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18 Jan 2007 11:10:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The undated resignation letter demanded by mr and obliged by new minister |
ajan
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18 Jan 2007 12:18:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Dr. of what? Who gave the Dr. title? When and Where??
kanthan , if you read his interview you will start to realise , he not even went to school.
it is possible he got his Dr mahindaway.
when mahinda son can obtain degree in 2 months.
( usually after 3 years training and studies one is given chance to study on scollership at the time he is seen eductaed upto degree level.
mahinda son joined the army ,( I HAVE TOLD YOU ALL this is nothing but ' SMOOTH SAIL TO FOREIGN LAND) read at my web space.
Dr Kovana(M) also obtained his degree similer manner.
Edited By - ajan - 18 Jan 2007 12:18:47 GMT |
dina
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18 Jan 2007 13:43:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Ajan Dr. Palitha got his doctorate from Cambridge not from your backyard. Atleast he has geninue qualifications unlike someone who recently died who pretended to be one......(from the LTTE) Anyway he is the foreign sec of Sri lanka and since you don't belong to this country (you are from imaginary ellam) I can't seem to get why you are so worried about it.DINA |
tamilcanuck
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18 Jan 2007 15:15:24 GMT Report for Abuse
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My sinhala nationalist friends.
is this dude better than mangala in your opinion.
once i have the answer i'll know how it is for the tamils!
Edited By - tamilcanuck - 18 Jan 2007 15:15:57 GM |
laliths
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18 Jan 2007 16:05:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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AstroLTTE,
I think you cant remember the history well or don't know the history.
Thank you my history teacher. Professor.AstroLTTE. M.A.D (Oxford) F.R.O.G (Jaffna)
From 1971 to 1977 under DR.N.M Perera's guidance Sri Lanka didn't take any foreign loans and the country had money. If we waited two three years some more today we r rich and not suffered like this... Look at the India today.....Indian Companies r running well around the world today...
Oh, This is the period the CTB was ruined, the people lined up 4 Am to get a loaf of bread. The time of 'Janatha Committee', One had to take the old bicycle tire to get
A new one from the Co-op, Take your old shaving blade to get new one. The time they eat Manioc.
This is what your N.M.Sahodara (Brother) did. The LSSP Sahodaraya like N.M., Colvin, Hector Abhayavardhana, Vivian & Leslie Goonewardane, Bernard Soysa, Anil Moonasingha and other Kamkaru Nayakayas (workers Leaders) were sipping cocktail at the NCC .
A government led by the left-of-center SLFP-in coalition with the Communist Party and the Trotskyite Party was elected in 1970 and held office until 1977. Its platform was socialism and an anti-Western (particularly anti-American) foreign policy. The 1970-1977 period witnessed the high-point of a socialist economic development strategy in Sri Lanka and the low-point of economic and political achievements.
International trade and exchange controls were increased. A two-tiered exchange rate system of controls (with a third tier, the black market) stifled imports needed for production as well as incentives to export. Export and import controls as well as internal trade controls were introduced. State-owned trading corporations were established with a virtual monopoly over exports and a nearly complete monopoly over imports. This spawned corruption and black markets for government-issued permits and inefficiencies, high costs, and shortages.
Almost all prices were set by the government. Food subsidies, rationing, and the increasing direct involvement of government in production and distribution of goods and services (through state enterprises and so-called cooperatives controlled by the government) destroyed incentives and any vestiges of market forces. The subsidies and controls predictably depressed the agricultural sector, especially the production of food, primarily rice. As the welfare state widened, by 1977 about 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) went to subsidize consumption irrespective of the level of income. By that year too, the government sector of the economy accounted for 70 percent of GDP.
The remainder of the economy was indirectly controlled. The government sector accounted for over 70 percent of industrial value added, up from less than 2 percent in 1961. The private sector was unable to function, given government control of international trade and the foreign exchange system, high taxes, and nationalizations. only politically privileged individuals and groups were able to benefit from the few available economic opportunities. This of course stifled entrepreneurism and initiative.
Economic growth from 1970-1976 averaged less than 3 percent annually while the vital agriculture sector grew at less than 2 percent leading to large increases in food imports. Per capita income growth was less than 1 percent leading to declining consumption levels. By 1976 unemployment had reached almost 25 percent of the labor force, leaving 1.5 million unemployed in a population of 15 million. Per capita income stagnated at around $190 per annum, in the early 1970s.
To fund government expenditures, taxes were increased, wiping out incentives to work, save, and invest. Tax rates reached a confiscatory 80 percent at the top. A futile effort was made to extract savings from already low incomes and output through steeply progressive income taxes.
In a failing political system caused by a failing economy, the government resorted to a continuous state of emergency, abrogating basic human rights vital to a democracy. Economic coercion and nationalizations became routine, while press freedoms were curtailed. The Parliament began to set prices instead of providing national security and law and order, and the legal system was undermined.
N.M Perera the double doctor did so well when the 1977 election result showed it well.
When UNP got 50.9% and 140 seats the LSSP got 3.6% and 0 Zero seats.
People appreciated his services to the nation by giving him a big Zero.
Dr.AstroLTTE time to refresh your history of Sri Lanka Politcs and write a new chapter.
Edited By - laliths - 18 Jan 2007 16:11:35 GMT |
SenaM
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18 Jan 2007 18:18:55 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tamilcanuck
Mangala is a 'weather-vane' .. no 'mind' of his own.
He can be at the head of the 'Sudu Nelum' movement under CBK .. and now he can also be a hard-driving, 'deterministic' minister under MR. Not convincing.
Do'nt know much about Dr Kohona .. but I think there is more 'grit' in him. More likely to argue his case 'out of conviction', than thro' 'expediency' .. That is a 'gut' feeling, I have.
Edited By - SenaM - 18 Jan 2007 18:23:59 GMT |
tamilcanuck
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18 Jan 2007 19:45:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thx senaM
out of conviction
well kathir also had conviction, lets hope for a different kind!
Edited By - tamilcanuck - 18 Jan 2007 19:46:41 GM |
kandappa
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20 Jan 2007 05:09:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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Looking at the background, he should be appointed as financial and foreign affairs and a personal assistant to the President.
Edited By - kandappa - 20 Jan 2007 05:11:32 GMT |
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