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Overcoming GEC :

Country to face challenges

For the country’s economic direction any policy response to the crisis must distinguish between long term, short term and medium term measures all within a framework of a long term vision, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Dr. Saman Kelegama said.

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CCC mission to Chile

Visit of strategic importance:

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) Trade Fair Unit commenced its first plan of action for 2009 with a successful Business Promotion Mission to Chile.

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Viridis to invest Rs.30 m

Recycled plastic to manufacture finished products:

There is an excellent untapped market for recycled plastic raw materials in UK, China, Israel and UAE. Sri Lanka needs to explore opportunities in these markets and later on venture into exporting innovative products manufactured using recycled plastic material, Director, Viridis Pvt Ltd, Shanaka Fernando said.

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Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different in form from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft drink bottles, then casting them as plastic chairs and tables. Here workers at the Viridis Pvt Ltd separating plastic waste at their premises.

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