The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has planned a calendar full of events to celebrate its upcoming 60th year of operations since its establishment on August 28, 1950. According to the CBSL website, events have been scheduled from May 2010 and stretch well into February 2011 including an anniversary oration, issuing a commemorative stamp and a new series of circulation notes, a special publication and religious, sports and cultural events.
The CBSL will also be hosting a South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) training courses on macroeconomic and monetary policy management as well as regulation and supervision of micro finance institutions. In addition, the CBSL will host the SEACEN Governors’ Conference scheduled for February 18, 2011 and will also be issuing a commemorative coin on the same day.
The website states that since 1950, the CBSL has been functioning as the apex financial body in Sri Lanka committed to maintaining the price and economic stability and financial system stability in the economy. John Exter, Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon, as the CBSL was known in 1950 said ‘we are sobered by the thought of the great responsibility which we now have towards the people of Ceylon.
Shouldering that responsibility does not seem to us to call for any celebration. The time for celebration is 10 or 15 years after when the Central Bank of Ceylon will look back on its achievements. At this moment we can only be filled with high hopes and good intentions...’ |
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