SEC gets major contract in Qatar

The Qatar government has awarded a contract worth US$ 80 million to the State Engineering Corporation to build villas in Qatar, Construction and Engineering Services Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said.

“This is the first time a state organisation is doing business with a foreign country," he said.Senaratne was speaking at this week's launch of a trade fair of the Chamber of Construction Industry (CCI). “The CCI has already entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Sri Lankan involvement of the development taking place in Qatar, Dakshitha Thalgodapitiya,” CII CEO said. (LP)