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THE STATE OF BUSINESS – 4TH JAN, 2008

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EDEX VTR NILANTHA 02.05

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KALA POLA VTR ANOUK 02.00

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headlines
1. sri lanka pakistan fta not fully exploited says the
pakistani high commissioner, and
2. draft text of india-sri lanka cepa to be finalized
shortly
1. foreign – vtr

the government says that the termination of the cease fire

agreement does not in anyway hamper the process of moving
towards a negotiated political settlement to the ongoing
northern conflict.

addressing the media in colombo, the minister of foreign

affairs rohitha bogollagama said the termination allows the
government to pursue a political solution involving all
sections of sri lankan polity.

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2. pakistan trade 2008

the pakistani high commissioner says the free trade

agreement signed in 2002 between pakistan and sri lanka has
not been fully exploited by both countries.

however he added that while the fta officially came into

operation in 2005, in one year’s time bilateral trade
between the two countries increased by 100%.

this was stated at a media conference held today to

announce the pakistan exhibition 2008.

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3. trade – flash

the department of commerce today revealed that the draft

text of the cepa agreement scheduled to be signed between
india and sri lanka is being finalized by the trade
officials of the two nations.

director general of the commerce department mrs. manel de

silva said that this was done during the just concluded 11th
round of discussions held between the two countries.

the discussions were held in colombo and concluded this

evening.

according to de silva all chapters of the agreement have

been compiled into one document and the next step is to
forward the document for legal clearance.
the commerce department says a meeting is scheduled to be
held during the month of march between the commerce
secretaries of india and sri lanka to iron out various
concerns both parties have in fully implementing the cepa.

the comprehensive economic partnership agreement is

expected to liberalize trade between the two nations to a
greater extent.

read on …

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4. edex – vtr

edex- 2008, the national higher education and careers expo

will be held for the fifth consecutive year this month in
colombo and kandy.

the organizers, the royal college union expects a visitor

turnout of over 100,000 this year.

more details about the event were disclosed at a media

conference held in colombo last evening.

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5. corporate- kala pola

tempting art-lovers and artists themselves, once again the

‘kala pola’ comes alive on the 20th of this month.

this time the event kicks off, not at its usual venue on
the roadside in front of the art gallery, but at the
viharamahadevi park.

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6. finlays – card

the “adawatte tea estate” of finlay’s has recorded a net

sale average of 304 rupees and 10 cents for a kilogram of
tea in 2007 making it the number one estate in both the uva
high and uva medium categories.

card in
according to finlays this achievement has made adawatte the
best tea estate in the uva province for 2007.

with this adawatte also became the first ever estate to

achieve a net sale average of above 300 rupees during a year
in the entire sri lankan history.

finlays says that during 2007 adawatte tea estate has

achieved 98 top prices at the colombo tea auctions for last
year, the highest in the uva medium category.

card out

meanwhile oodoowerre tea estate another finlays factory

secured an average of 266 rupees and 63 cents for the year
2007 for a kilogram of tea.

this the highest ever average recorded in the uva high

category.

read on…
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ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET CONTINUED ITS DULL SPELL AND SAW A
STEADY DOWNWARD TREND.

COMMERCIAL BANK EXPERIENCED A CROSSING OF 75,000 SHARES AT

146 RUPEES.

3 CROSSINGS ALSO TOOK PLACE ON JKH WITH A TOTAL OF 600,000

SHARES MOVING, ALL AT 125.

TESS AGRO HEADED THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST TRADING 1.49

MILLION SHARES FOLLOWED BY JKH WHICH TRADED 0.75 MILLION.

JKH ALSO CONTRIBUTED 94.2 MILLION RUPEES TO TURNOVER TODAY,

THE HIGHEST FOR THE DAY, WHILE COMMERCIAL BANK AND HNB
INJECTED 17.9 MILLION AND 12.8 MILLION RUPEES EACH.

FOREIGN BUYING WAS AT 133.04 MILLION WITH FOREIGN SELLING

WAS RECORDED AT 22.89 MILLION.

THE ALL SHARE DIPPED 19.56 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 2,510.4 WHILE

THE MILANKA ALSO LOST 10.08 POINTS ENDING THE DAY AT
3,220.19.

TURNOVER WAS AT 237.4 MILLION RUPEES.

THE TOP GAINERS TODAY WERE DIMO, ALLIANCE, LANKA ASHOK, MTD
WALKERS AND YORK ARCADE, WHILE CDIC, HUEJAY, ABANS,
SINGALANKA AND PDL LED THE LOSERS.

NOW WE JOIN RAJIVE FROM HNB FOR A SYNOPSIS OF TRADING

ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK.

COMING UP IS A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES!

SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 4TH JANUARY 2008
REPORTER: RIYAD R.
EDITOR: ANOUK T.
SLUG: PAKISTAN TRADE 2008

PAKISTANI OFFICIALS SAY THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN

2002 BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND SRI LANKA HAS NOT BEEN FULLY
EXPLOITED BY BOTH COUNTRIES.

HOWEVER IT WAS ADDED THAT WHILE THE FTA OFFICIALLY CAME

INTO OPERATION IN 2005, IN ONE YEAR’S TIME BILATERAL TRADE
BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES INCREASED BY 100%.

THIS WAS STATED AT A MEDIA CONFERENCE HELD TODAY TO

ANNOUNCE THE PAKISTAN EXHIBITION 2008.

ROLL VTR

Super

Shahzad A. Chaudhry
High Commissioner of Pakistan
VOICE OVER / PAKISTAN TRADE / RIYAD / 4TH JANUARY 2008 / VTR

ACCORDING TO THE 2006 CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL STATISTICS

BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN SRI LANKA AND PAKISTAN WAS AT JUST
OVER 21 BILLION RUPEES.

IT’S A FRACTION OF THE TRADE BETWEEN INDIA, EU AND THE U.S.

EXPORTS FROM SRI LANKA ACCOUNTED FOR 6.06 BILLION RUPEES.

RUBBER WITH 1.93 BILLION AND TEA WITH 0.837 BILLION

DOMINATE THE EXPORT PROCEEDINGS TO PAKISTAN.

WHILE PAKISTANI IMPORTS TO SRI LANKA STOOD AT 15.23 BILLION

RUPEES.

PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER SHAZHAD A. CHAUDHRY STATED THAT

MOST SRI LANKAN BUSINESS HAVE UNDER UTILIZED THE FTA
BETWEEN THE 2 COUNTRIES AND OVERSEEN PAKISTAN AS A
CONDUCIVE LOCATION FOR BUSINESS.

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HE ADDED THAT PAKISTAN IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING

ECONOMIES IN THE REGION AND THE FTA GIVES SRI LANKAN
BUSINESS AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO PENETRATE PAKISTAN’S 1000
PER CAPITA INCOME MARKET.

CUT

THE PAKISTAN EXHIBITION 2008 WILL BE HELD FROM THE 11TH TO

13TH JANUARY AT THE BMICH.
ENDS/
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 4 / 01 / 2008
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: FINLAYS – CARD

THE “ADAWATTE TEA ESTATE” OF FINLAY’S HAS RECORDED A NET

SALE AVERAGE OF 304 RUPEES AND 10 CENTS FOR A KILOGRAM OF
TEA IN 2007 MAKING IT THE NUMBER ONE ESTATE IN BOTH THE UVA
HIGH AND UVA MEDIUM CATEGORIES.

CARD IN

ACCORDING TO FINLAYS THIS ACHIEVEMENT HAS MADE ADAWATTE THE

BEST TEA ESTATE IN THE UVA PROVINCE FOR 2007.

WITH THIS ADAWATTE ALSO BECAME THE FIRST EVER ESTATE TO

ACHIEVE A NET SALE AVERAGE OF ABOVE 300 RUPEES DURING A YEAR
IN THE ENTIRE SRI LANKAN HISTORY.

FINLAYS SAYS THAT DURING 2007 ADAWATTE TEA ESTATE HAS

ACHIEVED 98 TOP PRICES AT THE COLOMBO TEA AUCTIONS FOR LAST
YEAR, THE HIGHEST IN THE UVA MEDIUM CATEGORY.

CARD OUT

MEANWHILE OODOOWERRE TEA ESTATE ANOTHER FINLAYS FACTORY

SECURED AN AVERAGE OF 266 RUPEES AND 63 CENTS FOR THE YEAR
2007 FOR A KILOGRAM OF TEA.

THIS THE HIGHEST EVER AVERAGE RECORDED IN THE UVA HIGH

CATEGORY.

READ ON…
FINLAYS TEA PRICES

“Finlays Tea Estates” have secured the no. 1 position in

both Uva high & Uva medium categories
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 04/01/08
REPORTER: SAMANTHA
SLUG: FOREIGN – VTR

THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT THE TERMINATION OF THE CEASE FIRE

AGREEMENT DOES NOT IN ANYWAY HAMPER THE PROCESS OF MOVING
TOWARDS A NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT TO THE ONGOING
NORTHERN CONFLICT.

ADDRESSING THE MEDIA IN COLOMBO, THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN

AFFAIRS ROHITHA BOGOLLAGAMA SAID THE TERMINATION ALLOWS THE
GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE A POLITICAL SOLUTION INVOLVING ALL
SECTIONS OF SRI LANKAN POLITY.

ROLL VTR

‘CEASEFIRE CEASED’

Effective from January 16th

Truce monitors will also leave

SUPER

Rohitha Bogollagama
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Voice over – foreign

THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA FORMALLY NOTIFIED THE ROYAL

NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT OF ITS DECISION TO TERMINATE THE CEASE
FIRE AGREEMENT WITH THE LTTE YESTERDAY.

ACCORDINGLY THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SRI LANKA MONITORING

MISSION WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO MONITOR THE CFA WILL
BECOME DEFUNCT FROM THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH.

THE FOREIGN MINISTER HAS ALSO BRIEFED THE DIPLOMATIC

MISSIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S STANCE.

VOICE CUT

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SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 04/01/08
REPORTER: NILANTHA
SLUG: EDEX – VTR

EDEX- 2008, THE NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREERS EXPO

WILL BE HELD FOR THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THIS MONTH IN
COLOMBO AND KANDY.

THE ORGANIZERS, THE ROYAL COLLEGE UNION EXPECTS A VISITOR

TURNOUT OF OVER 100,000 THIS YEAR.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT WERE DISCLOSED AT A MEDIA

CONFERENCE HELD IN COLOMBO LAST EVENING.

ROLL VTR

‘EDEX 2008’

January 18-20 in Colombo

January 22 & 23 in Kandy

Confirmed participants from

16 countries

Walk-in interviews held by

leading private sector companies

SUPER

Kamal Abeysinghe
Project Chairman
EDEX 2008
VOICE OVER – EDEX 2008

EDEX, THE NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREERS EXPO IS THE

LARGEST SINGLE NATION-WIDE PLATFORM CONNECTING SRI LANKAN
YOUTH WITH CHOICES, OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE POST-
SECONDARY, GRADUATE, POST-GRADUATE, TECHNICAL AND
VOCATIONAL TRAINING STUDIES LEADING TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.

V/C

THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE BMICH FROM JANUARY 18 TO

20TH WHILE THE SECOND EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN KANDY ON THE
22ND AND 23RD OF THIS MONTH.

THE CEYLON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE AND ICTA WILL BE THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS.

EDEX 2008 WILL FEATURE THREE MAIN PAVILIONS WHICH INCLUDE

DOMESTIC EDUCATION, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND CAREERS &
RECRUITMENTS.

SPOT ADMISSIONS TO OVER 350 FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES AND

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WILL BE FACILITATED FOR THE NEEDY AT
THE EXHIBITION VENUES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE CAREER GUIDANCE SEMINARS CONDUCTED FOR

THE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE EXHIBITION
WHILE WALK IN INTERVIEWS FOR JOB RECRUITMENT WILL BE
CARRIED OUT BY LEADING PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS.

ENDS/
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 4TH JAN 08
REPORTER: ANOUK
SLUG: KALA POLA

TEMPTING ART-LOVERS AND ARTISTS THEMSELVES, ONCE AGAIN THE

‘KALA POLA’ COMES ALIVE ON THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH.

THIS TIME THE EVENT KICKS OFF, NOT AT ITS USUAL VENUE ON
THE ROADSIDE IN FRONT OF THE ART GALLERY, BUT AT THE
VIHARAMAHADEVI PARK.

ROLL VTR

‘KALA POLA 2008’

SUPER

Cedric De Silva
President
George Keyt Foundation

Channa Ekanayake
Artist
VOICE OVER/ 4TH JAN 08/ KALA POLA/ ANOUK

A PRODUCT OF THE GEORGE KEYT FOUNDATION, THE KALA POLA

WHICH IS A MEETING POINT FOR ARTISTS AND BUYERS FROM ALL
OVER THE ISLAND, ENJOYS THE PATRONAGE OF THE JOHN KEELLS
GROUP F0R THE 15TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

BEARING TESTIMONY TO ITS EVER-INCREASING POPULARITY, IS THE

GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF ARTISTS PARTICIPATING EACH YEAR.

VOICE CUT
IN JANUARY 2000 WE HAD 138 ARTISTS AT KALA POLA. THE NUMBER
HAD GROWN GRADUALLY. THE NUMBER INCREASED TO 180 IN THE
YEAR 2001, AND IN 2002 WE HAD 238, FOLLOWED BY AS MANY AS
328 IN 2003 AND INCREASING FURTHER TO 353 IN 2004. AND
KEEPING TO OVER 300 THEREAFTER (07:17)

THIS YEAR TOO THE POLA WILL FEATURE ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS,
IN AN ATMOSPHERE FILLED WITH MUSIC, SONG AND FUN.

NOT ONLY IS THE EVENT A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR PARTICIPATING

ARTISTS, BUT IS ALSO A LAUNCHPAD FOR THEIR CAREERS, AS IS
EVIDENT WITH THIS ARTIST.

(09:32)
AS AN ARTIST MY FOUNDATION LAID ON KALA POLA. IN 2001 I
EXHIBITED MY WORK ON KALA POLA FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT WAS
LIKE A ONE-DAY DRAMA TO ME. IT WAS THE DAY WHICH CHANGED MY
WHOLE CAREER BECAUSE AFTER THAT I HAD TO GIVE UP MY OTHER
PROFESSIONS. I HAD TO GIVE UP TEACHING, I HAD TO GIVE UP
WRITING AND BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST. NOW I’M WORKING
AS A FULL-TIME ARTIST. (10:16)

THE KALA POLA 2008 KICKS OFF AT 10 AM ON SUNDAY THE 20TH OF

JANUARY.

ENDS/
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 04 / 01 / 2008
REPORTER: CHAMINDA
SLUG: TRADE – FLASH

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TODAY REVEALED THAT THE DRAFT

TEXT OF THE CEPA AGREEMENT SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNED BETWEEN
INDIA AND SRI LANKA IS BEING FINALIZED BY THE TRADE
OFFICIALS OF THE TWO NATIONS.

CARD IN:

- INDIA – SRI LANKA CEPA DRAFT TEXT FINALIZED

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MRS. MANEL DE

SILVA SAID THAT THIS WAS DONE DURING THE JUST CONCLUDED 11TH
ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS HELD BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

THE DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD IN COLOMBO AND CONCLUDED THIS

EVENING.

ACCORDING TO DE SILVA ALL CHAPTERS OF THE AGREEMENT HAVE

BEEN COMPILED INTO ONE DOCUMENT AND THE NEXT STEP IS TO
FORWARD THE DOCUMENT FOR LEGAL CLEARANCE.

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAYS A MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE

HELD DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH BETWEEN THE COMMERCE
SECRETARIES OF INDIA AND SRI LANKA TO IRON OUT VARIOUS
CONCERNS BOTH PARTIES HAVE IN IMPLEMENTING THE CEPA FULLY.

THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS

EXPECTED TO LIBERALIZE TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS TO A
GREATER EXTENT.

READ ON …
manel@doc.gov.lk
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ANALYSTS SAY THE MARKET CONTINUED ITS DULL SPELL AND SAW A
STEADY DOWNWARD TREND.

COMMERCIAL BANK EXPERIENCED A CROSSING OF 75,000 SHARES AT

146 RUPEES.

3 CROSSINGS ALSO TOOK PLACE ON JKH WITH A TOTAL OF 600,000

SHARES MOVING, ALL AT 125.

TESS AGRO HEADED THE DAY’S VOLUMES LIST TRADING 1.49

MILLION SHARES FOLLOWED BY JKH WHICH TRADED 0.75 MILLION.

JKH ALSO CONTRIBUTED 94.2 MILLION RUPEES TO TURNOVER TODAY,

THE HIGHEST FOR THE DAY, WHILE COMMERCIAL BANK AND HNB
INJECTED 17.9 MILLION AND 12.8 MILLION RUPEES EACH.

FOREIGN BUYING WAS AT 133.04 MILLION WITH FOREIGN SELLING

WAS RECORDED AT 22.89 MILLION.

THE ALL SHARE DIPPED 19.56 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 2,510.4 WHILE

THE MILANKA ALSO LOST 10.08 POINTS ENDING THE DAY AT
3,220.19.

TURNOVER WAS AT 237.4 MILLION RUPEES.

THE TOP GAINERS TODAY WERE DIMO, ALLIANCE, LANKA ASHOK, MTD
WALKERS AND YORK ARCADE, WHILE CDIC, HUEJAY, ABANS,
SINGALANKA AND PDL LED THE LOSERS.

NOW WE JOIN RAJIVE FROM HNB FOR A SYNOPSIS OF TRADING

ACTIVITIES FOR THIS WEEK.

COMING UP IS A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES!