Citizens' Mail
It is time to highlight some incidents at mushrooming International
Schools in the island. May it be a bitter experience to the parents and
the students who seek a better education at the mushrooming number of
International Schools everywhere.
Nowadays we see very eye catching advertisements through the media.
Here the bitter lesson I learnt from one of the Intentional Schools.
When I admitted the child in 1998 the then principal of that
International School, promised that they have all the necessary
facilities at the same school up to A/L now says that they have no
facilities at least for O/L at the school and they want to transfer the
child to their head school in Colombo.
Now the Colombo head office school also states that it has no
facilities for A/Ls (Science). Now there is no other alternative except
transfer the child to another advanced International School by paying
exorbitant admission fees and other term fees. May this be a bitter
lesson to everyone who seeks admission in International Schools.
Try your level best to admit your child or children to the government
owned schools for better education.
M A Ismath
The recent tragic death of a Peradeniya batchmate prompts me to write
this letter. My batchmate was knocked down at the Pedestrian crossing at
the Koswatte junction on the Nawala Road near his residence. He never
recovered. He was in the ventilator till he died at the General Hospital
Colombo. This is primarily because of the mayhem on our roads. We have
too many vehicles on the roads, and all the vehicles tend to speed and
do not observe road rules.
With one way traffic, the pedestrian has no specific place to cross
the roads.
Speeding vehicles enter the main roads from lanes. In fact the list
is endless. This is not the forum to diagnose and analyze the problem on
the roads. However the City Traffic must bring those who commit these
road offences to book.
Sydney Knight
A spot of Galle road near the Wellawatte Roxy petrol shed has caved
in. Earlier there were two other places nearby which also caved in.
The present damage occurred in December last. Four months have gone
by and the repair is still not completed. In the meantime thousands of
vehicles using Galle road are blocked. Those who use this road to go to
work or to school are very badly affected. The buses travelling towards
Dehiwela are diverted at Vihara Lane and come back to Galle road along
the narrow road along the canal and exit near the temple.
It is a disgrace for that corporation and to our country to notice
the manner in which the repair is carried out.
The work start and stops regularly - waiting for material or waiting
for equipment or workers. For the leading State contractor to display to
the public its utter incompetence, is humiliating for Sri Lanka.
D Seneviratne
I wish to draw the attention of the authorities about the merciless
massacre of innocent birds who seek refuge for the night, on the lower
branches of trees by cats and other predators. Every night I hear the
shrieks of the birds, attacked by these carnivore cats. Each night, a
good many birds are being eaten by these cats. I feel sad to see, these
cats kill the harmless birds and at the rate the birds are killed,
before long, the bird population in Sri Lanka may come to an end.
I feed the birds and squirrels daily. It is a very sad situation. We
are trying to stop cattle slaughter, but what about bird slaughter?
C M de Mel
The new fish market built at Peliyagoda is worth the massive amount
spent for its construction. Spacious stalls fully marbled with lights,
fans, electronic weighing machines for every stall and wider walking
space with enough gullies for waste water are all well designed and
thoughtfully constructed. The upper floor, having a post office, State
banks, police post and a few private establishments provide an
additional service to the public.
A big canteen too is there to name our choice and to have it hot or
cold, rice and curry etc. But tongs are not to be seen and eatables are
handled by hands which often touch fish-smelling and soiled currency
notes and coins. Strict instruction to the canteen to use tongs are
appreciated.
Maintaining the clean and healthy atmosphere of the fish market is
essential without allowing it to become as it was at Pettah.
The thing that worries the visitors is the distance. Some transport
arrangement to cover both the Negombo Road and the Kandy Road should be
made to attract more visitors.
Further the up and down bus halts of the Negombo Road should be
shifted closer to the entrance of the market road.
Nazly Cassim,
Colombo 13.
There is a public demand to upgrade the Health Centre of Mahagammedda
in Payagala as a rural hospital.
Presently this health centre functions as a maternity home and a
dispensary. A visiting doctor from the Kalutara, Nagoda General Hospital
attends to the needs of the patients twice a week. Mahagammedda is a
fast developing area and densely populated. If this place can be
upgraded it would be an immense service also to the needy samurdhi
recipients.
C M Kamburawala
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