The path to equitable prosperity

Mr Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to speak in support of the budget for 2012 put forward by the government. More than two years have passed since the conclusion of the conflict which held back the development of this country. Since then we have had a series of elections, the last of which was concluded a couple of months back.

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Socio-economic scene

Litigation and punishment

In the West, old prisons have been converted into very successful hotels, for example the infamous Charles Street Gaol in Boston, USA; Lucerne prison in Switzerland; the Crown prison in Stockholm; and HM Prisons at Oxford castle, at Mt Gambier in Australia and in Napier, New Zealand,

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Language and understanding

Many years ago I served the public as a mechanical engineer in the Sri Lanka Railways. My responsibility was plant and machinery, specifically the millwright workshop at Ratmalana.

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