Ceremony to celebrate 62nd Chinese National Day

Rasika SOMARATHNA

A commemoration ceremony to celebrate the 62nd National Day of People's Republic of China will be held at the New Town Hall, Colombo at 3.00 pm today.

The event is organized by the Association for Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation (ASLCSCC).

To coincide with the commemoration, the ASLCSCC has organized a number of events including prize and certificate awarding for the winners of speech, poetry and essay competitions conducted recently both among school goers and adults.

Also five journalists who have contributed outstandingly to introduce China to the Sri Lankan community and to the Xinhua News Agency would be felicitated. Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne will be the chief guest and Chinese Ambassador Yang Xiuping would be the guest of honour.

Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana, Ministers Dinesh Gunewardene, Athauda Seneviratne, Dilan Perera, Bandula Gunewardena and Deputy Minister Geethanjana Gunewardene too would be among the invitees.