The Chief Executive Officer, Power
Generation Services, General Electric, USA, Karl Fessenden
called on Power and Energy Minister, Pavithra Wanniarachchi
at her Ministry. He expressed the United States willingness
to provide latest technical expertise on energy development.
Power and Energy Ministry Secretary, M.M.C. Ferdinando was
also present.
Four hundred and sixty eight graduates in
the Galle district received teaching appointments at a
ceremony at the Southern Province Education Ministry
recently. Here Governor, Southern Province Dr. Kumari
Balasuriya presents an appointment letter to a graduate.
Chief Minister, Southern Province, Shan Wijelal de Silva,
Minister of Education, S.P. Chandima Rasaputra are also in
the picture.
Pic: Dr. Richmond Wijesekera, Bentota Gr. Cor.
Director General of Government
Information, Prof. Ariyaratna Athugala presented several
publications of the Department of Government Printing to the
Librarian of the Jaffna Library, Mrs. E. Karunakaran
recently. Deputy Director Hilmy Mohamed was also present.
The Sri Lanka Housewives’
Association, Colombo branch held its July meeting at
St. Paul’s Church Hall, Bambalapitiya. The event was
sponsored by McCurrie, the spices and ready-to-eat products
manufacturer, which included a demonstration by the
company’s In-house Chef, D.A. Piyadasa. The Chef had worked
at the Banana Leaf Restaurant in Brisbane, Australia and the
Hilton Colombo for over 5 years before joining the McCurrie
team
Four high schoolers have set up a
fund-raising organisation ‘Club Auxilio’ to help those in
need. The founders of the group are Vinuri Dissanayake,
Dewni Thilakawardhne, Aravinthan Vijaykumar and Ranul
Edirisinghe. The students are between 17-18 years.
A week after setting up the Club, the students organised a
bake sale at the La Petite Fleur School in Dehiwela and
Ratmalana to raise funds. Twenty volunteers worked
relentlessly to ensure that the project was a success. A
donation of Rs. 20,000 was given to the Mother Teresa
Foundation, Moratuwa to set up a toddler program for
children between 1-2 years.