Postal, Telecom Bank Union employees make contribution to Defence Fund

Rohan Mathes

COLOMBO: Employees of the joint Postal Department and the Sri Lanka Telecom Cooperative Bank Union made a contribution to the Defence Fund by handing over a cheque to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday.

The Bank Union’s Chairman K. R. K. M. Jayasinghe said that the union represents around 15,000 employees who had generously donated from their month of March salary, following a proposal approved at the Annual General Meeting held this year. He said that the union envisages to contribute to the Defence Fund in the future too.

Jayasinghe said that the union has been in existence for over 78 years to date and includes members who have contributed to this worthy cause, irrespective of race, religion, caste and region, inclusive of the North and East.

Minister Bandula Gunawardena, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, the Union’s Vice Chairman S. Abeywickrema, Secretary P. S. Wijebandara, General Manager W. E. K. Thilakarathna and others participated on this occasion.