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Sri Lankan plaque scripted in Chinese evokes fury, concern
25 May 2021, 23:19 GMT+10
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 25 (ANI): Concerns over the elevation of Chinese languages over official languages of Sri Lanka have emerged after a plaque made to declare the opening of a Chinese-gifted Smart Library of Attorney General s (AG) Department was scripted in Sinhalese, English and China s Mandarin language, evoking widespread criticism over the omission of the Tamil language.
Daily Mirror reported that the incident came under much criticism on social media platforms, leading to the plaque being removed later. The AG s department did not comment regarding the issue.
In a tweet, Tamil Progressive Alliance Leader and Opposition parliamentarian Mano Ganesan stated that the Chinese are violating the language law and that the non-inclusion of Tamil was a violation of Sri Lanka s Official Language Act. It appears Chinese learn to ignore Tamil from our government since GoSL s usage of Official Lan
2021-05-21 01:05:19 GMT2021-05-21 09:05:19(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, May 21 (Xinhua) The Parliament of Sri Lanka has on Thursday passed the Port City Economic Commission Bill with 149 votes in favour and 58 against, local media reported.
The Port City bill officially declares 269 hectares of land reclaimed from the ocean and annexed to the city of Colombo as Sri Lanka s first special economic zone (SEZ) for services-oriented industries.
Under the bill, a President-appointed commission will be established to govern the SEZ. The new law will enable the businesses to operate in any recognized foreign currency within Port City.
After the Port City bill was tabled in parliament on April 8, 19 petitions were filed with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The Supreme Court s ruling was delivered to the parliament on Tuesday, saying that the bill could be passed with a simple majority provided key clauses be amended to confirm with the country s constitution.
Sri Lankan Parliament passes Port City bill
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Colombo, May 21 : The Sri Lanka Parliament has passed the Port City Economic Commission Bill, which officially declares 269 hectares of land reclaimed from the ocean and annexed to the city of Colombo as the country s first special economic zone (SEZ) for services-oriented industries.
The bill was passed on Thursday with 149 votes in favour and 58 against, reports Xinhua news agency.