Development of Vocational Technology through university
education
The Chancellor’ address is to illustrate the
concept and objectives of the respective university and thereafter
to indicate the progress and development each year of the
University. It has been my privilege to initiate through a
committee, the drafting of the Parliamentary Bill for the University
of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) during the period 2004/2005 when
I was the Secretary of the Ministry. The committee was fortunate
that the establishment of such a university had been the vision
quite rightly in the manifestos of all three major political parties
before the last general election.
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Persistence of poverty, inequality and ‘the system’
There is, apparently, more than meets the eye in
the ‘oceans’ of prosperity which are reportedly surrounding us here
in South and South-East Asia in the wake of the growth spurts in
several of the economies of the developing world.
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Pearl of the Indian Ocean
If there is a perfect partner for the
Philippines in what is known as the strategy of 'co-opetition', i.e.
Competing and cooperating with another country in global trade and
investment, it would be Sri Lanka, that is known as the Pearl of the
Indian Ocean as the Philippines is the Peal of the Orient Seas.
Actually, its shape is more like a pearl than the Philippines is.
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Saving prisoners from callousness
Amongst the ministries and departments that have
contributed most actively to work on the National Human Rights
Action Plan are the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reform,
and the Department of Prisons. They have explained to us the
problems they face, and have made it clear that they would welcome a
reduction in the numbers they have to take charge of. Unfortunately
that aspect of Prison Reform is not their responsibility, it comes
under the Ministry of Justice.
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