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Parliament approves journalists` pension scheme
Tuesday, 9 January 2007 - 8:49 PM SL Time
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he parliament officially agreed to implement a pension scheme for journalists, under a special Act. According to the Secretary of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information, W.B. Ganegala, the media will be briefed on this by next week.
Journalists under the Government service, in private media institutions and freelance journalists are eligible for this pension scheme.
Implementing a pension scheme for journalists has been one of the highly discussed issues for a long period of time. This special act was approved in the parliament on the 08th August 2006.
Adding further on the subject, Mr. Ganegala added that providing a pension scheme for the journalists have been one of the assurances given in President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s presidential policy `Mahinda Chinthana`.
`The Social Security Board under the Social Services Department is authorized to succeed forward with this scheme. They are now looking in to imposing a pension scheme according to the relevant working period,` said Mr. Ganegala.
He added that they will advertise in the newspapers referring to the pension scheme in which the journalists with the applicable qualifications will be requested to forward their applications to the authorities or to the Working Journalists` Association.
He further said that within two months after summoning the applications the scheme will be implemented.
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mareesa03
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9 Jan 2007 22:55:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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Journalists pension scheme
Another 'Mahinda Chindana'..Who are these journalists..From lake house and shoe licking journalists of the GOSL?
If killing rate of the Journalists were continue like this by the GOSL..There won't be anybody left to receive the pension..
This is called 'one shot two Mangoes' one side killing them..other one paying pension..Good Chindana'
From where they borrow this Chindana..May be from Somalia?? |
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