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Unilever's
medical care for Welikanda residents
A Unilever statement
said the entire idea and organisation for this social project was
initiated and undertaken by the employees of the company themselves.
A team from the organising committee comprising 10 individuals travelled
to Welikanda before deciding to carry out the project there. Welikanda
is a border village where thousands of war affected people live
without basic needs. The team was
warmly welcomed by the project manager of Mahaweli system B and
the headquarters of the 231st Army detachment at Welikanda who extended
their support to the Unilever team throughout the event. Dr. Lakshman
L. Weerasena, Chairman - Free Health Camps islandwide and his team
comprising of specialists and senior general practitioners backed
by lab technicians, pharmacists and physiotherapists provided the
medical care. Dr. N. Wijeweera
of the Dental Faculty, University of Peradeniya and his team of
dentists conducted a dental seminar and dental clinic sponsored
by Signal. Unilever Ceylon's oral care brand Signal has a proud
history of over 20 years in building good oral health care in Sri
Lanka. More than Rs.
200,000 was collected from Unilever employees while the company
contributed Rs. 250,000 worth of company goods for the project.
In addition clothes, biscuits, milk powder, toys, stationery, uniform
material were also collected from the employees. Five top performers from Welikanda at the Year Five Scholarship Exam were awarded with cash donations worth Rs. 5000 each by opening bank accounts for them to be used for their higher studies. Hemas
group help in UNICEF project The four to
five million-rupee sponsorship of ECD programmes by the Hemas group
involves a series of media advertisements focusing on this issue,
promotion of a growth chart for UNICEF, provision of educational
toys and other equipment for pre-schools and advocacy material.
Early childhood is defined as the period of a child's life from
conception to eight years. Asked whether
the sponsorship came from the "heart" of the Hemas group
or was aimed at merely promoting Hemas products, Hussein Esufally,
CEO of Hemas Holdings (Pte) Ltd said "it is from our hearts
as we have supported many similar projects in the past". Sri Lanka's corporate sector is increasing its role as a socially responsible citizen, pouring money in a range of social issues including women and children, which is the core of UNICEF's work across the world. Chinese
delegation to visit Wayamba It is headed
by Hu Chusheng, Secretary General of the Chinese Export Commodities
Fair and includes Tai Zi Long, official, Department of Asian Affairs,
Ministry of the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Su Yan,
Deputy Director, China Foreign Trade Centre and high officials of
the Chinese Embassy of Sri Lanka headed by Don Jian, First Secretary
(Economic and Commercial) and other personalities from the China
Foreign Trade Centre. The Sri Lanka-China
Business Cooperation Council of Wayamba which is affiliated to the
Wayamba Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) has organised the
visit of the delegation aimed at boosting economic and trade ties. Rohitha Bogollagama,
Minister of Industries and Athula Wijesinghe, Chief Minister of
Wayamba Province led a Sri Lankan business delegation to China in
April in a tour arranged by the WCCI. Businessmen,
industrialists and entrepreneurs who have toured China under WCCI
trips on four previous occasions are expected to meet the delegation.
The meetings may initiative prospective business links in finding
new buyers, suppliers, joint ventures, customs, shipping and logistic
issues. The WCCI is arranging another tour to the Canton Fair in China in October this year. Telecom
joint venture SLT CEO Shuhei
Anan and JKH Director Ajith Gunawardene signed the agreement at
a ceremony held in the SLT Head Office recently. "SLT and John
Keells' business relationship is very broad and deep. The network
provided by SLT to the John Keells Group is something which we all
can be proud of and has become a very powerful selling point when
we do business negotiations with foreign counterparts," Gunawardene
said. The deployment of a network management system will leverage in providing a robust network operational environment for SLTnet, in the competitive IP landscape in Sri Lanka. Further, this system will provide the ability to monitor the IP infrastructure in real time including the customer connectivity, and will also complement in Real Time Fault Reporting and Escalation, which will further enhance the customer responsiveness, according to an SLT statement. Newdale
takes Newdaliya to court The local agent
of the New Zealand Dairy Board is New Zealand Milk Lanka (Pvt) Limited.
In its complaint, the New Zealand Dairy Board wants Newdaliya Milk
products to refrain from affixing or dealing with the mark "Newdale"
"Newdaliya" or any other mark which is similar or resembles
the mark "Newdale" either visually or phonetically; and
selling, distributing or marketing yoghurt under the mark "Newdale"
"Newdaliya" or any other mark which is similar or resembles
the mark "Newdale" either visually or phonetically. The application was supported by Romesh de Silva with Harsha Amarasekera instructed by M/s Julius and Creasy. Loadstar
awarded ISO certification It was presented
to Loadstar directors by S.K. Shukla, Head of Lloyds Register of
Quality Assurance for India and Sri Lanka at a ceremony held at
the Hotel Taj Samudra. The ISO 14001 Certification is awarded for
environmental management standards compliance. Industry partners,
government officials and Loadstar employees were present at the
awards ceremony. Nihal Jinasena,
Chairman, Jinasena Group of Companies, said, "This is an extremely
prestigious award and a very significant achievement for us. We
are the first tyre manufacturer in South Asia and the first company
in the rubber industry in Sri Lanka to receive this certification.
Sustainable use of natural resources remains a key priority for
us. We want to utilise resources in an environmentally sensible
and respectful manner." To-date, the
ISO 14001 Certification has been awarded to only five companies
in Sri Lanka. The company's Ekala and Kotugoda tyre factories received
the ISO 9002 Certification in 1998. Thereafter the Midigama Tyre
Division obtained the same certification in 1999 followed by the
Midigama Track Division in 2000. The Midigama Tyre Division currently
produces solid rubber and pneumatic tyres and rubberised tracks.
Loadstar has the unique distinction of being one of only five manufacturers
of rubberised tracks globally. Loadstar (Pvt) Ltd was incorporated in 1984 as a joint venture between the Jinasena Group of Companies (JGC), Sri Lanka, and Solideal of Belgium (SB). The joint venture brought together the proven engineering and management capabilities of JGC with the technical know-how in production and the global marketing expertise of SB. |
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