Quick Look

Beach park proposed

RAJA WAIDYASEKERA Tissamaharama special corr.

A beach park will be set up in Hambantota to add glamour and beauty to the town.

It will also become a tourist attraction. The driving force behind the project is the Coast Conservation Department (CCD).

The proposed beach park will be one kilometre in extent. A fully fledged fish sales outlet will also be set up in Hambantota under the Post Tsunami Rebuilding Program of the Asian Development Bank.

The fish retail sales outlet will consist of one hundred stalls and is estimated to cost Rs. 3.3 million.

Teachers’ quaters in disrepair

G.A. Gunasena Ginigathena special corr.

The teachers’ quarters of the Gonawala Vidyalaya Ginigathena in the Hatton educational zone in the Nuwara Eliya district is in a state of disrepair.

The roof of the school teachers’ quarters which was constructed a few decades ago is decayed leaking the rain water in to the dilapidated building.

As a result the family of the school teacher is compelled to remain in the dilapidated building with great difficulty.

Therefore the school development society appeal to the authorities concerned to take steps to reconstruct the teachers’ quarters of the Gonawala Vidyala.

STC Matara OBA, AGM

The Annual General Meeting get-together and dinner of S. Thomas’ College Matara Old Boys’ Association Colombo Branch will be held on Saturday, March 28 at the Sanhinda Leisure Centre, Stanley Thilakarathna Mawatha, Nugegoda, from 5.30 p.m.

The annual scholarship presentation under the Dudley Devaraja Memorial Trust will also take place.

Chief Minister’s conference

All arrangements have been finalised to conduct the Chief Minister’s Conference in the Batticaloa district.

The conference will be held on April 10 and 11, under the guidance of the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province, Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan.

Officials are making arrangements for the event.

She needs a kidney

Dona Sakunthala Pushparani Wettasinghe (58) of 3 C/99, Mattegoda Housing Complex, Mattegoda is suffering from acute renal failure and Consultant Nephrologist Dr. A.L.M. Nazar (Nawaloka Hospital) who is treating her has recommended an immediate kidney transplant to save her life. She requests a kind hearted person to donate a kidney to enable her to undergo this surgery.

This may be conveyed to her on telephone on 077 668055 or 072 3841812.

Rice prices down

W.A.T.S. Wijesinghe Pothuwatawana group correspondent

The price of rice has come down in the open market in Pothuwatawana and suburbs.

A kilo of No. 01 Samba, a kilo of No. 02 Nadu and a kilo of white rice Kekulu are sold at Rs. 68, Rs. 55 and Rs. 56.

Kelaniya University reopens on March 26

The Kelaniya University will re-open for academic activities on March 26, Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Sarath Amunugama said.

All residential students should report back to their respective halls of residence on March 25, he said.

The University was temporarily closed on February 25 following student clashes.

Get together

Golden Nite, the annual get-to gether of the Old Anandians 75 - 80 group will be held from March 24 to 28 at the Galadari Hotel.

Funds raised from this event will be utilised for the various social service projects conducted by the group every year.

More details could be obtained from the President, Amitha Munasinghe on 0773 442 878.

Blood donation

The Sri Bhodirukkarama Young Buddhist Association in Kahalla and Sri Pranchadheepa Daham School in the Pathadumbara Divisional Secretariat Division have jointly organised a blood donation campaign on March 26 at the Daham School in Kahalla Katugastota.

Prize giving

The Kolonnawa MMA will conduct its Ahadiyya School first year anniversary and prize giving on March 28 at 4 p.m. at the A. M. A. Azeez Memorial Hall, All Ceylon YMMA Conference, Colombo 9.

Avurudu sale

The Colombo (Host) Lion Ladies will conduct a ‘Avurudu Sale’ on Sunday March 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Paul’s Milagiriya Hall, Galle Road, Colombo 4. Entrance is free.

Buddhist talk

Mrs. Anoja Wijesekera will deliver a public Buddhist talk in English on ‘The Case for Rebirth’ at a meeting of the Servants of the Buddha Society on Saturday, March 28 at 4.30 p.m. at the Maitri Hall, Lauries Road, Bambalapitiya.

Mahopadyaya Thera passes away

Ven. Rajakeeya Panditha Nugawela Pannajoti Thera Mahopadyaya of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya passed away. He was 97.

His remains are now lying at Gateekara Aramaya, Katugastota. Funeral takes place on March 25 at 2.30 pm at Sri Rahula Vidyalaya grounds, Katugastota.