Ruwan Edirisinghe, Chairman of the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI), along with its Executive Council, congratulates His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa the new President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on his convincing and historic victory at the Presidential Election 2019.
The CNCI Chairman, while endorsing the core policies outlined in the SLPP manifesto, is hopeful that the new leadership will usher a triumphant era to the industrial and business sectors in the country. He continued that the Chamber is also happy to note the priority given for national security of the country which is the people’s expectation of the hour.
In a statement, Ruwan Edirisinghe mentioned that there are certain areas on which the local industrialists expect the urgent attention of the Government which are essential to the development of the industrial sector in the country. For instance, he highlighted that, at present the Ministry of Industry has been assigned with a number of contradicting responsibilities in its portfolio including Commerce & Trade. Further, along with the government’s continuous encouragement towards import based trade in the recent past, local industries have not received sufficient attention through the Ministry.
Thus, a dedicated Ministry for Industries will help the development of local industries. If the number of Ministries needs to be reduced, Ministry for Industries may be combined with Science & Technology.
We wish to submit our proposals to the President in due course for the development of local industries.
The Chairman of CNCI finally said that the Chamber is ready to extend its fullest cooperation to the government in its dedicated service to the nation to achieve its economic and social development objectives, to make Sri Lanka a great country to live in for all, in peace and harmony as proud Sri Lankans being one nation in one country.
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