Do not forget your motherland – President appeals to Jaffna students
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that the children who are to undertake the responsibility of this country in the future should be provided with equal facilities regardless of whether they are form the urban areas or from village areas.
President Rajapaksa also pointed out that necessary steps will be taken to increase educational opportunities for the next generation and to create a better atmosphere to augment the health facilities of the future generations. The President said that sports help promote peaceful coexistence. He said that sports also helps create a person who can accept victory and defeat in the same stride.
He has made these comments speaking at a function held at the Jaffna Central College in connection with opening of the swimming pool of the College. Speaking in Tamil he requested the students to never forget the motherland. He has also asked the public to be cautious about various activities that are being carried out by a certain segment to disrupt the development drive of the government and to drag them to unwanted conflicts.
The President has said that the government has implemented a programme to make Sri Lanka trilingual and every child of the country should learn all the three languages to accomplish this mission in order to live in peace and harmony without any form of discrimination.
The new swimming pool of the Jaffna Central College has been constructed at a cost of Rs.17 million by the Tharunyata Hetak Organization to help develop the skills of local swimmers in Jaffna peninsula and the balance Rs.4 million had been borne by the Northern Provincial Council.
The swimming pool is 25 meters in length and 21 meters in width. The Jaffna Central College which was started in 1817 has a student population of 1800 and a staff of 114 teachers at present.
The Bishop of Jaffna Rev. Fr. Thomas Saundaranayagam, Minister Douglas Devananda, governor of the Northern Province Major General G.A..Chandrasiri and Parliamentarians Namal Rajapakse, and Lohan Ratwatte attended this function.
Source: Government News Portal
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TNA’s absence only proves their lack of patriotism and love of their own Tamil community. If they did love the future success of their Tamil students they should have attended this great occasion to show their unstinted support for their future. By their absence they have only shown their narrow blinkered view of wanting ‘two nations two countries’.
This is the second time the building is being “opened”. In fact, almost all the “development” opened by the President have been “opened” previously by others. It’s just a waste of valuable public money.
ND,
You fail to realise that the tamils have learnt how much to trust the ruling goons since independence. The TNA are no fools to be trapped into these tamashas/shows put on for the ignorant public. Pradeep’s comment above clearly shows who is hoodwinking whom. Wake up siyya.
Udu and his alter ego, PradeepS, are undoubtedly ‘diaspora Tamil’ who get irritated with all the good things the R Family is doing in the North for the good of the Tamil SL citizens. What has TNA done for the good of Tamils in the North? TNA, Udu and PS ofcourse do not consider themselves SL citizens but Tamil nationalists.
My advice:
JUMP INTO THE SEA AND SWIM THE PALK STRAIT TO TAMIL NADU WHICH IS THE HOME OF TAMIL NATION!
Nicholas,
Your assumption that I am a diaspora tamil has significantly eroded the reverence I had towards you.
Nicholas, please take a few moments off you busy blogging schedule, take a couple of deep breaths, and spare some thought to the irrationality of your assumption.
Nicholas, I am a true son of the soil and if you are willing to visit my humble home please do let me know. You are welcome.