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Royal felicitation to old Royalists

by Ananda Kannangara

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe speaking to a large number of students, old boys and well-wishers at Royal College, Colombo last morning said that he was impressed to arrive at his alma mater and said that education at Royal College immensely benefitted him to reach the present position as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

He made these observations at a ceremony held at Royal College, Colombo to felicitate 21 distinguished old Royalists in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe an old Royalist was the chief guest on the occasion. The ceremony was held in the J.R. Jayawardene pavilion.

Mr. Wickremesinghe said "the Government's main objective is to resolve the Northern conflict and bring a lasting peace to all ethnic groups which will immensely help the country to prosper socially and economically.

"We are now discussing the possibilities to bring a concrete solution to the ethnic conflict by initiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to govern the Cessation of Hostilities.

"Provisions to install the most important independent commissions too will be tabled before the Parliament shortly and bring confrontational politics to an end," he said.

Mr. Wickremesinghe also said that Government would provide infrastructure facilities and day to day requirements of all people in the country and steps have already been taken to supply food items to the people in the North and East.

Mr. Wickremesinghe also assured that the country's collapsed economy will be revived very soon and the education system too will be developed.

Human Resources Development, Education and Cultural Affairs Minister Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku said that Royal College provides a better education to children in the country and the objective of the Government is to give a similar education to children of all other schools.

Principal H.L.B Gomes said that he was very happy to receive the old Royalist Parliamentarians including the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and said that their arrival has brought courage and strength to the students of Royal College.

Secretary of the Royal College Union Capt. Ajith Peiris requested the Principal Royal College Mr. Gomes to introduce the English medium at Royal College from Grade one for the benefit of a large number of students who are taking the leadership of the country tomorrow.

He said the "Royal College Union continuously supports Royal, its principals and staff in providing facilities and maintaining them. Therefore, we believe that Royal College and Royalists could get a better deal from our contributions and the old Royalists will get better satisfaction for their investments, if there is an autonomous management body in place at Royal, while maintaining the status quo of Royal being a Government school.

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