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The 30th Anniversary of
the Sri Lanka Ports Authority falls
on 01st of August 2009.
It is with sense of satisfaction, I
state that the Construction works of
the ports of Hambantota, the South
port of Colombo, the port of Galle
and the port of Oluwil started in
the year 2008, are being carried out
successfully and the works of the
Hambantota port project can be
completed ahead of the scheduled
time. Economic crises encountered
by the entire world from the latter
part of the year 2008 caused our
income sources to go down due to
drop of container volumes and other
cargo we handled.
However, we were able to pursue our
development projects and other
activities without being hampered
owing to the cooperation extended by
our employees. It is a pleasure I
express my sincere thanks to all.
The 30th anniversary has
to be celebrated on a grand scale.
However, taking in to consideration
of limitation of expenses, we
decided to mark this event confining
only to religious observations due
to deprival of our economic benefits
caused by the on going recession.
Accordingly, we decided to hold
Buddhist religious observations in
Sambuddha Jayanthi chaithya premises
at 09.30 am and Hindu, Islam and
Catholic religious observations in
respective premises thereafter on 31st
July 2009, to invoke blessings to
succeed future endeavours of the
SLPA. I invite all our employees to
participate in these observations.
I wish a better future to all our
employees, who work with us in
abreast at all times and the members
of their families at this crucial
moment of time.
Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama
Chairman
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