June 11, 2012

News Letter Sri Lanka- April 2012


   
 D'WellResearch ..... Updates on Sri Lanka 
   
 Highlights of April 2012 
 
 
 Automobile & Aviation 
 
  • Sri Lanka needs eco-friendly transport systems - Transport Deputy Minister.
  • Minister of Economic Development declared open today (21) Sri Lanka's main seaplane aerodrome in Dandugama Oya at Seeduwa,marking a significant day for the Sri Lanka Aviation sector.
 
 Healthcare & Pharmaceutical 
 
  • Maximum resources for Sri Lanka's health sector.
 
 Education 
 
  • Education sector trade unions of Sri Lanka to take action demanding solutions for long standing issues.
 
 Telecom 
 
  • Mobile telephone users in Sri Lanka have increased rapidly over 2011, with more than 105 telephone connections for every 100 people.
 
 Information Technology 
 
  • The business of IT: Sri Lanka aims for the cloud.
 
 Plastic 
 
  • Sri Lanka moves to modernize the booming plastic sector: ‘Timely step as we cross the 6 Kg per capita use,’ says Minister Rishad.
 
 Apparels 
 
  • Apparel exports from Sri Lanka may witness a slowdown this year.
 
 Agriculture 
 
  • The Government has discouraged contaminating Sri Lanka Tea with imported low quality teas for export purposes.
  • The country's maize demand is 180,000 MT per year and during harvesting of the first season a yield of 200, 000 MT have been obtained, the Economic Development Ministry said.
 
 Energy & Power 
 
  • Sri Lanka will step into hydrogen fuel era shortly, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
  • According to Power and Energy Minister of Sri Lanka Ranawaka, the country in the past generated 100 percent of its power requirements through hydropower.
 
 Tourism 
 
  • Sri Lanka has set a target of 22,500 rooms in the next five years when tourist arrivals would reach 2.5 million, and aims to turn the entire country into a tourism development zone :Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism.
  • Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 9.0 percent in April this year compared to the same period last year:Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).




 
Vol-2, Issue-3
May 2012
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