Don't be mere file finders, Amunugama tells Administrative officers

COLOMBO: Administrative officers should not be mere file finders but officers who have to take up the responsibility of taking the correct and the best decisions promptly, said Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama.

He was speaking at the inaugural seminar of the three month training course for 53 new recruits to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, appointed following a limited competitive examination for public servants in 2001.

The course began at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, Colombo 7 under Dr. Amunugama's patronage.

The Highways Minister who is the Deputy Minister of Public Administration T.B. Ekanayake, Home Affairs Minister Chandrasiri Gajadheera, Ministry Secretary D. Dissanayake and SLIDA Director T.M.K.B. Tennekone also spoke.