The Island 2 Thursday 6th January, 2011 Home News Gamini J cautions against CDF in stray cattle round up BY IFHAM NIZAM electing UNP leadership Livestock and Animal Husbandry Minister Arumugam Thondaman said the Civil Defense force had been involved in a programme to to !“Dangerous move, its like eating curd with a knife” paddock an estimated more than 40,000 stray cattle in the country and hand them over to their rightful owners. ! Govt. wants LG Polls under PR system,since its unpopular - Gayantha He told The Island yesterday that they had commenced the programme from Vavuniya and it BY ZACKI JABBAR would be completed in the entire North and East ubjecting the leadership of a polit- “Personally I am opposed to Island that the Mahinda defeat, he said. which is home to a staggering number of stray ical party to an electoral process the top leadership being elected. Rajpaksa government fears “The Rajapaksa regime knows that cattle. was a dangerous move and is Unity is the key to the UNP’s holding the forthcoming local the prices of essentials would S “This is a major problem in the Nuwara Eliya bound to backfire sooner or later, the revival and I urge all members to elections under the increase further in April, resulting in UNP Chairman Gamini Jayawickrema keep this in mind.” Proportional Representation its vote base dropping drastically. This District as well. We identified pastures as alter- Perera MP said yesterday. Perera said that the spiralling System, as it had become very is the reason for it wanting to hold the nate lands for these cattle,” he added. Addressing a news conference in cost of living has left the vast unpopular. next election under the PR System.” According to UN Food and Agriculture Colombo, Perera said that conducting majority of people bitter and Even though the govern- Resorting to imports of essentials Organisation, returnees to the North are struggling polls to decide on key posts, was as dan- they were clamouring for a ment earlier pledged to into- such as onions and coconuts, which to deal with nearly 40,000 stray cattle that are gerous as “eating curd with a knife.” regime change. Unnecessary com- duce a mixture of the PR and have been traditionally grown in Sri damaging their crops. He said that long years of experi- petition at this juncture, would Gamini First Past the Post System at Lanka, was akin to locking the stable Residents say stray cattle were always ence and instincts told him that elec- only split the party. the local polls, it has now door afer the horse had bolted, but it involved in damaging cultivations in the past. tions, could only lead to instability and The UNP’s Media spokesman realised that such a procedure, was too late to stop the rot that had stifle the UNP’s progress. Gayantha Karunathillake MP, told The if implemented, would result in its set in, Karunathillake said. However, this time the damage is said to be very high, as farmers do not have enough fences to protect their crops. About 80 per cent of recently resettled house- holds in the northern districts were involved in Prof. Wijayanayake dies farming before being displaced, according to the UN. Professor Emeritus of In 1978 he joined the Despite ongoing efforts by FAO and authorities the University of Ruhuna pioneering academic staff to round up the animals, vaccinate and return ADVERTISING Ranmuthu H. Wijayanayake of the Ruhuna University them to their rightful owners, large numbers con- passed away on January 3. College and served for 23 CLASSIFIED tinue to roam freely. He was the first years. He had to over- Much of the damage is caused at night and by Professor of Chemistry, first come many challenges in large numbers of meandering herds that cannot GENERAL Head of Department of bringing up the be chased away easily, according farmers. FOR INCURABLES Chemisty, first Dean of the Department of Chemistry, According to the FAO, free-grazing cattle psychic healing. Also age Faculty of Science, and for- Faculty of Science and herds in northern Sri Lanka are nothing new, with rejuvenation or fountain mer Director of the Ruhuna Ruhuna University of youth. Herbert M. normal herds averaging between 20 and 100 ani- Magus. 077-1119521 University College. He was a great College to the present status. His mals and sometimes as many as 300. teacher, a dedicated researcher yeomen service to the Faculty of To date, the FAO programme to round up the and a successful administrator till Science cannot simply be meas- EMPLOYMENT stray herds has delivered about 20,000 animals to retired from university service in ured by the years he spent at their owners. AVAILABLE 2001. Ruhuna. EXPERIENCE — Driv- ers, housemaids, baby- sitters, cooks, attend- LLRC... From page 1 ants, available. Please contact: Srimali discredit the presidential commis- sion in the Boosa detention facility Navy arrests 40 Manpowers, Goodshed This is the state of the Bloemendhal Road today. The construction workers and sion. The LLRC had always conduct- was a special case. “Even though the Road, Kalutara South, their supervisors with their machines parked on the road, block the smooth move- ed its work in a transparent manner Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation 034-5678094, 077- since launch of public sittings last Commission is an autonomous and conch shell hunters 9834255. ment of both pedestriItans and vehicles. August in Colombo, the spokesperson independent body deriving authority said. from a Presidential Warrant, the The spokesman said: “It is a well Commission, too, had obtained prior known fact that all sessions so far permission from relevant authorities conducted at the Kadirgamar Institute to enter and interview detainees. It is in Colombo were open. All of the ses- vital for all institutions to abide by the sions so far conducted in the districts laws of the land. Within this proviso, of Batticaloa, Jaffna, Kilinochchi, and subject to the wishes of the per- Mullaitivu, Trincomalee, and Vauniya son giving evidence, the Commission likewise have been public sessions. assures the Media that it will, as done At all these venues, the members of before, continue to facilitate open and the public and the media had open free access to all public sessions.” The Navy yesterday captured a large and free access to the sessions. “With regard to Boosa, it is also number oxygen cylinders and other At some of these sessions, during appropriate to understand that appliances used by divers hunting SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA intermissions the representatives of detainees have rights to privacy under for conch shells illegally in the deep the media were seen chatting with domestic and international law and seas off the Kalpitiya coast. persons who came to give evidence. hence detainees would have the right Even some members of the diplomat- to decide whether they should be Rapid Action Boat Squadron (RABS) ic corps attended sessions of their publicly exposed or not.” personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya CONVOCATION 2010 own choosing in Colombo and in the The LLRC assures the general RABS Headquarters and Norochcholai districts. It is only when the person public of Sri Lanka that notwithstand- Naval Deployment in the North- giving evidence requested confiden- ing the presence or not of the media, Western Naval Command arrested 40 The Thirteenth Convocation of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka will be held on tiality that sessions were held in cam- the Commission will give voice to the persons for illegally diving for conch 29th January 2011 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, era. These were very few of them concerns of detainees (in Boosa), and shells in the seas off Norochcholai on Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07. indeed.” consider their representations seri- January 4. They seized 133 oxygen cylin- According to the LLRC, the ses- ously and impartially. (SF) ders used by the divers. The arrested 02. Those graduands who have passed the final examinations conducted by following faculties persons along with the diving equip- National... From page 1 ment and 297 conch shells were handed of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka in 2010, are eligible for the conferment of over to Assistant Fisheries Director degree at this convocation. LLRC raised the issue of para- Douglas Devananda. Puttlam for legal action. military personnel and armed gangs Some of those who appeared The apprehended items include: (a) Faculty of Agricultural Sciences with Sivanesanthurai before the LLRC called for recruit- Conch Shells 297, Oxygen Cylinders 133, Chandrakanthan alias Pillaiyan, ment of Tamil speaking personnel Diving Fins 27, Diving Masks 22, (b) Faculty of Applied Sciences Chief Minister of the Eastern not only to the police but the armed Regulators 24, GPS 4, Fibre Glass Province and EPDP Leader Minister forces as well. (c) Faculty of Geomatics Dinghies 15, OBMs 15.

(d) Faculty of Management Studies SAMPATH BANK PLC President... From page 1 (Formerly known as Sampath Bank Ltd.) (e) Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank PLC under Section 04 of the The UPFA also accommodated the Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) Act No 04 of 1990. EPDP in the government and recently (f) Sri Lanka Military Academy - Diyathalawa S & S MARKETING SERVICES - A/C NO. 0031 1000 3632 engineered the defection of an eight- At a meeting held on 29th November 2010 by the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank member SLMC group to the SLFP-led 03. Apply for the Convocation PLC it was resolved specially and unanimously : coalition. Whereas Sampathawaduge Stanislaus Athenisius Merceleline De Silva being the Sources said that in line with Sole Proprietor of the business carried on in the Democratic Socialist Republic For the conferment of degrees, the eligible graduands of the all faculties are of Sri Lanka under the name and style of “S & S Marketing Services” as the President Rajapaksa’s strategy, the SLFP requested to present and supplicate to the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka Obligor has made default in the repayment of the credit facility granted against would step up political activity in the the security of the property and premises morefully described in the Schedule Northern and Eastern Provinces ahead on 10th, 11th, 12th January 2011. Prescribed form can be obtained from the hereto mortgaged and hypothecated by the Mortgage Bond Nos. 802 and 804 both dated 14 November 2007 and attested by C G Bandara of Colombo Notary of the forthcoming mini polls. The Examinations Branch. Public in favour of Sampath Bank PLC holding Company No. PQ 144 and there UPFA’s poor performance at the last pres- is now due and owing on the said Bond Nos. 802 and 804 to Sampath Bank PLC idential election and the subsequent par- aforesaid as at 21 October 2010 a sum of Rupees Two Million Six Hundred and 04. Fees should be paid Seventy Nine Thousand Sixty Seven and Cents Seventy One Only (Rs. 2,679,067/ liamentary polls highlighted the urgent 71) of lawful money of Sri Lanka being the total amount outstanding on the said need for the SLFP to revive and strength- The following fees should be paid and attach receipt to the application Bonds and the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank PLC aforesaid under the en its machinery in that part of the coun- powers vested by the Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) Act No. try. 04 of 1990 do hereby resolve that the property and premises morefully described 1. Registration fee with Refundable Deposit (500/-) Rs. 1500.00 in the Schedule hereto mortgaged to Sampath Bank PLC aforesaid as security for the said credit facility by the said Bonds bearing Nos.802 and 804 to be sold 2. Registration fee payable by the graduates in Public Auction by P K E Senapathie Licensed Auctioneer of Colombo for the DEATH recovery of the said sum of Rupees Two Million Six Hundred and Seventy Nine KADAWATHARATCHIE – CHAN- who wish the degree to be conferred in absentia Rs. 500.00 Thousand Sixty Seven and Cents Seventy One Only (Rs. 2,679,067/71) together with further interest on a sum of Rupees Two Million Four Hundred and Thirty DRA. Beloved wife of Somapala Nine Thousand Two Hundred Only (Rs. 2,439,200/-) at the rate of Sixteen decimal Kadawatharatchie, loving mother of 4. Method of Payment Six per centum (16.6%) per annum from 22 October 2010 to date of satisfaction of the total debt due upon the said Bonds bearing Nos.802 and 804 together with Niral, Dhammikaa & Yamuna, mother- costs of advertising and other charges incurred less payments (if any) since in-law of Neeran, Sirimevan & Ajith, The above payments can be made to the Shroff of the University or any branch of the received. Bank of Ceylon to the credit of the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Current A/C THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO grandmother of Dhananjee, All that divided and defined allotment of land marked Lot 1 depicted in Plan No. Dhanushka, Chinthaka, Bimani & No. 000 2246976 at the Balangoda Branch, using the paying in vouchers. 1868 dated 19 February 1987 made by T C R Fernando Licensed Surveyor of the land called “KADJUGAHAWATTA, KADJUGAHAOWITA & KADJUGAHAWATTA” Yuvini, passed away. Cortege leaves Supplications received after 12th January 2011 will not be accepted under any together with the soil, trees, plantations and everything else standing thereon residence at 2.00 p.m. on Thursday, 6th and together with all rights, ways, privileges, easements, servitudes and January 2011. Cremation at the circumstances and degrees will be awarded in absentia appurtenances thereto belonging bearing Asst. No. 45/2, Laxapathiya Road situated at Laxapathiya in the Palle Pattu of Salpiti Korale within the Municipal General Cemetery, Borella at 3.00 p.m. Council Limits of Moratuwa in the District of Colombo Western Province and which No. 28, Victory Gardens, For more details contact Senior Asst. Registrar/Examinations 045-2280033 or log on to said Lot 1 is bounded on the NORTH by premises bearing Assessment No. 37/2, university website www. sab.ac.Ik Laxapathiya Road on the EAST by reservation for road marked as Lot 5 in Plan Hokandara Road, Hokandara, No. 129 on the SOUTH by portion of the same land depicted as Lots 3 and 4 in Thalawathugoda. Plan No. 1288 and on the WEST by premises bearing Assessment No. 43 / 1, Registrar Laxapathiya Road and Premises No. 41/1, Laxapathiya Road and containing in extent Nineteen decimal Two Five Perches (A0-R0-P19.25) according to the said Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka Plan No.1868 and Registered in M 3101/52 at the Land Registry Delkanda. A.F. RAYMOND LTD. Together with the right of way over and along; FUNERAL DIRECTORS 04.01.2011 Lot 5 (reservation for Road 10 feet wide) in the Plan No. 129 dated 17th July 1958 SILENTLY SERVING THE NATION made by B. F. Gomes Licensed Surveyor. Phone: 693737 / 8, 694474. 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