Lankan Parliamentary delegation meets Singaporean Speaker

Lankan parliamentary delegation consisting members of the Committee on Public Enterprises led by Minister of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise Development Rohitha Bogollagama on a study tour in Singapore called on Speaker of Singapore Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi on Thursday.

Talking to the delegates, the Speaker said he is glad that the Lankan delegation had fruitful sessions with public institutions and committees of the Parliament.

He also extended the fullest co-operation in providing support to Sri Lankan Parliamentarians to improve the quality and standard of the services. The Speaker said Singapore is changing with the circumstances and time to time standing orders of the Singapore Parliament were amended to suit the changes. Bogollagama said that the study tour has been very successful and the delegation had meeting with several key institutions of the Singapore Government and were able to interact with them.

The discussion centered on co-operation between the Parliaments on how parliamentary committees operate in the two countries. They also discussed on promotion of bilateral economic co-operation.

Deputy Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, Members of the Parliament John Amaratunga, Hussen Ali, H. R. Mithrapala, Piyasiri Wijenayake, Lakshman Nipunaarachchi, Secretary to the Ministry of Advanced Technology and National Enterprise Development Lal Kumara Gamage and Deepthi Bogollagama were also present.