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Letters to the Editor Archive - 1997

May - August 1997

• 24th August 1997
  The Draft Constitution and Devolution of Power * Have they forgotten the local students? * The International School phobia * 'Women only' seats in buses * We're not bat catchers! * Sri Lanka's magnificient achievement * How can anyone be so cruel? * Mudliyar's views very true * Nehru's unknown hero was K. C. Nadarajah * Tissa Balasuriya and the Catholic Church
• 17th August 1997
  Garbage mess goes on forever * Noel Crusz replies Ms Fonseka * Shocking experience no wonder! * Clean the inner chamber, Mr. Mayor * Politicians and Professionals * The "Pass System" in Vavuniya * Palaces and poor suffering people
• 10th August 1997
  Tax administration - Impact on the private sector * Appeal for reconciliation * Harassment of Iqbal Athas * It’s unfair and unjust criticism * Hypocrites * Give us some decent English films * Bus Route No. 132 * Buses without First Aid boxes
• 3rd August 1997
  To that unsung ‘Letchumie’ * Shocking experience * What a pathetic display! * Pathway grabbed * Can English be that link to peace? * Show some respect * Katunayake Expressway: other side of the story
• 27h July 1997
  Putting tourism on a higher gear * Hats off to Fowzie * This is not a remedy but a hazard * Cricket, not so lovely cricket * Is this necessary? * Why this callous attitude? * The Church cannot be destroyed * Please explain * Trust the people, and they will trust you * Regulate school bus service * Stop taxing us!
• 20th July 1997
  Don’t “little people” matter anymore? * Deforming democracy * Pleasant surprise * All’s not well in city * National Paper Company is now a white elephant * The danger is real * There’s more to it than lessons at school
• 13th July 1997
  That point of no return is close at hand * They give the best of east and west * Is this democracy? * The sun sets for Britain * Who betrays whom? * It is public money * Thank you doctor * Blood, sweat and tears
• 6th July 1997
  This inequality has got to end * Lankan students beware! * Stop this 'law of the jungle' * Shady deals? * Punish those who are guilty * He too deserves an award! * Maintaining Telecom services * Solutions to a burning problem
• 29th June1997
  Don’t waste time on a futile exercise * What a mess! * Teach them the value of human life * It was absurd! * On the right track * Stop this political interference * Show Prabha the path to peace * Punish these cheats * Big project and poor planning
• 22nd June1997
  We swallow it all hook, line and sinker * Wake up before it’s too late! * A big bouquet to unity * Hell of a hole! * A grave error * Why the blues? * Don’t torture our children * Skeleton in the Bard’s wardrobe
• 15th June1997
  Shock treatment for Srimani * This town of misery * It doesn't hurt to be polite * Why this indifference? * Preventive methods best remedy * No such thing as a tame lion * There's lot to learn * Stop this unfair taboo * A notch for every kill
• 8th June1997
  Terrorism - wipe it out now! * Stop living in an utopia * De-nicotinized cigarettes * Pondering on sleep * We must not malign the dead * Bio-gas plants for cheaper gas * It’s time to take some action * Fit for the garbage dump * Shift this t’phone post * Lovely as a tree... * Inter-racial marriages: solution and problems
• 1st June 1997
  Giving immoral behaviour a sense of respectability * They must learn to live with satire * Stop this holier than thou approach * Where have we gone wrong? * Indifference all the way * Who cares for these commuters? * When ignorance is harmful * Auspicious times - a myth? * Worm infested chocolate for sale? * All is not tickety-boo down under
• 18th May 1997
  May peace and unity dawn! * Let the people decide * Noble practice of neutrality is no more * Nobody cares * Bring in some outsiders * Of roads and booby traps * Those greedy landlords *
• 11th May 1997
  Where do we stand? * No food, clothing, shelter and now no education too * Disturbing trend * Isn’t it plain vanity? * Amnesty International and those ‘disappearing’ Tamils * In search of a ‘Home?’ * Those road maniacs * Far from the truth * Jane Russell: that infamous deportation * Let’s play positive cricket without excuses
• 4th May 1997
  Let’s give it a chance * Taleban and historic monuments * Wake up, before it’s too late * Don’t waste precious water * It’s also a kind of racism * You have very little to be content about * Time to give relief to suffering rate payers * What a shame! * Let’s traverse the correct path

January - April 1997

• 27th April 1997
  'To hell with the rest - I got ahead' * Turn folly to unity and hatred to love * Why do doctors behave this way? * In fairness to foreign qualified medical grads * May Day: a comrade remembers * Stop this golfing project * Down memory lane let us tread
• 20th April 1997
  An answer to our prayers * Package lands Tamils in boiling water * Give him a better office * Resolution of the ethnic conflict * Noble statesmanship * The Arsakularatne saga * Why this discrimination? * “Sing a song of sixth sense” * Death Anniversaries * The ‘Seshan’ lecture on democracy * Freedom is being what you are
• 13th April 1997
  Our roads belong to all of us * Was it really free and fair? Duty-free vehicles * Influx of foreign qualified medical graduates * AG's comments cause concern * Travesty of justice in the Middle Ages * The Saga of the Koha* Captain George Ferdinand - a man of valour
• 6th April 1997
  Political tampering with the Police * PA on the correct path * Character assassination that didn't pay off Give us the chance to see 'English Patient' * Woes at Vavuniya Nagoya of Sri Lanka * Allow appeals to the Third Umpire It's not the first time * The ‘Third Force’ * Mr. Professor, you are in dreamland * Sri Lanka cricket: living in a fool's paradise
• 30th March 1997
  * Shame! 'Press Freedom' and children's rights * Politics, education and the best school of all * What a bizarre situation? * End this madness * That horrible poster * The sham test and interview * A dumping ground * Blocking of side drains in Galle MC area * How to enjoy old age * Chidren have to go home when it rains * Thoughts at Easter-tide
• 23rd March 1997
  * Management by crisis * No guide * Amend the Debt Conciliation * Come to Mother Lanka's aid * Unprotected crossings * Stop this slaughter * An open letter to the President * Law Faculty versus Law College
• 16th March 1997
  * Child abuse: parents must take full responsibility * New Petrol: what's that stink? * A way to arrest sea erosion in Negombo * Mad world of motorists: a jungle of animals gone haywire * Moratuwa needs a face lift badly
• 9th March 1997
  * Parties and local govt. Elections * Give them the heel * Solar power in Sri Lanka * Fate of the pensioners * Give duty-free vehicles for Lankans in ME * Simple way to prevent pedestrian accidents * 'Classics' in the annals of Parliament * Let us live without fear * Stop this menace •The impact of the BASL elections * University admissions - 1996/97 unfair * Wish you the very best * Congratulations
• 2nd March 1997




*Preserve our flora and fauna * Who is afraid of traffic lights? * Pensioners unite! * Jaffna schools taught Sinhala even before Independence. * Ruwan: out without appeal * Private Sector Pension schemes * Discrimination on age in private hospitals? * The passport to Pastport Office * Kos, del and pol: who the hell eats these? *We thank the President

• 23rd February 1997
  End perks to politicians and crooks will go * Education running on old grooves * We need a green city * Wires crossed in the telecom field * Let there be light * English instructors - something amiss * Pensioners to the fore * Broken promises broken again * Closures will be more harmful * Are they professional managers? * Keep politics out of Eid * Where is Premadasa Stadium?
• 16th February 1997
  Same old dirty story * Aristotle, the Profession and the Package * Suppression of Gorse in Horton Plains * Jak, del and pol * Are Christians being * May the Holy Spirit guide Fr. Balasuriya and his loyalists * Public displays of private acts * You have not properly studied the issue * SLAS is a cadre of professional Managers
• 9th February 1997
  People do not know their representatives * 'The Communique does not evidently reflect the opinion of each and every OblatePERC is not in the cockpit m* Touts control passport office * Time to open our eyes * Who felled these trees? * Not done sir * Sad for the whole Church * Sirima-Shastri Pact * May truth prevail in Sri Lanka * We'll wake up when the time is ripe
• 2nd February 1997
  Let the punishment fit the crime * Compassion and love are two different things * Aristotle and the Package * Senior Forest official says: * Doctor, is it infra dig? * Can't they be taught better English? * We need no Treaty * Local Government polls * A call to dedicated service * Trust
• 26th January 1997
  People! Wake up! * "Yes Sir" SLAS and the Black Sheep * "I'll go to hell with Fr. Balasuriya" * The future of our wildlife? * Gorse in the Horton Plains * Cricket Board should revise its constitution
• 19th January 1997
  Child abuse: a growing social problem * CEB: Shock after shock * Media and Cricket Board Officialdom * Organise a fortnightly lottery to build more homes for elders * Gas: up the garden path * Sale: a scalp for just Rs 1000
• 12th January 1997
  Party rivalry goes beyond bounds of decency * "Bindusara" for Pensioners? * Vavuniya as a Peace Zone? * Make-up and Muslim women * No beauty without flames * Open letter to cinema owners * New vehicle numbers: the cost factor * Code: post-haste
• 5th January 1997
  Paedophile menace: do it the Belgian way * Fairytale talks of the Central Bank * New year resolutions * Dehiwela zoo can attract tourists * Growing sugar cane in elephant country * A Welcome Committee * Caring hospital staff * Intercoolers with bus numbers * I only bear witness to the truth, says priest

Letters to the Editor in issues of 1996

• September - December 1996
• May - August 1996
• February - April 1996

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