe that healthy living is key to preventing or treating diseases such as diabetes. If you are not healthy, you might end up losing everything you have,” said Consultant in-charge of health Life Clinic, Kayathri Periasamy.

Established as the healthy Life Diabetes Clinic, the patient centre provides complete diabetes care, from educating a patient about his or her illness, to providing treatment and addressing complications.

Health Life Clinic has expanded its services catering to diverse patient needs, such as the dental care, women and children’s needs, foot care, cardiology and neurology clinics and counselling services were introduced.

JKH launches OnThree20

The John Keells Group launched its third residential apartment complex recently. Situated at Union Place, Colombo, the project named ‘OnThree20’ follows the success of ‘The Monarch’ and ‘The Emperor’ developments of the Group.

The location affords convenient access to the central business district, leading schools, hotels and shopping areas. The complex has been designed with luxury features and facilities to meet the life style needs of today’s discerning customer.

OnThree20 consists of 475 apartment units and is estimated to cost over USD 65 million. The apartments will be priced at Rs. 14 million for a 2-bedroom apartment to Rs. 37 million for a 3-bedroom apartment.

“Even prior to the official launch of sale, the response from the market has been tremendous with expressions of interest received for over 50 percent of the units,” said a company spokesman.

The project is OBI approved. Construction will commence in April and is scheduled for completion by end of 2014.