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| Monday, 15 November 2004 |
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Sri Lanka to become technically developed nation by A. W. Gunawardhana, Matara Central Correspondent We live in a world that is increasingly controlled by science and it is important for us wherever we live on this planet to embrace the products of science. The countries of the developing world that have done so have raced ahead of the rest and it is most gratifying to note that Sri Lanka is also moving in the same direction. Modern technologies of all kinds are an evidence everywhere in this island and it is thus clear that Sri Lanka is forging ahead to join the league of technologically developed nations in the 21st century, said Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe when he delivered the keynote address at the convocation ceremony held at the gymnasium of University of Ruhuna at Wellamadama, Matara. Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Rajakeeya Panditha Sahityasuri Shamopali Maha Nikaya, Sri Rohana Chapter Maha Nayake, Ven. Attudawe Siri Rahula Thera presided. Vice Chancellor Ranjith Senaratna, head of all faculties and several others were present. One thousand three hundred and eighteen were awarded degrees. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe continued that there is however a price to pay for technological advancement if it is carried out indiscriminately and without due concern for welfare on a global scale. In our eagerness to exploit the resources of the planet and to forge a better life for ourselves we all too often tend to forget wider world as well as the future. The very processes of industrialisation the benefits of which we all enjoy could potentially have an adverse feedback effect on the planet and its environment. The threat of global warming is much in the news nowadays but its fullest implications have not yet been understood. In a recent project in which I am involved it has turned out that in addition to climatic disasters global warming could promote the spread of infectious diseases across the planet. Hurricanes that are getting increasingly more frequent could easily loft microbes from areas where diseases are endemic and distribute them over a wide geographical area posing a hitherto unrecognised threat to mankind. |
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