Attempts to humiliate Sri Lanka by the LTTE rump and terror backers,
ended in a disaster at the CHOGM in Perth. They took to the streets to
vent their anger on Sri Lankan President during the opening ceremony.
One of their members filed a human rights case against the President in
Melbourne but the Australian govt did not allow it to proceed citing
diplomatic immunity.
Some time back the LTTE rump sabotaged the President’s speech at the
Oxford Union. Their tactic in Perth as well was similar but it
back-fired.
While the LTTE rump was making every effort to disrupt Sri Lanka at
the CHOGM, the TNA, claiming to be the sole representatives of the
Tamils, had rushed to the US to brief US State Department officials
about the current situation in Sri Lanka. The TNA openly and blatantly
supported the LTTE.
P A Samaraweera Australia
At Thurstan Road, near the junction of Bagatelle and Alfred Place,
any one can see the way we human beings behave. Vehicles which are
taking school children, driving at full speed and recently a bus and a
van collided at that junction.
There is a lack of co-ordination between the traffic and the
pedestrians,
who are using the Zebra crossing, moving from St. Michael’s Road to
Galle Road opposite Methodist College.
As one gets into Galle Road, moving towards Galle Face, one cannot
move because of the Traffic Police allowing pedestrians to cross.
The Traffic Police need training as they are not trained properly.
Sydney Knight
The Railway Station road at Haputale, which is a deviation from the
main junction was in a perilous state of disrepair for the last three
decades uncared by all concerned. Pot-holes turned into mini-ponds
during rainy days rendering the road to a death trap. People had fallen
into muddy water filled ditches and they had ended up at dispensaries.
Public complaints have never been looked into until the new chairman
of the Urban Council took over. The puddles and mini-ponds are no more
due to the new, young, able and energetic chairman who has used his good
offices to repair this road for people to use it freely.
There is also a burning question in regard to the Public Library
which has shifted to a “god-forsaken” building right up in a steep hill
top.
This has to be relocated to a convenient building in the town and it
is suggested that a small portion of the Town Hall is separated and used
for this purpose or the basement of the Town Hall is modified to
accommodate the library.
S R K
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