HDCC, CBB organize Hambantota tour
The Council for Business with Britain (CBB) in co-operation with the
Hambantota District Chamber of Commerce (HDCC) organized a field trip to
Hambantota to expose key decision-makers among their membership to the
major infrastructure and other developments that are taking place in the
south of the country.
The team at the Hambantota Port |
The highlight of the trip was a visit to the soon to be operational
Hambantota Port which was followed by visits to the sites of the
Hambantota Convention Centre and the Cricket Stadium, culminating with
an interactive session with the members of Hambantota District Chamber
of Commerce.
The CBB members first stop was the Hambantota Sri Lanka Ports
Authority Project Office and were provided a first hand report of the
port project and were shown a scale model detailing the various phases
of the project.
Thereafter the members were taken round the port site to experience
first hand the vast scale and nature of this undertaking.
The members then visited the new cricket stadium, still under
construction, but already having a laid down cricket pitch, and also the
new Convention Centre funded by the Korean Govt and being built
according to a Korean design.
The expected opening of this Convention Centre will be in April 2011,
and will hold 1,500 people and have the ability to host several smaller
functions in eight committee rooms.
Finally the members visited the Hambantota District Chamber of
Commerce where they met Director General Azmi Thassim and members of the
Hambantota District Chamber of Commerce.
The CBB members were shown a comprehensive video of the Chamber's
activities and discussed ways that the two organizations could interact.
It was a timely visit, since the Hambantota District Chamber will
shortly be embarking on a trade mission to the UK as guests of the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce. |