I built a “City within a City” for the City of Kandy
Kandy City Centre, Chairman, Thusitha Wijayasena
:
You are the founder of the ‘Kandy City Centre.’
Can you tell our readers about yourself? I am a proud Sinhalese who
loves Mother Lanka. I am a simple, unpretentious person living with
both feet on the ground. In my life, there is a vision that goes
beyond profits and expectations. I am endeavouring to make that
vision a reality.
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ETCA will hit engineers most - OEA chief
According to government sources, Information
Technology, marine services and ship-building industries would be
initially opened to Indian professionals under the proposed
Indo-Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA).
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Lanka ideal as an electronic hub:
India benefits more from FTAs
When it comes to creating an electronic hub
there is no other place such as Sri Lanka due to its distinct
advantage of having a skilled workforce compared to many regional
countries, said Prof. Premachandra Athukorala of the Arndt-Corden
Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy,
Australian National University.
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Cinnamon Life to be completed by 2019
Construction work on the US $ 850 million
Cinnamon Life project is progressing with pre-sales of the
residential and commercial space continuing to be encouraging.
However, the project has encountered some unforeseen delays and as
such, construction work is now expected to be completed in 2019.
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Exporters hail concessions to boost trade with neighbours
Exporters hailed the move by Pakistan to remove
the import trade price slapped on Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF
Board) exported from Sri Lanka. General Secretary and CEO, National
Chamber of Exporters (NCE), Shiam Marikar said any trade concession
granted by our close neighbours,
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Program to increase agricultural exports – Fin Min
The government has embarked on an ambitious
program to strengthen agriculture targeting the export market,
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake told guests at the opening of the
largest warehouse complex in Sri Lanka at Buttala, Monaragala.
“Twenty five percent of the country’s labour force is engaged in the
agricultural sector.
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