With regard to the article under the above headline appearing in the May 1 issue of the Business Times, Azeez Mubarak, Director/CEO, Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has said some of the statements contained in the report were not made by him. These statements are: ".....but none is happening in Sri Lanka, where everything is dependent on senseless political vision"; "looking after intellectuals in Sri Lanka is confined to lip service"; "over the years after independence, while intellectuals became an ordinary class political domination took precedence to the extent that people identifying politicians as tyrants"; and"...but today universities in Sri Lanka appear to be in utter disarray".
Business Editor: Our reporter says these comments came from others he had spoken to in connection with the story and should not be interpreted as comments made by Mr Mubarak. We apologise to Mr Mubarak for any embarassment caused. |
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