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Kingsley to deliver keynote address at World Management Summit 2006

COLOMBO: Former Southern Province Governor Kingsley T. Wickramaratne has been invited to the World Management Summit conference 2006 to be held at the Sheraton Towers in Karachi from December 5th to 7th, and will deliver the keynote address on "Bridging the digital gap through Corporate Social Responsibility?"

Wickramartne has contributed vastly to the advancement of IT education and training.

He pioneered the establishment of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Campus, Sri Lanka's largest IT degree awarding institution.

Appeal to Booksellers Association members

COLOMBO: The Booksellers and Importers Association of Ceylon has appealed to their members to be present today (Monday, December 4, 2006) at 4.45 p.m. at the Kanatte General Cemetery, (Hindu Section) to attend the funeral of Thambirajah Jeyarajah, proprietor of the Jeya Book Centre.

Marvil Aru farmers get Rs. 176 m as compensation

D. C. de Silva Kahawa special correspondent

KAHAWA: The Government had paid a total sum of Rs. 176 million, as compensation to those farmers, whose paddy lands ran dry due to the closure of Marvil-Aru anicut by the LTTE on July 20, 2006 'CDN', understood.

The number of acres of paddy lands so dried was 7,477.

Compensation are paid for one acre was Rs. 25,000, as the maximum and those payments were made due to the efforts of Agrarian Services and Farmer Community, Development Minister S. M. Chandrasena.