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Ranil
pledges to develop provinces
"We all are Sri Lankans and I want to give a house to everyone. I will give you a house irrespective of where you live. I will establish a separate project to build houses for working people in the up-country." Mr. Wickremesinghe addressing an election rally in Bandarawela last night said. Mr. Wickremesinghe emphasised the need of standardizing all the schools as national schools. "I will develop all the schools and standardize them as national schools and provide job opportunities for the youth with means of new factories and tourist regions," he said. "We need water, electricity and infrastructure to develop these areas and I hope to get foreign aids in the development process. A fully equipped technical college will be given to every electorate to encourage the youth. We will obtain foreign aid to set up technical colleges and vocational training centres," Mr. Wickremesinghe added. Ranil Wickremesinghe pledged that he would take necessary steps to build an air port in Wellawaya next year and a harbour at Hambantota including a power station and an oil refinery. "As the JVP protested the resumption of peace talks the government was unable to obtain the 500,000 million American and the 450,000 million aid from the Tokyo Donor Conference. I will invest that money in the development process. The Indian market is 50 times larger than our market and using of the economic ties between India and Lanka we will be able to enter their market and strengthen our economy," Mr. Wickremesinghe added. "Though President Chandrika Bandaranaike began peace talks in vain I was successful in carrying it forward. I signed the CFA to stop the war including the right of the forces protecting the territorial integrity," he said. "I must thank the CWC, Upcountry People's Front and the SLMC for their cooperation to continue the peace process. I will invite the PA too to provide essential support," he added. |
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