4 Tuesday 2nd June, 2009 The Island More News Page Four !Allocation of houses to Muslims only Thailand donates Golden SC declares thera’s FR violated Buddha Statue by Chitra Weerarathne respect of the right to equality before The Divisional Secret ary The Deputy Solicitor General Mrs. On a request the law, the right to freedom from A m p arai is the first respondent. Bimba J. Tilakaratne appeared for the made by Ven. The Supreme Court yesterday discrimination on ethnic The Court said that the st and State. Prassanthalal de Alwis appeared Saddharma Keerthi declared in judgement that the alloca - grounds and a violation of the taken by the Minister in charge for the Deegavapee Sangarakshana Shree Badulle tion of 500 houses in the vicinity of the right to abide by a religion of of Land Allocation Mrs. Ashroff Sabhava. The judgement was by the Mahanama Thero, Deegavapiya Raja Maha Viharaya to choice. that these houses were allocat - Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva with Thailand has sent Muslims only, was a violation of the fun - The petitioner had com - ed to tsunami victims could Justice N. G. Amaratunga and Justice Kotikawatte damental right s of petitioner , the plained that not a single not be accepted by Court. K. Srip avan agreeing. Nagarukkaramaya Mahanayake Thera of the p articular Buddhist Sinhala family was allo - Manohara de Silva PC appeared Temple a magnifi - Raja Maha Viharaya. cated a house in the selection process, for the petitioner , the Chief Incumbent cent 14f t high beauti - The Court said that the violation is in which he said was mala-fide. Thera of the Raja Maha Viharaya. fully decorated very valuable Buddha Statue with pure intention of propegating , p artic- ularly considering the contribution Transport Zone in Nagarukkaramaya has made in this regard. The Buddha Statue belonged to Tarn-En Temple of A yudhya Thailand and Pettah to link bus Ven. Mahanayake Thero - Phrakrasamu Jirayu Athichanto. Also it donated relics to the Nagarukkaramaya. The opening cere- mony of the Golden Buddha Statue is and train services scheduled for 6th Saturday, June 2009 & Relics will be exposed for three days and some from Bastian place. For by Don Asoka Wijewardena st arting from June 7th to 9th. (Poson the benefit of commuters this Poyaday and 2 days following Poson The National Transport decision was taken and this new Poya day) at the Temple. Commission (NTC) will acquire the setup would be extremely usuful The magnificent golden st atue with Bastian Place private bus stand and convenient to thousands of precious and semi precious stone deco - situated in the property belonging people who travel to ration is p articularly dif ferent to Sri to the Ceylon Government daily. Lankan statues and Thailand s temple mentioned that it is a mix of Ghandharan Railwaya and set up a Minister Alahapperuma said that the present condi- and Thai cultures of Buddha st atue sculp - Transport Zone linking ture. The Statue is 14f t in height and 7f t tions at the Pettah Central Colombo Fort railway station, in wid th and it s cost in invaluable. Pettah Central Bus Stand and Bus Stand left much to be It depict s the image of subduing Bastian Place private bus desired because water stag- . Prakrusamu Jirayu aimed to show stand in one place, the nation during rainy days, pot his gratitude to since Sri Lanka holes, unauthorized struc- is the greatest country from where Transport Ministry said. UNP and Opposition leader , Deputy Leader , and Transport Minister Dallas tures and prostitutes had Buddhism spread to Thailand. In addition, chief incumbent of Gangaramaya Galaboda Gnanissara thera commences a Bodhi Pooja Alahaperruma told The Island Dallas been tarnished the image of it Buddhism of Ceylon era of Sri Lanka is their role model of . that the principal aim of the the government owned place. organized by the party to commemorate fallen war heroes and UNP leaders killed by the In the near future the Central Bus LTTE and to invoke blessings on their family members at the Gangaramaya in Colombo yes- As Sri Lanka has helped to make Thai government was to facilitate all people to have a very happy and peace- Stand would be refurbished with transport systems at one place for terday (1). Pic by Sajith Jayasekera. ful life, underst anding the depth of the convenience of commuters and all the required facilities. Buddhism, Wat Tar-En temple decided arrangements would be made to He also said that the modern- that this is a great opportunity for them to commence and end journeys of all ization project of the Bastian place pay gratitude in return to Sri Lanka and long distance buses at this place. bus stand had already commenced Master Plan for expansion they specifically selected He pointed out that at the and better sanitary conditions, Nagarukkaramaya understanding the moment bus commuters were better toilet facilities, systematic service it renders to the development of Buddhism. inconvenienced as some private bus parking areas and a courteous staff would be made available of Beliatte town Nagarukkaramaya has 127 years of buses were start their journeys brilliant History and is located in the heart from the Gunasinghapura stand soon. by S. H. Mitthrapala, the town within 2008-2025 by demolishing of Kotikawatte town. Ven. Badulle Beliatta Corr. unauthorised constructions, relocating public Mahanama Thero reiterated that this buildings adding cert ain features such as donation is significant to Sri Lanka as vehicle p arks, play grounds and other public Master plan of the Beliatt a town expan- Buddhism s central location in the world needs. sion and rehabilit ation was discussed and is Sri Lanka. Nagarukkaramaya is the explained in det ail to the Minister of Port s According to the chairman unauthorised pioneer temple in Kolonnawa area which and Civil A viation Chamal Rajapakse by the constructions are being dismantled inorder does a significant service for Buddhism Of ficer-in-Charge of the Beliatt a Urban to find sp ace for the exp ansion and widening and spiritual development of citizens. Development Authority on 29th May. of the roads and in the heart of the town the Tarn-En temple in Thailand has been Beliatt a PS Chairman Cyril parapet wall of the Peoples Bank, has been built in 1374 A.D. in A yudhaya province, Moonasinghe, PS member and the officials demolished to pave the way for exp ansion. the Buddhist herit age city where more of the Urban Development Authority were Request made to the Tangalle Road than hundred temples are located. The present at the discussion. Development Authority Engineer to prepare temple is now 635 years old. Prakrusamu At the out set Chairman Cyril and send the estimates for replacing the Jirayu is currently the Mahanayake Thero Moonasinghe briefed the urgency of re-plan - demolished p arapet walls have not been of Tarn-En temple. Tarn-En temple is the ning the Beliatt a town on during the last two- received uptodate. Further he sought the center of all villagers for all their medit a - three decades buildings of the government intervention of Minister Chamal Rajap akse to tion and other religious activities. as well as the business community and resi - find the necessary funds. dences had been constructed whenever necessity arose without proper planning. As such according to the Master plan drawn up by the UDA it has bee planned to modernise

Journalists’... From Page 1 The assault took place while a delega - tion representing the W orking Journalist s Association, Free Media Movement, Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda hands over a certificate to a policeman during a cere- Editors Guild and the Sri Lanka Press mony to pass out of policemen and police women who had completed a Tamil language Institute, was meeting President Mahinda course conducted by the Milinda Moragoda Foundation in Colombo yesterday. Rajapaksa to express concern about increasing threat s against the media frater - Pic by Siripala Halwala nity, emanating from within the govern - ment, Jayasekera said. The same persons , who were respon- A special musical show was held at the BMICH recently to help enhance the educa- sible for att acking and killing journalist s in From Page 1 Lanka... tional facilities of the children of war heroes. Named “De Viru Gee Sara-2009”. First recent times, were behind the assault on Poddala, he alleged. Sources said that a heavy presence of Recently Sri Lanka appointed Brigadier Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa graced the occasion as the chief guest. Vocational and W e urge the government to bring the the LTTE in Malaysia had been revealed in Udaya Perera as Sri Lanka s Deputy High Technical Training Minister Piyasaena Gamage, Mrs Ramani Gamage, Army an unprecedented FBI investigation which Commissioner to Malaysia to meet a new culprit s to book immediately. If Velupillai Commander General , Mrs Anoma Fonseka and High ranking Army Prabhakaran can be found, there can be targeted an LTTE arms procurement ring threat posed by the LTTE. Perera is the first officials were present. involving Singaporeans and Indonesians. serving army of ficer to receive a diplomatic no excuse for not tracking down the group Sources said that some of the funds for appointment. Sources said that the appoint - that is on a mission to destroy media free - procurement of armaments were to be trans - ment followed af ter Perera impressed for - dom in Sri Lanka. ferred from a Malaysian Bank. eign ministry mandarins at a special meeting Ongoing police investigations have also called to brief top envoys of several coun - Teacher shortage revealed that a Lieutenant Colonel of the Sri tries in the run up to the final battle. From Angunukolapelessa Corr. Sinhala and political science for advanced Lanka Army on the Tigers p ayroll now in KP s presence captured media attention level classes. custody had visited Malaysia before the col - after the Norwegians made contact with him There is a short age of teachers at The students who sit for the A/L examina- Last... From Page 1 lap se of the LTTE.. in Malaysia and also facilit ated cont act Attanayaka Maha Vidyalaya in tion in August are badly af fected due to this A few days before the killing of between him and top UN officials. Her sister and mother also survived and Angunukolapelessa educational division. teacher short age, The Island underst ands. Prabhakaran, Sri Lanka monitored KP they returned to Southampton, where Miss The school needs two teachers for directing a close associate of the LT T E Dean spent most of her life. leader trapped in the Vellamullivaikkal area Her father, Bertram, of whom she had to hold the army until an international lifeline no memory, died when the ship sank. could be thrown in. From Page 1 Earlier this year Miss Dean began sell - Jaffna... ing some of her Ttanic-related i mementoes Additional Commissioner of Elections He said each party or independent group to raise funds for monthly bills of £3,000 at (Provincial and Local) W. P. Sumanasari said had to field 29 Candidates for the 23-mem - her care home, which she had been strug - From Page 1 that the displaced voters could submit their ber Jaf fna Municip al Council and each nom- gling to p ay . Assets... applications within a week of the announce - inations list had to include names of 12 youth Film st ars Kate Winslet and Leonardo The Secretariat will deploy an auctioneer interest s at this st age. The Supreme Court ment of the date of nominations which would candidates between 18 and 34 years. DiCaprio, who appeared in the 1998 film and an audit unit to value and auction prop - suspended the proceedings in the be gazetted shortly. Assist ant Commissioner of Elections for Tit anic, along with the film s director James erty as and when the necessity arises. Commercial High Court pertaining to the Kuhanathan said that according to the the Wanni District A. S. Karunanidhi said that Cameron, contributed towards her care The directors, who have so far not winding up process. electoral register for 2008 there were according to the electoral register for 2008 cost s by donating to the Millvina Fund, set declared their asset s, will be reported to M. A. Bastiansz appeared with Sudath 100,417 registered voters living within the there were 24,626 registered voters in the up by her friends. Court for penalty, by the next date of hear - Jayasundera for the depositor who had said municipal area of Jaf fna and of the 10,127 V avuniya Urban Council area. He said that Elizabeth Gladys Dean, better known ing of the fundament al right s plea by the GK that the GK Credit Card Company Pvt. displaced Muslim voters living in areas out - each party or independent group had to sub - as Millvina, was the Tt i anic s youngest depositors, on July 17, 2009. Limited denied them up to Rs. 26 billion in side the Jaf fna MC only 288 persons had mit the names of 15 candidates to elect 13 passenger, born on 2 February 1912. The committee will exercise the Supreme deposit s. Senior State Counsel Janaka de been resettled. members to the Vavuniya Urban Council. Another baby on board, Barbara Joyce Court directions and obt ain a District Court Silva appeared for the CB. He said that the government had provided Karunanidhi said that the last time Local W est, was nearly 11 months old when the writ to seize property of fraudulent directors The Bench comprised the Chief Justice those facilities for the displaced voters by elections had been held were in 1994 and liner sank and also survived. and to p ay the aggrieved depositors. Sarath N. Silva, Justice Shirani Amending Section (4) of the Local Authority PLOTE had won that election to the She died in October 2007, leaving Miss The depositors yesterday filed a motion Tilakawardene and Justice K. Srip avan. S pecial Provisions Act No (30) of 2009. Vavuniya UC. Dean as the last Tt i anic survivor. in the Supreme Court complaining that the He said the last local government elec - winding up of F&G Property Development tions had been held in the Jaf fna District in Pvt. Limited and F&G Real Estate Company 1998 and polls had been postponed twice in Limited was detrimental to their (depositors) 2002 and 2006.