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Kingsley leaves for fifth annual Boao Asian Economic Forum

Kingsley T. Wickramaratne, Governor of the Southern Province and member of the Advisory Council of the BFA China, will attend the fifth annual Boao Asian Economic Forum, the first NGO headquartered in China with a membership of 26 Asian and Pacific countries where Heads of Government, the private sector and professionals in Asia Pacific meet annually to discuss and come to terms and to speak with one voice at world fora such as WTO, ILO, UNCTAD and WIPO.

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka and Hainan Province of China have a sister-city agreement between the two provinces for economic and cultural exchanges. During the tsunami of December 26, 2004, the Government of Hainan contributed $ 500,000 to build a friendship park and waterway.

This would be designed and built by Chinese labour in the same mould as one of their traditional parks with giant wheels in the shape of dragons, pandas and Chinese lanterns creating a totally Chinese environment. This will be built at a six-acre site allocated at the Gintota River which would be the new entrance to the Greater Galle City Project. And it would also have boats in the shape of dragons on the waterway of the Moda Ela.

The Governor of the Hainan Province and the Governor of the Southern Province hosted a breakfast meeting at the Sofitel Hotel and outlined the mechanics and the design for the future of the Hainan-China Park. The Chief Guest at the meeting Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake also addressed the General Assembly of the opening ceremony chaired by the former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke.

The Prime Minister's delegation consisted of nine members including Sri Lanka's candidate for the post of UN Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala as well as Secretary to the Prime Minister Mahinda Bandusena and media personnel who would be campaigning for China's and other Asian countries' support for Jayantha Dhanapala for the post of Secretary General UN.

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