After two tense days England edged ahead on the third day of their hard fought tussle against Sri Lanka after three wickets apiece to Jacob Ball and Paul Best restricted Sri Lanka to 171 for 7 at Scarborough
Wesley College (Colombo) Old Boys’ Association (NSW) Inc. held their Double Blue Ball on Saturday the 3rd of July 2010 at the Pioneer Ballroom, Castle Grand, Castle Hill.
The function was well attended by a large number of old Wesleyites, their wives, well wishes and supporters. The music was provided by the Kopykatz and D.J.Neil. The Dinner was catered by Daniel’s Restaurant and was enjoyed by all.
The highlight of the evening for the Old Boys was the singing of their college song followed by their traditional “Hakka”.
Minority issues arise, from within a small religious group or larger ethnic group living side by side with a majority ethnic/religious community, due to differing persuasions and aspirations.
Several causes can bring about minority communities-these are;
An ethnic group absorbed into a nation due to historical reasons-people brought into the country by colonial rulers to provide labor-people migrating to a country due to overcrowding in their own country-people who have escaped their country to neighboring countries as refugees-people who have migrated to a country looking for greener pastures-indigenous people who have become a minority in their own land because of migration from elsewhere-people who have developed separate identities because of their religion.
Minority groups may differ from majorities-by way of customs- not sharing the same likes and dislikes interests or concerns-liking to read newspapers that are different to that read by a majority-wanting news that reflect their own issues; minority news needs may be different from that of the rest of the population who represent a different background and they may want to know about their own sacred places and schemes to preserve their possibly disappearing languages.
Ford Model T - 100 Years Later "This is a great video showing the world's first assembly line at the original Ford auto plant.
Neat to see those guys making the old wooden wheels, by hand mostly......
The places that the car could go ...... is amazing !!"
Exotic Sri Lanka - Absolutely Everything in a Small Space - National Geographic National Geographic channel ranks Sri Lanka as the 2nd best island destination on earth for the tourists. Saying that it has Beaches, Wildlife, Historical Places, World Heritage Sites, Primary Forests, Waterfalls, Rivers for Rafting and ABSOLUTELY EVERYTH
Charming Ceylon 1931 A tour of the island of Ceylon in the 1930s. Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com
Tropical Ceylon 1932 A tour of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)in 1932. Map of Indian Ocean, tropical road with wagon, coconut palm trees, coconuts being processed, man sorting coconut shells, houses made of coconut palms,
A new multilingual cookbook with sumptuous Sri Lankan recipes was launched Saturday 19th July at the Blue Elephant Restaurant in Pennant Hills by the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) with funding from the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service.
Following the success of the Ethnic Cook Off in 2009 resulting from the Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Samoan, Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamil Healthy and Tasty Challenge Recipe Competitions, MHCS launched the compilation of all the winning and top finalists’ recipes in a multilingual cookbook, a new tool aimed at encouraging members of all multicultural communities to increase their daily serves of fruit and vegetables and make the call to the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, a free, personal and confidential service that offers participants to access their own qualified health coach who will help them set healthy lifestyle goals and support them by maintaining motivation to achieve results.
The St George Migrant Resource Centre is a community-based organisation which receives funding from various government sources. The Centre has recently received a grant from the Office for Women’s Policy, Department of Premier and Cabinet for a Domestic Violence PASS Project. The project shall provide information and referral service for women and children impacted by domestic violence in St George and Hurstville LACs.