Lankan business delegation for Seoul

VISIT: A Sri Lankan business delegation from the Sri Lanka-Korea Economic Co-operation Committee of the Ceylon Chamber left for Seoul, Korea on October 15. The delegation is scheduled to participate in the 13th Joint Meeting of the Sri Lanka-Korea and Korea-Sri Lanka Economic Co-operation committees followed by an investment seminar organized by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and one-to-one buyer-seller meetings organised by the Korea Importers Association (KOIMA).

The delegates will also visit KES 2006'(Korea Electronics Show) in KINTEX Seoul, arranged by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA-Colombo).

The mission programmes were coordinated by the Sri Lankan embassy in Seoul, Korea and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (KCCI)

The primary focus areas of the mission will be IT, software, automobile components, hotels/golf links, tyre manufacture, gems and jewellery, rubber products, construction services, processed foods, leather goods, ceramics, tourism and sanitary-ware industry.

The delegation comprised Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala, Chairman/Director General, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Mahen Kariyawasan, Managing Director, Andrews Group of Companies,(Mission Leader), John Shiran Dissanayake, Chairman, Hanjin Shipping Lanka (Private) Limited, Christian Ignatius, Director - Investment Promotion, Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, D.K Rajapaksa, Managing Director, Samson International Ltd, D L W Talagala, Managing Director, Transmarine (Private) Limited, ABC Exim (Private) Limited, A H Stephen, CEO, Euroasian Business Alliance (Pvt) Ltd, Liyanage W. Perera, Managing Partner, Ravindu Enterprises, H.S.K Samarasekara, Managing Director, Pride Labels (Pvt) Ltd, M.H Sarath Chandra, Director/Partner, Pride Labels (Pvt) Ltd and Nilika Ariyawardena of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.