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Reference the above letter by Eng. Colvin Zoysa appearing in the
Daily News dated November 26, I am in full agreement with the writer.
Nowhere in the world do Governments guarantee jobs for graduates.
All the faculties of all the universities here impart free education.
Only the Law College which is a professional institution charges fees.
Private educational institutions like the Acquinas College of Higher
Studies also charge fees. Therefore they have a greater chance to
request the authorities to grant them jobs.
These university graduates acting like hooligans have disrupted the
life of Colombo. Pavement hawkers, three-wheeler drivers and hoteliers
had to suffer irreparable losses due to these senseless strikes.
In India, graduates do odd jobs - the position is the same in other
countries too. What is the type of education these graduates receive in
the Arts Faculties? They very faithfully disgorge what they have taken
down as ‘Notes’ at examinations. Very few read outside their notes.
Seniors dissuade students from even attending the library.
G. H. I. DE ZOYSA – Gampola
It is good news that the Minister in charge of passenger transport is
going to streamline the bus transport services. It will be much
appreciated, if the Minister imports buses with low steps, so that the
elderly passengers and young children can enter into and alight from the
buses easily. There are some recently imported red buses which have very
convenient steps (stairs) to get in and out.
The executives of the Transport Ministry can travel and see how
difficult it is for the passengers to travel in some buses which have
high stairs.
Passengers are suffering in silence while travelling in certain buses
that have elevated stairs.
Further, when a bus starts from Fort to Panadura, the scorching sun
burns the seats on the seaside of the travelling buses and vice versa.
The passengers are entitled to travel comfortably.
I hope the recently imported red buses with low steps (stairs) with
curtains for the windows will provide a satisfactory service and
required facilities to the passengers.
It will also be appreciated if the conductors are dressed in uniforms
as in India.
The trolley bus conductors in one time municipal trolley bus service
in Sri Lanka were well dressed in uniforms and formed a good image of
the municipal passenger transport service.
S. A. MASILAMANY - Colombo 6
A registered letter enclosing some important documents had been sent
to the Matara main Post office by an Agency Post Office, Matara
addressed to my son who is residing at Nedimala, Dehiwala. Registered
receipt number being 3521 dated 22.10.2007.
Up to date my son has not received this letter. A letter is sent
under registered cover for safe delivery.
This is another instance where the inefficiency of the Postal
Department is highlighted.
A. WICKRAMASEKARA - Matara
No country or nation has escaped the devilish influence of liquor. In
other words liquor has been ruining most countries for centuries.
In a close microscopic view, it is evident that most of the countries
below the poverty line are the most affected.
This phenomenon is quite visible in Sri Lanka and in neighbouring
countries.
Anita Desai in her book ‘The village by the sea’ vividly depicts the
course of toddy on the fishing village of ‘Thull’.
It is common knowledge that the number of liquor addicts in Sri Lanka
is on the increase.
The number of drug addicts is progressing parallely.
In fact it seems that drug addicts have outnumbered liquor addicts.
The latest segment of drug addicts in our population is the teenage
schoolgoers.
Both the print and electronic media report that schoolchildren are
caught red handed taking drugs. Most of the school going drug addicts
tactfully evade arrest and prosecution.
It is very pitiful to note that a cough syrup is being consumed in
high dose to get intoxicated by schoolchildren.
It seems the latest in the trend. School children are the most
gullible lot in the composition of population. So they seem to have
fallen victim to anti-social elements.
Earning a quick buck has become the order of the day due to the
liberal market policy introduced after 1977.
The long time consequences of liberal trade are coming to play now by
leaps and bounds.
The pharmacists are thriving on business by issuing drugs without
prescriptions.
Money minded pharmacists sell their drugs for prescription without
any time frame, but not the ‘Osusala’.
If the above trend goes on unheeded, unnoticed or unarrested, it
would be unimaginable in which direction poor Mother Lanka would be
heading.
HIRAN DAHANAYAKE – Baddegama
The media has reported a convening of a meeting by ‘Muslim’ lawyers
on the decision of the Supreme Court with regard to the new noise
pollution regulations and to ‘permit’ the call for prayers in mosques. I
was indeed dumbfounded.
Then it dawned on me - what could you expect of lawyers, who do
nothing but rely purely on contortions and twisting of facts to win
their law cases.
Here too, they have been bending and distorting the facts, trying
their best to fan fiercer emotions among the Muslim community so as to
achieve some personal gain - no doubt and that too by misrepresentation.
The Supreme Court never, ever did mention anything to do with the
Muslim call for prayers, for them to demand the ‘allowing’ of the call
for prayer.
The decision taken by the Supreme Court speaks purely only of
reducing noise levels causing pollution - I wonder, what right, a
handful of lawyers have, to stage a protest against such a rule which
are totally in line with our Shari’ah laws.
I also wonder as to who gave them permission to represent our Muslim
community?
Just as an example, please permit me to quote our Holy Prophet who
placed strong emphasis on how a Muslim should be concerned about the
sentiments, feelings and emotions of his neighbour. He said:
“If your neighbour has only one-side access to light and air and you
are planning to put up a wall on that particular side - even if your
neighbour grants you permission, you are totally prohibited and
forbidden to raise that wall.”
The hadith also mentions the severe punishment the person will face,
both here and in the hereafter, for violation of such neighbours’ rights
- whoever he may be, whatever his religion may be or whatever his
nationality may be.
We are quite certain that these totally insignificant of so-called
‘muslim’ lawyers are not aware of anything Islamic or seem to be worried
about human sentiments.
Islam also finds hardness and hard-heartedness repugnant, repulsive
and obscene.
Our beautiful country is already groaning under the viciousness of a
war which is destroying priceless innocent lives.
Are these lawyer groups trying to open up another front?
petty issues and issues that have a contemptible narrow outlook
should be got rid of totally and everybody must join hands for the
building up of a united Sri Lanka where all communities could live in
peace, harmony and tranquillity.
I am quite certain that a majority of the good thinking lawyers,
educated, civilised and cultivated people, including the scholars both
religious and secular would agree and support this move and unite
permanently to put an end to this bickering over trivialities.
M. Z. M. NAZIM - Colombo 6
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