Vernon Botejue

Philip Gunawardene - 39th death anniversary:

Philip Gunawardene delivering the inaugural address to the 14th session of the ‘Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science’ on December 18, 1958, in his capacity then as the Agriculture and Food Minister said “My pleasure at being invited to open this session is two-pronged. Firstly I shall speak quite frankly - that you have chosen a man known to be a dissenter in the political life of our country and known to have concerned himself with the aspirations of our most humble citizens. Dissension - argument controversy - these are food and drink to ‘science’ as conformism is starvation.

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Tribute - Justice O S M Seneviratne:

Duty was his primary concern

Justice O S M Seneviratne passed away on January 3, 2007, when he was just reaching his 83rd year in age. He was born in Galle on March 12, 1924. I consider it as a privilege to write this appreciation on his 87th birth anniversary having functioned as the Registrar when late Justice Seneviratne served in Kandy. He had his Secondary education at St Joseph’s College Colombo when the great educationalist father Le Goc was the Rector.

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Fisheries sector - Key part of social, economic life

Contributes two percent to GDP:

The fisheries sector plays a key role in Sri Lanka’s social and economic life. Fish products are an important source of animal protein for the population and the sector contributes about two percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Export fish and fisheries products such as dried and canned has become a valuable foreign exchange earner during the past years.

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