"The government has decided to go ahead with several Chinese funded infrastructural projects, including the Port City Project, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told foreign journalists in Davos today.
“We are going ahead with Chinese funded projects, including the Port City and the next phase of the Hambantota Port.
China is an economic power in Asia and is ready to work on some development projects in Sri Lanka,” he said.
He said Sri Lanka would like China to invest in other sectors, including real estate, and also play a role in developing Sri Lanka as a logistics hub.
He said discussions were being held with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding contingency plans to face any adverse international situation. “No one knows what the international situation would be in 2016; and it is clear that Sri Lanka should gear up to face any situation.
We are looking into the kind of arrangements we can make with the IMF,” he said; adding that he would meet the Managing Director of the IMF while in Davos.
Responding to a question by the foreign journalists on the reconciliation process, he said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was working out a plan concerning accountability. He said some lands occupied by the military had been handed back to the owners and more land would be handed back in the future. He said there were no political prisoners in Sri Lanka and those in prison had been tried and convicted."
http://www.dailymirror.lk/103589/will-go-ahead-with-port-city-project-ranil
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Sunday, 3 January 2016
වරාය නගර තීන්දුවට චීනෙන් එයි
කොළඹ වරාය නගර ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ඉදිකිරීම් කටයුතු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජය හා චීන රජය අතර තීරණාත්මක සාකච්ඡාවක් 06 වැනි දා කොළඹදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතව ඇතැයි වාර්තවේ.
මෙම සඳහා චීන රජයේ විශේෂ නියෝජිතයෙකුවන චීන වෙළඳ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ආසියා කටයුතු දෙපාර්තමේන්තු උපදේශකයෙකු වන යැන්ග් වේයිකුං ඇතුළු දූත පිරිසක් පැමිණෙන බව තානාපති ආරංචි මාර්ග සඳහන් කර සිටී.
මෙම චීන දූත පිරිස හම්බන්තොට වරාය අවට යෝජිත ආයෝජන කලාපය සහ යෝජිත කොළඹ ‐ නුවර අධිවේගී මාර්ගය ඉදිකිරීම කටයුතු පිළිබඳ ශ්‍රී ලංකා රජයේ බලධාරීන් සමඟ අවසන් තීන්දු තීරණ වලට එළැඹෙනු ඇතැයිද වාර්තාවේ.
http://www.lankadeepa.lk/index.php/articles/373613
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Monday, 28 December 2015
Sunday, 13 December 2015
Brandix HQ receives Green Mark – Platinum, second top award in a month
"The headquarters building of the Brandix Group has been awarded the Green Mark – Platinum certification by the Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB), making it the first commercial building in Sri Lanka to receive this rating, developed by the Building Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore to assess Green buildings.
The milestone award presented to Brandix by Special Projects Minister Dr Sarath Amunugama, is the second won by the building within a month.
In November, the Brandix head office received the Gold at the National Energy Efficiency Awards.
The Green Mark recognises achievements in four key environment related indicators and a general category. In the assessment for the Green Mark – Platinum conferred on Brandix, the building was rated on Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Sustainable Operations & Maintenance, Indoor Environment Quality and Other Green Features & Innovations.
The building received an overall score well above the 90 required to qualify for Platinum – the highest Green rating possible under the scheme.
“Our new headquarters building is a perfect representation of the Group’s deep-rooted commitment to sustainability,” Brandix Director Feroz Omar said. “The latest in technology was utilised to minimise its environmental footprint, and the two awards won in the space of a month are a fitting recognition of its status as a new benchmark for a Green office buildings in Sri Lanka.”
Commissioned on 1st March 2015, the eight-storey, 37,800 square foot Brandix HQ building has 29,783 square feet of air conditioned office space.
Purpose-designed by Architect Murad Ismail, the edifice accommodates approximately 200 people. The extensive use of double-glazed, Argon-filled, black tinted self-cleaning glass walls gives the structure improved thermal insulation and a high solar reflectance index, keeping its interiors cool. Daylight harvesting facilitated by a high window to wall ratio, the use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting controlled by a smart system that switches on and adjusts lux levels based on ambient light and occupancy, and a highly energy-efficient water-cooled, oil free magnetic bearing air conditioning system, all integrated into a series of sophisticated intelligent building management systems, enable significant savings in energy consumption.
One of the largest suppliers of apparel to top retail brands in the US and Europe, Brandix is an international award winner for eco-friendly manufacture and commitment to environmental best practice. The Group was recognised as Sri Lanka’s ‘Organisation Committed to Green’ by the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL) in 2014."
http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/brandix-hq-receives-green-mark-platinum-second-top-award-in-a-month/
The milestone award presented to Brandix by Special Projects Minister Dr Sarath Amunugama, is the second won by the building within a month.
In November, the Brandix head office received the Gold at the National Energy Efficiency Awards.
The Green Mark recognises achievements in four key environment related indicators and a general category. In the assessment for the Green Mark – Platinum conferred on Brandix, the building was rated on Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Sustainable Operations & Maintenance, Indoor Environment Quality and Other Green Features & Innovations.
The building received an overall score well above the 90 required to qualify for Platinum – the highest Green rating possible under the scheme.
“Our new headquarters building is a perfect representation of the Group’s deep-rooted commitment to sustainability,” Brandix Director Feroz Omar said. “The latest in technology was utilised to minimise its environmental footprint, and the two awards won in the space of a month are a fitting recognition of its status as a new benchmark for a Green office buildings in Sri Lanka.”
Commissioned on 1st March 2015, the eight-storey, 37,800 square foot Brandix HQ building has 29,783 square feet of air conditioned office space.
Purpose-designed by Architect Murad Ismail, the edifice accommodates approximately 200 people. The extensive use of double-glazed, Argon-filled, black tinted self-cleaning glass walls gives the structure improved thermal insulation and a high solar reflectance index, keeping its interiors cool. Daylight harvesting facilitated by a high window to wall ratio, the use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting controlled by a smart system that switches on and adjusts lux levels based on ambient light and occupancy, and a highly energy-efficient water-cooled, oil free magnetic bearing air conditioning system, all integrated into a series of sophisticated intelligent building management systems, enable significant savings in energy consumption.
One of the largest suppliers of apparel to top retail brands in the US and Europe, Brandix is an international award winner for eco-friendly manufacture and commitment to environmental best practice. The Group was recognised as Sri Lanka’s ‘Organisation Committed to Green’ by the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL) in 2014."
http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/brandix-hq-receives-green-mark-platinum-second-top-award-in-a-month/
Saturday, 5 December 2015
Foreign investor may get 5,000 acres on lease in SL: FM
land to a foreign investor up to a maximum of 5,000 acres and relax the criteria in respect of projects which are “labour intensive with the focus on job creation,” Finance Minister, Ravi Karunanayake, told The Hindu.
“Earlier, the lease tax was very stiff,” Mr. Karunanayake said. A foreign firm can do business without paying 100 per cent tax on leasing of land, though they would not be able to buy land in the island nation. The only stipulation for the investors getting 99-year-long lease would be that they should not “indulge in buying land” and their investments should be active.
For the purpose of foreign investments, the government had identified many thrust areas, each having a potential of two billion dollars.
Asked whether foreigners would be allowed for projects proposed under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode in respect of the dairy sector and the construction of 100,000 houses in five years, Mr Karunanayake replied in the affirmative and said the term “private” would mean a local or a foreign investor while the term “public” would refer only to citizens of the country.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/98261/foreign-investor-may-get-5-000-acres-on-lease-in-sl-fm
“Earlier, the lease tax was very stiff,” Mr. Karunanayake said. A foreign firm can do business without paying 100 per cent tax on leasing of land, though they would not be able to buy land in the island nation. The only stipulation for the investors getting 99-year-long lease would be that they should not “indulge in buying land” and their investments should be active.
For the purpose of foreign investments, the government had identified many thrust areas, each having a potential of two billion dollars.
Asked whether foreigners would be allowed for projects proposed under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode in respect of the dairy sector and the construction of 100,000 houses in five years, Mr Karunanayake replied in the affirmative and said the term “private” would mean a local or a foreign investor while the term “public” would refer only to citizens of the country.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/98261/foreign-investor-may-get-5-000-acres-on-lease-in-sl-fm
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
වරාය නගරයේ ඉරණම ගුරුදා විසදෙයි
කොළඹ වරාය නගර සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉතා වැදගත් තීන්දුවක් බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා (19) රජය විසින් ගැනීමට නියමිත බව නීතිපති අද (17) අභියාචනාධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නේය.
එම ව්‍යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධ පරිසර තත්ත්ව ඇගයීම් වාර්තා (පරිපූරක) ඒ සඳහා වන අමාත්‍ය ලේකම් කමිටුවෙන් සළකා බැලීමෙන් පසුව එම තීරණය ගන්නා බව නීතිපතිවරයා වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නියෝජ්‍ය සොලිසිටර් ජනරාල් අර්ජුන ඔබේසේකර මහතා අධීකරණයට දැන්වීය.
පෝර්ට් සිටි ව්‍යාපෘතියට එරෙහිව පාරිසරික යුක්ති කේන්ද්‍රය විසින් ගොනු කැරුණු රිට් පෙත්සම කැඳවූ සභාපති විනිසුරු විජිත් මලල්ගොඩ මහතා කැදවිණි.
කොළඹ ගාලූමුවදොර ඉදිරිපිට මුහුදින් අක්කර 575 ක් ගොඩකර වරාය නගරය ඉදිකිරීමෙන් වෙරළබඩ පරිසර පද්ධතියට දැඩි බලපෑම් සිදුවන බව පෙත්සම්කාර පාරිසරික යුක්ති කේන්ද්‍රය සිය පෙත්සමින් පෙන්වා දේ.එබැවින් මෙම ව්‍යාපෘතිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්සන් කර ඇති නීතිවිරෝධී සියලූ ගිවිසුම් අහෝසි කිඍීමට රිට් ආඥාවක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙසද පෙත්සම්කරුවන් ඉල්ලා සිටියි.
http://www.lankadeepa.lk/index.php/articles/361772
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