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January 29, 2007- 6.30 GMT
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President details growth at Economic Forum
2007
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"Against
all these challenges [of terrorism, heavy rains, floods
and earth slips etc.] and complexities in our political
economy, our Government sustained an economic growth
in excess of 7 percent during 2006 - a further improvement
from the growth of 6.2 percent in 2005. Unemployment
declined to 6 percent. We have seen an export growth
of around 8 percent. We have attracted overseas remittances
of over 2 billion US Dollars. We managed to attract
foreign investment in excess of 500 million US Dollars
- twice the level of annual FDIs in our country. Income
from tourism exceeded 400 million US Dollars,"
said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the inaugural
session of the Sri Lanka Economic Forum - 2007, at Galle
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January 28, 2007- 9.40 GMT
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New Cabinet of Ministers sworn in
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa today carried out the first reshuffle
of the Cabinet since he assumed office in November 2005.
Fifty one Members of Parliament
were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers before the President
at the assembly hall of the Presidential Secretariat.
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January 25, 2007- 8.00 GMT
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Moragahakanda waters will douse fires
of communalism in North and East - President Rajapaksa
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“What
we will win from this Moragahakanda Maha Samudra are
the lives of people of the North Central Province and
those in the North and East. Remember that what we will
douse from the waters released from Moragahakanda to
the North and East is the fire of communalism spread
in those two areas by deadly terrorism,” said
President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the large gathering
present at the launch of the Moragahakanda Reservoir
Project today. |
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January 09, 2007- 8.30 GMT
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Government will never privatize water
resource - President
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"The
government will never sell our precious water resource,
and it will
never be made use of as a commercial commodity or privatized
to bridge our budget deficit" said President Mahinda
Rajapaksa commissioning the initial stage of the Greater
Kandy Water Supply Project at Katugastota from "Temple
Trees' yesterday (Jan 08, 07). |
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January 09, 2007- 6.45 GMT
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Democracy to N & E highest priority -
President
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"Restoring
democracy to the people in the North and East is a matter
of the highest priority for the Government," said
President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing Media Heads and
Editors of Private and State media institutions at "Temple
Trees" today.
The Government is also fully committed
to provide a political solution to the conflict in the
North and East, the President said. |
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January 04, 2007- 10.00 GMT
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Health care - 2500 nurses to be newly
recruited
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Under
Phase I of the program to recruit 15,000 nurses in the
Health sector, 2500 nurses were recruited today (Jan.
04). Symbolizing this 490 trainee nurses were given
their letters of appointment by President Mahinda Rajapaksa
at Temple Trees this morning (Jan. 04). |
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January 02, 2007- 10.00 GMT
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“Let’s resolve to start a
new journey with hopes”, President tells his staff
in the New Year
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his address to his staff today
(January 02) at the Presidential Secretariat said that
all should resolve to provide an efficient service to
the people who come to get a job done and the officers
of the Presidential Secretariat particularly should
set an example to other government institutions by discharging
their duties efficiently.
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January 01, 2007 - 3.30 GMT
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President's New Year Message - 2007
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At
the dawn of a New Year it is customary to make new resolutions,
renew our commitments and look forward to the future
with good expectations. |
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