PARLIAMENTARY SERIES No.318 of The Seventh Parliament of The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (First Session) INTERIM REPORT From The Committee on Public Enterprises (for the period from 08th October 2013 to 08th April 2014) Presented by Hon. DEW.Gunasekara Chairman of the Committee th on 05 of August 2014 Ordered by Parliament of Sri Lanka to be printed on 05 August 2014 Printed at the Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka To be purchased at the Government Publication Bureau, Colombo. Price Rs. Postage Rs. Report from the Committee on Public Enterprises of the i Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Members of the Committee on Public Enterprises First Session of the Seventh Parliament 1. Hon.DEW Gunasekara (Chairman) 2. Hon.(Mrs.) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi 3. Hon.A.D.Susil Premajayantha 4. Hon.(Dr.) Rajitha Senaratne 5. Hon. Chandrasiri Gajadeera 6. Hon. A.P.Jagath Pushpakumara 7. Hon. T.B.Ekanayake 8. Hon.Mahinda Amaraweera 9. Hon.S.M.Chandrasena 10. Hon. (Dr.) Mervyn Silva 11. Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna 12. Hon. Sarana Gunawardena 13. Hon. Weerakumara Dissanayake 14. Hon. Lakshman Kiriella 15. Hon. Karu Jayasuriya 16. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake 17. Hon. (Al Haj) A.H.M.Azwer 18. Hon. Sajith Premadasa 19. Hon. Sunil Handunnetti 20. Hon. Arjuna Ranatunga 21. Hon. M.T.Hasen Ali 22. Hon. A.Vinayagamoorthy 23. Hon. Harin Fernando 24. Hon. (Ven.) Athuraliye Rathana Thero 25. Hon. Seeniththamby Yoheswaran 26. Hon. Namal Rajapaksa 27. Hon. Eran Wickramaratne 28. Hon. (Prof.) Rajiva Wijesinha 29. Hon. E.Saravanapavan 30. Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe 31. Hon. (Mrs.) Rosy Senanayake ii Parliamentary Series No. 318 Composition of the Sub Committee I of the Committee on Public Enterprises. 1. Hon. A.D.Susil Premajayantha (Chairman) 2. Hon. (Mrs) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi 3. Hon. (Dr.) Rajitha Senarathna 4. Hon. Chandrasiri Gajadeera 5. Hon. T.B.Ekanayake 6. Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera 7. Hon. Lakshman Kiriella 8. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake 9. Hon. Harin Fernando 10. Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe Composition of the Sub Committee II of the Committee on Public Enterprises. 1. Hon. Karu Jayasuriya (Chairman) 2. Hon. A.P.Jagath Pushpakumara 3. Hon. S.M.Chandrasena 4. Hon. (Dr.) Mervyn Silva 5. Hon. Sarana Gunawardene 6. Hon. Weerakumara Dissanayake 7. Hon. (Al-Haj) A.H.M.Azwer 8. Hon. Sajith Premadasa 9. Hon. Sunil Handunnetti 10. Hon. Namal Rajapaksa Composition of the Sub Committee III of the Committee on Public Enterprises. 1. Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna (Chairman) 2. Hon. Arjuna Ranatunga 3. Hon. M.T. Hasen Ali 4. Hon. A. Vinayagamoorthy 5. Hon. (Ven.) Athuraliye Rathana Thero 6. Hon. Seeniththamby Yoheswaran 7. Hon. Eran Wickramaratne 8. Hon. (Prof.) Rajiva Wijesinha 9. Hon. E. Saravanapavan 10. Hon. (Mrs.) Rosy Senanayake Report from the Committee on Public Enterprises of the iii Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Contents 1. Chairman’s Note ............................................................................................... v 2. Highlights of an Eventful Past.......................................................................... vi 3. Preface ............................................................................................................. vii 4. Major Transactions with Inadequate Transparency .......................................... ix 5. Uneconomical Transactions ............................................................................. xi 6. General Observations ...................................................................................... xii 7. Financial Status of the Examined Institutions ................................................ xvi 8. Presentation of Annual Reports to Parliament ............................................... xix 9. Institutions which had not tabled 2011 Annual Report .................................. xix 10. Institutions which had not tabled 2012 Annual Report .................................. xix 11. Audit Opinion expressed by the Auditor General .......................................... xxi 12. Unqualified Opinion ....................................................................................... xxi 13. Qualified Opinion ........................................................................................... xxi 14. Disclaimer of Opinion ................................................................................... xxii 15. Adverse Opinion ........................................................................................... xxii 16. Institutions Examined by Main Committee ................................................. xxvii 17. Employees’ Trust Fund Board .......................................................................... 1 18. Industrial Technology Institute ......................................................................... 2 19. Disaster Management Centre ............................................................................ 4 20. State Development and Construction Corporation ............................................ 5 21. National Livestock Development Board ........................................................... 6 22. Ceylon Fisheries Corporation ........................................................................... 9 23. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation ........................................................................ 12 24. National Youth Services Council .................................................................... 15 25. Urban Development Authority ........................................................................ 17 26. Sri Lanka Standards Institution ....................................................................... 21 27. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. ............................................................. 23 28. Central Environmental Authority .................................................................... 24 29. University of Colombo .................................................................................... 27 30. Geological Survey & Mines Bureau ............................................................... 31 31. State Mortgage & Investment Bank ................................................................ 31 32. Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank .......................................... 34 33. National Institute of Education........................................................................ 36 34. Rajarata University of Sri Lanka ..................................................................... 38 35. Mihin Lanka (Pvt) Company Ltd. ................................................................... 40 36. Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau .......................................................... 42 iv Parliamentary Series No. 318 37. National Savings Bank .................................................................................... 43 38. Consumer Affairs Authority ............................................................................ 45 39. Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation .................................................................... 48 40. Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance ......................................................... 50 41. National Transport Commission ..................................................................... 52 42. Co-operative Wholesale Establishment ........................................................... 53 43. Ceylon Electricity Board ................................................................................. 55 44. Mihin Lanka (Pvt.) Company Ltd. .................................................................. 56 45. State Plantation Corporation ........................................................................... 58 46. Sri Lanka Telecom PLC .................................................................................. 61 47. Institutions Examined by Sub Committee I ......................................... 63 48. National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences ....... 65 49. Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka ...................................................... 65 50. Postgraduate Institute of Pali & Buddhist Studies........................................... 67 51. Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka ............................................................ 68 52. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Skills Development ........................................... 68 53. University of Vocational Technology ............................................................. 71 54. Tertiary & Vocational Education Commission ............................................... 72 55. Institutions Examined by Sub Committee II ....................................... 73 56. Coconut Development Authority .................................................................... 75 57. Coconut Cultivation Board .............................................................................. 76 58. Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation ............................................................ 77 59. Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority ........................................... 83 60. Rubber Research Board .................................................................................. 86 61. National Institute of Plantation Management .................................................. 87 62. Institutions Examined by Sub Committee III ..................................... 89 63. Sri Lanka Institute of Textile & Apparel ........................................................