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Senior citizens deserve help identified:
Singer employees help needy elders
Fifty elders in remote areas are now able to lead a more comfortable
life thanks to the generosity of the employees of Singer Group. Twenty
of them are from remote areas in Monaragala, considered the poorest
district.
When Singer joined hands with the National Secretariat for Elders to
expand the programme to care for helpless elders, it did not anticipate
such an enthusiastic response from the employees. Within a short space
of time over half a million rupees was collected from employees at all
levels which will help the fifty elders for the next three years.
The 50 elders have been selected from seven districts from lists
obtained through Divisional Secretariats and necessary steps have
already been taken to mobilize the distribution of funds.
The assistance of Elders’ Rights Protection Officers will be obtained
by the National Secretariat in the task. A cheque for Rs 520,650 was
handed over to the Minister of Social Welfare Douglas Devananda
recently.
While thanking the Company for its gesture in spearheading the
campaign to make the project a success, the Minister appealed to other
private sector firms and organizations to assist the project.
Acknowledging the donation made by the Singer employees, Secretariat
Director Geetha- mani Karunaratne has stated that the money will be sent
in advance to the Divisional Secretariats to cover a four-month period.
The Rights Protection officers will visit the selected elders personally
and hand over the money.
Apart from the 20 elders from Monaragala, the others have been
selected from Polonnaruwa (11), Nuwara Eliya (5), Galle (5), Kandy (5)
and Anuradhapura (4).
Prior to the collection of donations from the employees, Singer
sponsored an awareness campaign in mass media to attract donors for the
Elders’ project.
“Let’s spare a thought for our helpless elderly in memory of our own
beloved ones’, was the theme of the campaign. It helped the National
Secretariat for Elders to expand the programme of assisting the elders
which remained at just 20 at the time the campaign was planned.
Singer pays special attention in helping orphaned children and elders
in the outstations through Singer branches and fashion academies by
donating requirements for children’s and elders’ homes. These include
dry rations, furnishings, electrical equipment and other daily needs.
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Seat reservations via NTB internet
Nations Trust Bank, sole issuers of American Express Cards in Sri
Lanka, launched an exclusive internet Payment Gateway [IPG] for their
cardmembers recently.
The launch was also marked by the formal agreement with e tickets, as
the first partner merchant, offering American Express Cardmembers, the
convenience of booking their theatre or movie tickets online.
Director/CEO of Nations Trust Bank Zulfiqar Zavahir, , said that the
fastest-growing segment of credit card use today was in card-not-present
transactions in which a customer makes his or her purchase via the
internet instead of being physically present at the merchant location.
“We staunchly believe in offering innovative solutions to our valued
customers and the launch of an Internet payment gateway is just the
beginning of many new exciting things, cardmembers can look forward to.”
Nations Trust Bank’s Head of American Express Cards, Priyantha
Talwatte said that a cardmember simply had to log on to www.etickets.lk
select the seats, confirm the order and choose American Express as the
mode of payment.
“Through this website cardmembers may purchase their favourite cinema
or selected drama tickets well in advance, thus ensuring your seats and
avoiding the hassle of waiting in long queues” said Talwatte.
“Once an online purchase is made, a confirmation on the booking is
sent as an sms to a mobile phone. A Cardmember simply has to show the
text message to gain entrance. It’s really as simple as that,” he added.
Nations Trust Bank also gave away 100 free tickets for the first 100
American Express Cardmembers who purchased tickets for the movies ‘Rush
Hour 3’ and ‘Transformers’.
Introducing E-Tickets - an innovative facility to Sri Lanka, General
Manager of Ceylinco Internet Services expr- essed his delight on the
partnership with a world renowned brand such as American Express.
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Suntel Chat Re-Load Ekata Ekak offer
Suntel CHAT the best value option in pre-paid landline service has
announced yet another exciting promotion ‘Ekata Ekak’ beginning this
August to 30th September 2007.
The promotion gives customers the chance to double the re-load value
every time they re-load their CHAT account to top up their prepaid
account. Customers will simply need to re-load their account during the
promo period to automatically qualify for daily draws.
Winners will have their re-load value doubled and credited to their
account and will be notified through SMS alerts and Suntel customer care
agents. Suntel Chat Re-Load values are available in denominations
ranging from Rs. 100, Rs 150, Rs. 200, Rs 400, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and
are available through Suntel centers and distributors throughout the
island.
Suntel CHAT comes with a series of value added services such as 1414
and 1415, Caller Line identification, SMS, IDD, Call Forwarding, Call
Transfer and Hotline Baby Calls are made available free of charge with
each Suntel Chat Connection. Suntel Chat lines also offer Internet
Access on Suntel wOw 123 with a special rate for surfing on Sundays and
public holidays.
With no rentals or monthly charges and free incoming facility, CHAT
Pre-paid gives the consumer the best pre-paid package in the market and
is an economical option for residential users.
A user pays only for the calls made and at the same time can enjoy
the convenience of pre-paid with no monthly bills. Customers can
purchase Suntel connections by paying in full or in monthly installments
at any of the Suntel centers island wide or Abans Showrooms Island wide.
Suntel Chat is powered by CDMA technology which has boosted the
affordability of fixed lines. The CDMA technology deployed by Suntel,
has helped push fixed line penetration higher and deeper into the
country at a comparatively lower cost, providing advanced services to
consumers; thereby developing and expanding ICT in the country.
The vast coverage possibilities offered by CDMA have helped Suntel
penetrate many parts of Sri Lanka, including the deep rural areas.
Suntel is a joint venture company that brings together the resources
and expertise of Swedish telecom giant overseas Telecom AB, Metrocorp.
Townsend Limited of Hong Kong, the National Development Bank, and the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank
Group.
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Commercial Bank honours long serving employees
The Commercial Bank recently felicitated a group of employees who
completed 25 years of service at the bank’s annual Seniority Awards
ceremony at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel.
The Bank’s Managing Director, Amitha Gooneratne was the chief guest
on the occasion which was also attended by the Board of Directors,
members of the Corporate and Senior Management and the spouses of award
recipients.
Employees who joined the bank between 01st of January 1981 and 31st
December 1981, numbering 68 were felicitated at the ceremony. The Bank
also felicitated its employees who retired from service in 2007 at this
occasion.
This important event in the annual HR calendar of the Bank fosters
the employer/employee relationship and recognises staff members who have
contributed many years of service to the Bank.
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Gajashakthi Security Service now 15
Gajashakthi this year marks 15 years of providing security service to
a large clientele of Banks viz., People’s Bank, National Savings Bank,
Commercial Bank and Hatton National Bank and many an other elite
institutions such as Sri Lanka Telecom, Lanka Bell, Orit Apparel,
Readywear, David Pieris Motor Company, DM Industries, State
Pharmaceutical Corporation, Sri Lanka Catering and leading hotels such
as Kandalama, Royal Heritage, Vil Uyana, The Tea Factory and Deer Park.
The Anniversary is being organised in order that it will be celebrated
in a fitting manner.
The company was the brain child of late Major General Vijaya
Wimalaratne and was established in the year 1992. In fact, it was his
retirement plan. The vision of Gajashakthi is ‘to be the most preferred
security service company’ in Sri Lanka with a mission ‘to provide a
trusted, courteous and an efficient security service Par Excellence to
our Clients’.
With a small beginning, having its roots in the sacred city of
Anuradhapura in the year 1992, the Company has gone from strength to
strength over its 15 year history. Today, the Company has its Head
Office in Colombo and three Area Offices headed by retired military
officers located in Anuradhapura, Kandy and Colombo with a wide network
of Visiting Security Officers all over the island. The Company has a
Security Officer strength of over 1500.
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Deposit mobilisation by People’s Bank
State banking giant and winner of the ‘Banking and Financial Services
Brand of the Year’ award, at People’s Awards - 2007, People’s Bank has
introduced a deposit mobilization campaign under the Bank’s ‘Saving’s
Year - 2007’ theme with the aim of moving the nation ‘towards excellence
through strength.’
Centering on the ‘Jaya Sri’ Grand Draw, and coinciding with the
Bank’s 46th anniversary, this on-going campaign has an array of valuable
gifts in-store for all those who save with People’s Bank.
Gifts include camera phones, mixer grinders and CDMA phones in the
monthly draws (July, August, September respectively), while a luxury
house worth Rs.10mn, brand new cars, motorcycles and travelling bags are
on offer for the year-end grand draw.
The monthly draw for July was held recently at the People’s Bank Head
Office, under the patronage of M. Wickramasinghe, SDGM - Branch
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