'Lanka has personnel to lead in ICT sector'

Sri Lanka had the personnel to lead the country in ICT said Administration and Security Vice Minister of the Republic of Korea, Kim Youngho.

He made these comments when he paid a courtesy call on the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) on an invitation of Chairman Prof. P. W. Epasinghe with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Sri Lanka Choi Ki Chul.

Speaking on the occasion Minister Youngho said that appropriate policies must be followed in making the benefits of modern development accrue to the people. The Minister also emphasised the need of proper personnel to take the lead in carrying out this task. Kim went on to say that after visiting ICTA he was convinced that Government officials in Sri Lanka were more than ready to take on the task of providing the lead in bringing about the benefits of developments in Information and Communication Technology to the rural people of Sri Lanka.

Joining the discussion Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Sri Lanka Choi Ki Chul said that Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea have always had warm relationship and the projects that the Republic of Korea was involved in with Sri Lanka strengthened that relationship.

Presenting to ICTA chairman a publication dealing with Korea's contribution to world development in ICT, the Ambassador said that there were many areas in which the Republic of Korea could help towards further development in the sphere of e-Government and that his Government would be only too pleased to share with Sri Lanka the know-how in the field.

ICTA Chairman Prof. P. W. Epasinghe paying a glowing tribute to the Republic of Korea said that a mere glance at the publication for a couple of minutes showed that there were a large number of areas in the re-engineering Government sphere in which Sri Lanka could learn, like the home tax system.