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DEVELOPMENT SUPIRI VASANA SATURDAY MAHAJANA JAYAVIRU JAYODA VASANA SAMPATHA GOVI SETHA FORTUNE FORTUNE SAMPATHA SUWASETHA Draw No: 330 Draw No: 832 Draw SAMPATHA Draw No: 1763 Draw No: 288 Draw No: 636 Date: 15 - 11- 2006 Draw No.575 Date: 17- 11 - 2006 Date: 08-11-2006 Date: 17-11-2006 Draw No.370 Date: 18-11-2006 Date: 13 -11-2006 Date: 09-11-2006 Draw No. 22 Bonus No. 40 Date: 13-11-2006 Draw No. 1872 Winning Nos: Symbol: Gemini Date:18.11.2006 Winning Nos: Super No:26 Winning Nos. Winning Nos: Winning Nos : Winning Nos: Winnings Nos Winning Nos. R 24-27-44-56 Winning Nos. 05-33-39-69 02-24-41-46-54 2 0 3 7 9 4 10-25-44-51 J-20-30-43-62 J-4-2-7-3-8-5 01-47-49-54 Q-04-11-15-16 Super No.06 In Parliament on Friday – Budget debate Special unit to monitor imports By subjecting the purchase of fertilizer, drugs and food for stringent auditing the government could save Rs 300 million next year, Treasury Budget has dwelt only on Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera said. This was announced by President Mahinda Rajapakse dur- ing his recent Budget speech. The Government spends a massive Rs 300 billion a year for the import of these items but there unreal proposals - Bandula had not been any strict audit checks. A special unit would be set up within the Auditor General’s Department to monitor these imports. by Wijitha Nakkawita and Dr. P. B. Jayasundara, going to the extent 7 percent while sectors like Industry and he said. Dr.Jayasundera told this yesterday address- Lakshmi de Silva of punning on the name Jayasundara, and agriculture also recorded similar rates of According to the Central Bank report, ing tax officials. Opening the Budget debate for the accused him misleading President growth. growth in Agriculture, Industry, foreign Opposition in Parliament on Friday (17) Mahinda Rajapakse to draw up the Budget The Budget has allocated the highest employment and the services sectors were UNP Colombo District member on unreal Budget. amounts for education, higher education the results of well planned national eco- UNP holds... From page 1 Bandula Gunawardana said the For example, he said Mahinda and health while the mid-day meal has nomic policy. It was not possible for the Members of the Jayasuriya faction who Government Budget did not address the Chinthana policy claimed 4.8 million been given to children in the poorest UNP to say that the growth figures were absented themselvesincluded S. B. Dissanayake realities of the macro economic state of school children were to be given a mid-day regions. incorrect. There were also a number of G. L. Peiris, Rajitha Senaratne, Navin the country but dwelt on unreal proposals meal in schools but only six percent of The UNP member had asked the gov- development programmes like Gama Dissanayake, Mahinda Wijesekera, Bandula like the Samurdhi Poverty Alleviation that number of children actually received ernment to reduce the percentage of peo- Naguma or Gemi Piyasa which were Gunawardena P. Dayaratne, R. M. Dharmadasa scheme which had not resulted in reduc- the free mid-day meal. Even President ple receiving Samurdhi. implemented from last year and the peo- Banda, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, Milinda ing poverty but increasing it. The actual Premadasa wanted to give the mid-day Though member Bandula ple were aware of the progress. Moragoda, M. H. M. Maharoof, Ranjith Madduma poor people in the country was only about meal but he too cold not do it. Gunawardana criticised the government Deputy Minister of Finance Ranjith Bandara,Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Imtiaz 25 percent but the Samurdhi scheme is Gunawardana said the employment for not being able to give graduates Siyambalapitiya said the positive results Bakeer Markar and Mano Wijeratne. being extended to 50 scheme for unemployed graduates was employment it was the present govern- of the policies of the Government in percent of the peo- also another broken promise. ment that continued the Graduate employ- encouraging national productivity result- Robbed ... From page 1 Classified ple. This is only for He said the percentage of unemploy- ment scheme while the UNP was not able ed in the self sufficiency of rice by a senior police officer said, “they employ one political expediency ment given in the Budget at 6.2 was also to give a single job during the UNP October this year in addition to self suffi- person from the area where they plan to commit a Advertising and to catch votes. unreal as the unemployment percentage regime, he said. ciency in B onions. As seen in the current crime and he is paid a commission.” Bandula of the North and East had been ignored in He said the Government was able to Besides gems and jewellery, the police also the Budget. He said the UNP will not allocate funds for such mega projects like year the plan to encourage national enter- FINANCIAL Gunawardana took into custody a three wheeler and seven broke from the par- oppose the Budget but critically support the Norachcholai and Upper Kotmale prise will be continued under the provi- mobile phones. ACCEPT foreign cur- liamentary tradi- it. power generation projects. The highest sions made in the budget 2007. The suspects, produced before the Panwila rency. Niketh Money Ex- tion aiming his crit- Minister of Healthcare and allocation of funds for infrastructure He said there was a growth of 50 per- Courts, were remanded pending further investiga- change and Western Un- Nutrition and Leader of the House development provides for highways roads cent in the fisheries, tourist arrivals had tions conducted by OIC Wattegedera IP Chinthaka ion Money Transfer. No. icism on the 3-25 (3rd Floor) Majes- Secretary to the Nimal Siripala de Silva said the macro- and a second international airport which increased by 5 percent while there was 31 Bandara and SI Chandrasekera. More arrests are tic City, Bambalapitiya. Finance Ministry economic growth in the current year was were the basis for a higher rate of growth, percent increase in the import of new likely to be made in the next few days, according T.P. 4527244. vehicles. The banking and finance sector to the police. recorded a growth rate of 43 percent and From the growth in exports was also 23 percent Earthslips... page 1 GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST during the current year. The Kandy-Kurunegala main road has been UNP member Bandula Gunawardana’s obstructed at twenty places due earthslips, accord- speech was marked with terms he uses in ing to the police. An earthslip also disrupted vehic- REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA ular traffic on the Kandy-Mahiyangana road. the tuition classes and the arguments he The continual torrential rains experienced had used were what he repeats in all his here are expected to aggravate the situation and MINISTRY OF HIGHWAYS speeches. Though there are some short- all state institutions have been alerted to possible comings, the policy of President disasters, a spokesman for the Central Provincial Rajapakse aims to achieve development. Council told The Island and requested the public ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY not to panic but to be vigilant.

Lanka won’t... From page 1 REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS Sea Tigers had commandeered the craft after Representatives from the Indian High transferring Sekar’s colleagues to one of their craft. Commission last week visited the suspect. The gov- FOR THE YEAR 2007 Sekar had claimed that LTTE cadres kept him. ernment requested the Indian HC to send him Although Sekar denied any knowledge of trans- home. fer of any cargo to his trawler, Sri Lankan authorities There is peculation that Sea Tigers are using think otherwise. “He could not have been unaware of Indian trawlers to smuggle in arms consignments. A The Road Development Authority (RDA) of the Ministry of Highways intends to register Contractors the happenings,” an authoritative official said. He series of confrontations between the SLN and Sea for the execution of the road and bridge work to be undertaken by the RDA, during the year 2007. expressed belief that Indian authorities would probe Tigers in the Gulf of Mannar this year points to this Sekar’s claims. Under interrogation, Sekar claimed possibility. Authoritative sources said that if India Interested parties shall obtain the Application Forms available in the office of the Director (Maintenance that several fishermen had been abducted by Sea stepped up naval patrols in the Gulf of Mannar it Tigers. “Their families are in a poor state. Sea Tigers would certainly deliver a knock out blow to Sea Management & Construction), Road Development Authority, 1st Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, forcibly take our fuel, seize craft and destroy nets. Tiger operations. and the Provincial Director’s Offices given below during office hours, on the payment of a non- refundable fee of Rs.1000/- plus VAT. MR vows... From page 1 During his 35-minute address, the President The President dismissed the perception that devel- 1. Provincial Director (Western Province), Road Development Authority, Torrington Square, Col. 07. assured the nation that the security forces would opment programmes could not take place due to war. “I 2. Provincial Director (Southern Province), Road Development Authority, Meddewatta, Matara. respond to the threat posed by the LTTE. “Have we don’t believe in this,” he said, expressing confidence given in to LTTE terrorism? Have we compelled the that development could take place despite growing 3. Provincial Director (Central Province), Road Development Authority, Asgiriya, Kandy. security forces to bow down to pressure?” he asked. allocations for defence. He also said that his govern- The President said that the LTTE would not be allowed ment proved that the economy could progress without 4. Provincial Director (Sabaragamuwa Province), Road Development Authority, Ratnapura. to take the Eastern Province Muslims hostage. He selling national assets. asserted that that LTTE activity in the East had been Aviation Minister Mangala Samaraweera 5. Provincial Director (North Western Province), Road Development Authority, Kurunegala. restricted with security forces taking the upper hand. expressed belief that the airport project could be com- 6. Provincial Director (North Central Province), Road Development Authority, Anuradhapura. He expressed satisfaction over his efforts to pleted before November 2009. He told the gathering secure the support of the JVP and UNP to tackle con- that the project would be among a series of major pro- 7. Provincial Director (Uva Province), Road Development Authority, Bandarawela. tentious issues facing the country. This would be of piv- grammes which would be undertaken by Rajapakse’s otal importance, he said, pointing out that D. S. administration during the next ten years. The ten-year 8. Provincial Director (North East - North Province), Road Development Authority, Vavuniya. Senenayake and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike dreamt of programme outlined in Rajapakse’s second Budget the major political parties co-operating on national presented last Thursday, would bring benefits to all 9. Provincial Director (North East - East Province), Road Development Authority, Batticaloa. issues. provinces including the North and East, he said. (SF) 10. Additional Provincial Director (North East - East Province), Road Development Authority, Akkaraipattu. UNP Reformists... From page 1 After several rounds of discussions with the was ploy to avoid reforms. The completed Application Forms should be submitted to the following address under Reformists, the UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe It was blatantly undemocratic for the UNP lead- registered post, on or before 31.12.2006. had appointed a committee, chaired by UNP MP ership to veto a unanimous decision by the party’s John Ameratunga, to look into the proposed 85-member Working Committee to consider the Director (Maintenance Management & Construction) reforms. Subsequently, on the day of the Working reforms, the Reformists said. Road Development Authority Committee meeting on Nov. 08, it had been unani- They vowed to continue their struggle to mously resolved by the Working Committee that the democratize the party. “We will take our campaign “Sethsiripaya” Battaramulla reforms be implemented after being presented to to the grassroots and leave no stone unturned in our the party’s National Convention. But later, the lead- efforts to revitalize the party and enable it to func- Please write “Application for the Registration of Contractors” on the left hand top corner of the envelope. ership had reneged on its promise to consider the tion as a strong organization of the people, the way proposed reforms. it used to be,” they said adding, “we have nothing For additional details, please contact the Maintenance Management and Construction Division of the A lawyer appointed by the party leader had, the against Mr. Wickremesinghe, but we are doing this Road Development Authority over 011-2864804, during office hours. Any application submitted after Reformists said, claimed that the proposed reforms for the good of the party. Enough is enough!” they 19.12.2006 will not be accepted strictly for registration. did not conform to the UNP constitution. They said it said. All applicants should be currently registered with the ICTAD under the categories of either ‘Roads’ or Naval... From page 1 ‘Bridges’. The missing officer had served on the former Navy Headquarters secured a place for him at the Navy Chief’s staff before taking up an appointment in Batalanda Staff College. This had been done outside The applicants with the ICTAD Registration Grades M1 to M4 will be allowed to bid for works carried the northern theatre of operations. He had moved laid down procedures, well informed sources said. out in any part of the country. The applicants with the ICTAD Registration Grades M5 and below will with Sandagiri when he assumed the office of Chief Rajapakse set up a Commission after an alleged of Defence Staff. attempt to acquire discarded British cannon for Fast be allowed to bid only for works carried out in the district for which they are registered in the RDA. The Island learns that he had been found guilty Attack Craft (FACs). The controversy over the of supplying ammunition for a sniper weapon, efforts, initiated in 2002, to upgrade the main arma- Applicants with Grades M5 and below can register for only one district. allegedly in the hands of a sailor on the payroll of a ment, divided the navy with a section seeking presi- politician. The sailor is believed to have decamped dential intervention to thwart the deal. The GENERAL MANAGER with the weapon during a major LTTE offensive in the Commission also investigated the acquisition of ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vanni in late 90s. Although he claimed the weapon FACs, which were not built to the original specifica- was lost during the withdrawal from their forward tions. Speculation is rife is that the government ‘SETHSIRIPAYA’, BATTARAMULLA. positions, subsequent inquiries revealed the theft. would consider further action based on the Despite his alleged involvement in the cover up, Commission report.