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Reference letter under the heading "Arena Cinema" (DN Dec 25). Out of the 426 seats in the downstairs of this cinema, 50 seats are reserved and marked "Ladies Only" in luminous letters in all three languages. This is for the protection of young girls and women who come to this cinema alone or in groups from male perverts who do not allow them to see the films respectably specially in the dark when the film is running. We have only one solution to protect them by allowing them to sit separately to avoid unwanted problems and this is a very successful system. Even the writer must appreciate this because his two daughters will get the same protection if they come to this cinema alone to see a film. The story about the angered 25 boys is a made-up story because we do not allow such things to happen in this cinema which will cause inconvenience to other patrons. RANJITH WEERASINGHE-Proprietor, Arena Cinema, Katugastota. I read an article on the privatising water recently. I am sure water is not that rare commodity in Sri Lanka, if we manage it well. I can remember passing Kelani Bridge even during the acute water cut days of 1970-77 during Mrs. B's time, when Kelani River was flowing serenely. Every year there is a flood in Colombo, when Orugodawatte goes under water. Similarly Eastern Province etc. I can remember umpteen jungle streams flowing into sea without utilisation. If we remember the Policy of King (only emperor we had) Maha Parakramabahu the Great - not a drop of water should go waste - then we will have enough water. Rain water conservation, etc. are many of the ways to conserve and use water. Only we need vision and drive to implement it. V. ANANDASIVAM- Via E-mail.
I read with interest the above news item on the on line edition of the 'Daily News'. It is trendy to market the soft drinks in aluminium cans, but hasn't anyone in Sri Lanka foreseen the outcomes? Have we got a proper garbage disposal system or recycling project? When our local government authorities have heaps of problems with the existing garbage, how are we going to dispose the aluminium cans? Haven't we had enough problems with shopping bags? Why add aluminum cans? In developed countries, every household is provided with a bin for recyclable items, and they are collected by the municipality once a week. They have the resources to recycle garbage, so it is not a problem for them. Can my poor country afford to have such recycling projects" When there isn't enough land for our people to live, where are we going to dump these non-bio degradable cans? When poor people sell king coconut (thambili) on the pavement to make a living, our authorities see it as a health and environmental hazard. When business giants launch programs, which are thousand times more hazardous, our public health and environment authorities are fast asleep. Are they going to sleep until the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean' is converted to a 'Garbage bin in the Indian Ocean"? SRIYANI PERERA-New Zealand.
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