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                                    - Potter Stewart

 

‘Increasing fish production to meet nat. food requirements’

I am pleased to learn that INFOFISH has a very active presence in the fisheries scenario in the Asia-Pacific, and has grown from strength to strength over the years, from its inception almost three decades ago, as a project of Food and Agriculture Organization. I understand that INFOFISH has 14 member countries at present.

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Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama – living simply atop an academic citadel

A few days ago I walked into a splendid old mansion to interview the Vice Chancellor of the Colombo University, Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama at present, this magnificient building is called the ‘College House,’ but originally it was known as ‘Regina Walauwa,’ a family house that belonged to Arthur de Soysa, the grandson of the philanthropist Sir Charles Henry de Soysa.

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The effect of alcohol on the constitution

When I was a child, every time I attended a party hosted by my relatives I wondered whether my country had been conceived under the influence of alcohol. I was not far off the mark, according to a Norwegian study conducted in 2002-2003 on poverty in Sri Lanka. It stated: The qualitative study yielded the impression that nearly every male wanted to have alcohol at weddings and celebrations and they would all protest openly about not being able to enjoy the event if there was no alcohol. But in the anonymous quantitative study just 32 percent said that the act of drinking was a pleasant experience while only 14 percent said that the experience of being drunk was pleasant.

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Political prisoners or prisoners in politics..?

Ranil Wickremesinghe has revived his call for the UNP rank and file to commit itself to action towards the release of Sarath Fonseka who, according to Ranil, ‘symbolizes political prisoners in contemporary Sri Lanka’.

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