Seven Wonders: Amazing prizes for DN readers
Rajmi Manatunga
S.W. Dahanayake, a Daily News reader from Colombo walked away with a
brand new motor car yesterday, after emerging the winner of the grand
prize of the Seven Wonders of Sri Lanka competition conducted by the
Daily News.
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S.W. Dahanayake, a Daily News reader from Colombo who won
the first prize of the Seven Wonders of Sri Lanka
competition receiving the brand new Geely motor car from
Abans Group General Manager Channa Pathirana. Associated
Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd Finance Director Shan
Shanmuganathan looks on. Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa |
At the final draw of the competition held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition
and Convention Centre, 10 Daily News readers including Dahanayake became
lucky winners of prizes worth Rs three million, provided by Abans Ltd,
the principal sponsor of the event.
Significantly, the 10 winners hailing from different parts of the
country, were the only contestants who succeeded in naming the seven
most popular places of Sri Lanka in the correct order.
Among the grand prizes presented to the winners were a LCD
television, a motor cycle, an electric cooker, a fully automatic washing
machine, a refrigerator, a colour television, a home theatre system, a
microwave oven, and a DVD player.
They were won by P. Kodagoda of Moratuwa, C. Siribaddana of Colombo,
M.D.M.M. Goonatilaka of Wadduwa, N.P. Kumara of Dewalapola, P. de Silva
of Ratmale, D.N. Nillegoda of Pilimatalawa, M. Palangasinghe of Nugegoda,
M.I. Zulkifli of Colombo and C.R.E.C. Perera of Kandana respectively.
The Seven Wonders of Sri Lanka competition was launched by the Daily
News in July 2008 to pick the seven most wonderful places in the country
by popular vote.
The competition received an overwhelming response from Daily News
readers across the country who sent in over 100,000 coupons nominating
their preferences for the seven wonders. Twelve more Daily News readers
who became winners of mobile phones at the weekly draws of the
competition also received their prizes at the event.
The Seven Wonders of Sri Lanka as voted by the majority readers:
* Sigiriya
* Sinharaja forest
* Dalada Maligawa
* Sri Pada
* Ruwanweliseya
* Arugam bay
* Yala sanctuary
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