In brief

Golden Rod from the Finance Company

Senior Manager Deepal Perera Negombo branch at the TFC launch

The Negombo branch of The Finance Company (TFC) launched the Golden Rod property scheme recently.

This scheme offers eight customers a rare opportunity to purchase eight prime plots of land. Senior Manager Negombo branch TFC.

Deepal Herath said that this is indeed a golden opportunity for customers to purchase plots of valuable land located within easy reach of all conveniences in and around Negombo town.

TFC plans to make available attractive easy payment schemes for eight customers.

HDFC wins Golden MACO Award

HDFC Bank was awarded the Golden MACO Award at the MACO Awards Ceremony organised by the Mass Communicators Association of Sri Lanka, held at Grand Oriental Hotel recently. HDFC Chairperson, Mrs. Siromi Wickramasinghe receives the award from the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Cashian Herath.

Lanka Hospitals offers 15% off on health checks

Lanka Hospitals is offering a 15 percent discount on a range of health checks which include Whole body check, Heart check, Diabetes check, Cancer screening check and Well Woman check during this month. Tailor-made packages are also available for corporate customers.

UKAAYE Cards 15th anniversary

UKAAYE Card (Pvt) Ltd will celebrate 15 years today at Galadari Hotel at 6 pm and the chief Guest is Retired Supreme court judge C.V. Vigneswaran while the Guest of Honour is Kamba Varuthy E. Jeyaraj.

Workshop on Product Packaging

A one day workshop on Product Packaging: Concepts and Information will be Held on November 25 at the ITI Auditorium. Organised by the Information Services Centre of the Industrial Technology Institute it is the third in a series of Knowledge sharing seminars and work shops. Four presentations will be made by eminent persons in the field drawn from the National Packaging Centre, the Central Environmental Authority and the ITI who will provide know how on how to select the best and most efficient mode of packaging for products or commodities.

The ITI hopes to create greater awareness on this subject among the manufacturing industry sector for whom packaging plays an important role in transporting products from factory or manufacturing.site to the end consumer.

The workshop will cover topics such as, Product Packaging - The secret to selling a commodity products by S R P Indrakeerthi, Deputy Director, National Packaging Centre, Sri Lanka Export Development Board; Packaging and Environment Issues by Dr Sanjaya Ratnayaka Director Environmental Pollution Control, Central Environmental Authority; Packaging of Food and Agro products by Ms. Damitha Rajapakse - Senior Research Officer/Food Technology Section, ITI and Packaging Information : Sources and Tools by Ms. Purnima Jayasinha - Senior Scientific Officer/ISC, ITI.

DFCC Vardhana Bank’s health camp in Madhu

DFCC Vardhana Bank recently sponsored a health camp in Madhu, organised by the Saukyadana Movement. The health camp held during the Madhu feast was conducted with four doctors, pharmacists and a large number of volunteers. Over 800 persons were treated for various medical needs at the health camp.

CHSGA members felicitated

The Ceylon Hotel School Graduates Association (CHSGA) held its 39th Annual General Meeting at Chaaya Village, Habarana recently followed by a colourful evening of fellowship, attended by members of the CHSGA and key personalities connected to the hospitality industry.

Elephant House was associated with the event

From left: Dileepa Jayasinghe - Head of Operations (Sri Lanka/Maldives) Keells Hotel Management Services, Sarath Fernando - President CHSGA, Neil Samarasinghe - Head of Frozen Confectionary, Elephant House, Dimuth Doolwela - Asst. Field Sales Manager, Elephant House. Ranjith Galagoda - Key Account Manager, Elephant House.

Plastishells’ septic tanks for Maldives

Arpico Plastishells’ first shipment of specially designed septic tanks left to the Maldives recently. here are members of the design, manufacturing, and sales teams that accomplished this landmark project. From left: Duvindra Corea - Asst Business Development Manager, Jifry - Sales Executive, Sisira Balasooriya - Production Manager, Hemantha Perera - Factory Manager, Sunil Liyanage - Managing Director, Emil Senanayake - Marketing Director, Hiran de Silva - Senior Sales Manager, Derrick Perera - Senior Brand Manager.

Myanmar - Sri Lanka Friendship Association AGM

The AGM of the Myanmar Sri Lanka Friendship Association was held recently at the Galle Face Hotel with the Ambassador for Myanmar in Sri Lanka, Ohn Thwin and Mrs. Thwin as chief guests. Kumara Semage was appointed President for 2011. From left: Ambassador Ohn Thwin & Mrs. Thwin, Kumara Semage and Mrs. Semage.

Union Assurance advisors recognised by LIMRA

The group of winners with Managing Director South Asia Region LIMRA and LOMA, Khor Hen Hang (centre), after certification.

LIMRA International Awards 2010 was recently held at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo with Managing Director South Asia Region LIMRA & LOMA, Khor Hen Hang as chief guest. LIMRA (Life Insurance and Market Research Association) International, provides value added marketing and distribution expertise through their research, training and recognition schemes. Since 2002, LIMRA recognition awards have been offered annually to Union Assurance (UA) advisors. The LIMRA International Quality Award (IQA) and International Award for Productivity (IAP) are offered to Life Insurance advisors. The International Quality Management Award (IQMA) is awarded to unit leaders.

Singer Finance in Anuradhapura

Singer Finance Lanka Ltd. (SFLL) opened a branch in Anuradhapura recently. Sales Director Singer (Sri Lanka) Kumara Samarasinghe was chief guest.

Singer Finance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC and is registered with the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the Finance Company Act No. 78 of 1988. Its product portfolio includes acceptance of public deposits, vehicle leasing, vehicle hire purchase, three wheeler and agro-equipment financing. Befitting its relationship with its parent company, Singer Finance also provides group credit loans on consumer electronic appliances. Singer Finance has branches in Kurunegala, Kandy, Matara, Wennappuwa, Wattala.

It also has customer service centres in Galle, Mahiyanganaya, Thambuththegama, Madawachchiya, Nikawaratiya and Dambulla.

LBA/BCI launch BPO certification programs

Sapumali GALAGODA

The Lanka BPO Academy (LBA) together with the Texas based BPO Certification Institute Inc (BCI) launched the exclusive international BPO certification programs last week in Colombo. LBA is the island's first BPO capacity building organisation in Sri Lanka.

There are 40 plus nations who are now with BCI HCMS21 standards on BPO human competence. The LBA also partnered with BCIs 12 state-of-the-art international BPO certification training programs together with 150 persons representing Government, BPO and the academic sector.

Commercial Bank open on Hadji day

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon said that 50 of its branches and supermarket banking counters will be kept open for the convenience of customers on November 17, Hadji Festival day, a statutory bank holiday.

The Bank said that 17 branches in the Colombo and Gampaha districts, the foreign branch at the head office, the Bank’s 25 supermarket banking counters and its 365-day banking centres at Colombo 07, Ampara, Negombo, Galle city, Kandy city, Majestic City and Jaffna will be open for business and that all over-the-counter banking transactions could be conducted as usual.