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| BoI will be depoliticised, more facilities - Anura Bandaranaike by Nadira Gunatilleke The previous regime has completely politicised the Board of Investment (BoI) by filling it with political appointments. There is a clique within the BoI attempting to weaken the Government by creating disturbances within the institute aiming to discourage investors, said Industries, Investment and Tourism Promotions Minister Anura Bandaranaike. Addressing journalists after a ceremony at the Tourist Board to welcome new Tourist Board Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara, Minister Bandaranaike said the BoI would be depoliticised and provided more facilities to attract more foreign investors. The Minister said the hotel industry and other tourism related industries will flourish under the new Government. "I will take every possible step to remove all barriers to ensure more tourists to Sri Lanka," he said. "Nobody wants war. The LTTE certainly does not want war," he told journalists and observed that India has elected the Congress back to power. He said he will not tolerate bribery and corruption and there was no room for such activities in his Ministry." I do not want politics inside my ministry and if I find that there is internal politics to disturb the peace in the working place, I will not hesitate to take drastic action to remove such elements," he said. There are thousands of educated and unemployed youth and the country voted the Freedom Alliance to power with the hope that they would be given employment. "We will definitely provide them employment," Minister Bandaranaike said. Congratulating Nanayakkara on being appointed the new Tourist Board Chairman, the Minister said the President goes through all appointments carefully. He referred to Mr. Nanayakkara as a very talented and dedicated person with a good knowledge of tourism. ######## Tourist Board gets new Chairman The President has appointed travel and tourism specialist Udaya Nanayakkara as the new Chairman of the Tourist Board. Prior to this appointment, Nanayakkara was the Chairman of DUT Holdings Ltd. He is also a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber of Commerce. He was the Honorary Consul General for Serbia and Montenegro in Sri Lanka and Vice Chairman Honorary Consuls Association of Sri Lanka. Nanayakkara is an old boy of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He has had his secondary education at Bournmouth College for Technical studies, UK and obtained a National Diploma in Business Management. He was the founder President of IATA Agent Association of Sri Lanka and past President of Travel Agents Association of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Association of Air Line Representative. He is the President of Universal Federation of Travel Agents Association (UFTAA) since 2003. |
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