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Ceylinco Healthcare centre - easy payment scheme

Sri Lanka's pioneer health screening institution, Ceylinco Healthcare Centre has launched easy payment schemes for visitors who make their payments via credit cards issued by several leading banks.

The Centre has tied-up with Sampath Bank, Hatton National Bank, Nations Trust Bank and Standard Chartered Bank to offer this facility to those who make payments for diagnostic services or treatment by credit cards of these banks.

Instalment schemes from three to 36 months are available for bills between Rs 5,000 to Rs 300,000, depending on the credit card, the Centre said.

Tharuka De Silva, General Manager of Ceylinco Healthcare Services said: "We have already offered this facility to cancer patients at our Radiation Treatment Unit and witnessed how much it reduces the burden of paying for treatment. This encouraged us to extend this facility to those who visit our Healthcare Centre for check-ups or treatment.

"We hope that this will provide a further incentive to visitors to the Healthcare Centre and Ceylinco Diabetes Centre not to miss their routine health checks," he added.

Established in collaboration with the world renowned Washington Hospital Centre, the Ceylinco Healthcare Centre and the Ceylinco Diabetes Centre are ground-breaking projects of Ceylinco Healthcare Services Ltd., (CHSL) a subsidiary of Ceylinco Life, the country's leading life insurer.

They are the most advanced stand-alone private facilities of their kind in Sri Lanka. CHSL also owns and manages the country's most advanced radiation treatment unit for the treatment of cancer.

GIS Solutions appointed authorized distributor of Esri products

Indunil HEWAGE

Esri Inc, the world's market leader in Geographic Information System (GIS), announced the appointment of GIS Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., the exclusive authorized distributor for Esri products.

Esri is the market leader in GIS technology, where its software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide, providing people with the power to think and plan geographically. Esri GIS products are widely being used for world's mapping and spatial analysis. It is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms.

New patterns are emerging in citizen engagements and GIS would be an ideal platform for information sharing, discovery, access and use. The Sri Lankan government is investing millions of money for infrastructure development and also to support an exploding economy. GIS technology can be used in government, education and commercial industries productively. Today, many government and commercial organizations who are concerned about the costs of hardware and networking, could use cloud services to deliver GIS, both to the public and within their organization, which means that they pay only for storage and processing facilities they need day to day, leaving the hard work for highly qualified infrastructure personnel. Mike Quin is managers the Asia Pacific Strategic Business Development of Esri.

GIS Solutions Limited, plans to market the ArcGIS product line in Sri Lanka to a growing market. "Among our local customers are different government agencies, local government authorities, Survey and Mapping, Environment and Forestry, Disaster Management, Urban Development, Land Use Planning, Defense, Census & Statistics, Transportation, Utility Boards, such as Water, Electricity and Telecommunications and Universities and Educational Institutions who need specialized know-how we would be able to provide." Kavinda Mahawedage - Head of Marketing for the Group.

"Esri software is recognized as a revolutionary product that provides unique services to the market in today's technology driven world. With Esri, financial institutions such as banks could preview a property and its location, amenities available and accessibility, etc., before giving out a loan against the property.

"The application of our software portfolio enhances the potential of leading sectors in the economy. "GIS technology enables the real time management of geographical data and empowers institutions to take accurate and timely decisions. All Sri Lankan universities are now teaching GIS Technology, while some have commenced MSc courses in Geomatics. These graduates use GIS Analysis to determine areas best for agriculture, plan roads and infrastructure and help mitigate natural disasters. With Esri, they will be able to solve problems and take critical decisions that shape Sri Lanka in the decades to come." Mahawedage said.

Union Assurance now in Killinochchi

Union Assurance (UA), one of Sri Lanka's largest life and general insurance providers was the first insurer to start operations in the Northern Peninsula. Embedding its footsteps in the North, the first UA branch was opened in 2002 in Jaffna.

Ever since, the UA brand has been unstoppable and accounts for over 7 branches in the North region of the country alone.

The latest fully fledge branch in Killinochchi is equipped to provide seamless services offering to its customers.

The UA branch based in Killinochci is equipped with well trained and knowledgeable sales staff, whose task is to provide excellent service to the valued client base in Killinochchi.

Rukman Weeraratne - General Manager, Marketing and Distribution Union Assurance said, "Our goal is to provide our customers with the best possible insurance experience by always looking for ways to best partner with and support the needs of those communities in which we operate in."

University of Cambridge conducts first-ever seminar for principals

University of Cambridge International Examinations organised the first Cambridge Leaders Seminar in Colombo for principals and deputy principals from all over Sri Lanka.

With a theme of 'The Impact of Leadership on Teaching and Learning, the conference aimed to support school leaders by providing them with the knowledge and skills to deliver the best educational experience to students.

More than 100 international, private and national schools from across the island-nation participated in the event.

Sessions at the seminar included discussions on the role of the teacher as a leader, different leadership styles in diverse situations, and learning in an interconnected world.

The participants were able to build upon their expertise and learn from Cambridge's experts in the field of international education.

A not-for-profit organisation, University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge.

Schools in Sri Lanka made over 11,000 entries for Cambridge programmes and qualifications in 2011-12, seeing a rise of 18% in the past year.

Dr John Guy, Senior Education Advisor, University of Cambridge International Examinations, said: "We support schools to develop students who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged. This approach fosters active learners who have a love for learning, are self-driven and engaged at all levels with their education.

The increasing numbers of students taking our qualifications in Sri Lanka shows that schools are aware of the value of this approach and the importance of an international education in today's ultra-competitive global economy."

University of Cambridge International Examinations is the world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year olds.

Our qualifications are taken in over 160 countries and recognised by universities, education providers and employers across the world.

Asian Paints focuses on exteriors with colourful new Combinations Guide

The use of colour on the exteriors of buildings to express personality has been made easier by Asian Paints (Lanka) Limited, with the launch of a new colour guide designed exclusively for the purpose.

Titled 'Imagine Exteriors,' the new guide presents 60 selected colour combinations in the form of images of exteriors of homes instead of the customary shade card, making visualisation and decision making more interesting.

Designed to showcase the company's 'Apex Ultima' weather-proof exterior emulsion, the new guide in the handy size of a 'monitor's' exercise book, is a sequel to the hugely popular Asian Paints combinations guide for interiors released by the company in June last year.

Joseph L. Pulikottil, Asian Paints' Director/General Manager in Sri Lanka said: "Using this new guide makes the process of choosing colours fun. A user simply picks his or her favourite colour and turn to that section to see the different possible combinations."

The new guide is divided in to five sections, featuring different colour families -- Red, Yellow-Beige, Green, Blue and White.

It illustrates several eye-catching combinations for each colour family with each combination comprising of two to four shades. High quality photographs of exteriors of actual houses painted in the respective combinations, gives the user a realistic visual of the effect of the combination.

The company says the colours used in this guide were selected by architects and designers to ensure that they suit different architectural styles.

The guide also provides information on Asian Paints' full exterior products range -- Apex Ultima, Apex, ACE, Exterior Sealers, AP SEAL - WB, AP SEAL SB, AP Wall Fill and exterior wall putty.

All emulsion paints referred to in the guide are available through Asian Paints' ColourWorld outlets, the only fully automated paint dispensing platform in Sri Lanka.

These outlets offer a large range of shades and provide customers a choice of multiple brands from a single dispenser.