Facilities for bakery owners to go North
Internal Trade and Co-operatives Minister Johnston Fernando who met
the Association of Bakery Owners said the Government would provide
facilities to open bakeries in the North when he met them at the
Ministry on Thursday.
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Minister Johnston Fernando |
The Bakery Association expressed their willingness to start business
in the North, a Ministry press release said yesterday.
The association requested the Minister to exempt bread from the
Defence Levy and also to allow a 400 gram loaf of bread to be allowed as
the standard.
The Minister who explained the conditions of the ordinance governing
bakery owners said according to the law, a loaf of bread should weigh
450 grams.
The Minister also told association representatives that he would take
up the matter of providing tax relief to them with President Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
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