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Sri Lankan born David Sansoni awarded OAM – By Lawrence Machado, Hills Shire Times DAVID Sansoni, who has received an Medal of the Order for service to the community of Baulkham Hills, said he is very humbled to be recognised for his many years being active with the choir of St Paul’s Anglican Church, Castle Hill. Mr Sansoni, who retired last year from his shipping job, said he was surprised when he was informed of OAM, saying there are many more deserving people than him. The Sri Lankan-born has been singing in choirs since he was six. “Todate, it is still sinking because there are others much more deserving of this kind of recognition, including some of my acquaintances,” said Mr Sansoni, 65, who is a tenor and light baritone in the choir. “I am really surprised because I never imagined that what I would consider a pleasant contribution via ...
“WHAT A WEEK IT WAS” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ Image Source: Wikipedia: By The original uploader was Gunnar.Forbrig at German Wikipedia – Own work; transferred from de.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:MARKELLOS using CommonsHelper, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10087315 We go through 52 weeks each year. Everyone has their “special” day of the week. During our working lives. most of us prefer if there wasn’t a “Monday” to put up with. “Mondayitis” was only slightly better than Arthuritis, named after an Arthur, I know (another Burgher), there was even a little “poem” I was taught as a child, which went something like this. “Monday’s child is fair of face Tuesday’s child is gull of grace Wednesday’s child is full of woe Thursday’s child has far to go Friday’s child is loving & giving .Saturday’s child works hard for a living But the child who is born on ...
Jan 30, 2018
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“A FIREFLY AT REST” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ He led “The Fireflies” band in Ceylon from 1963, a personal friend of mine, Milroy de Silva has passed on, in Vancouver, Canada, after a long illness, leaving family, friends & fans, deeply saddened by his death, at the age of 84. Milroy was indeed, a superb guitarist, self-taught, as most of us were in the good old days. I remember the time when he lived in Davidson Road, Bambalapitiya, practically right behind our little tenement home in Lorensz Road, and this is where I first heard a “special-style” of acoustic guitar playing which left me spell-bound with the skill & expertise he displayed. A “latin-rhythm strum”that was as individualistic as the man himself, to be quite honest about it, I have never seen a “strum” like it. In addition, Milroy was a superb ...
Jan 30, 2018
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Jan 29, 2018
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Westminster College – Study in Sydney, Australia WESTMINSTER COLLEGE: A PLACE WHERE QUALITY EDUCATION COMES FIRST Westminster is one of the leading Vocational Education Training (VET) providers in Sydney with the core specialisation in accounting and financial services programs. The Westminster accounting qualifications are nationally recognised and are approved by appropriate government agencies such as Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), Commonwealth Register of Institutional and Course for Overseas Students (CRICOS), Tuition Protection Service (TPS) and designed and delivered to prepare graduates work-ready for the dynamic and technologically charged work environment of the 21st Century. The College takes pride in producing excellent and qualified graduates over the years who are working in their dream career. The College is ideally located at the heart of Sydney Central Business District (CBD). The nearest public bus stops are 5 minutes’ walk and the major train stations (Town Hall station and Museum station) are ...
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Newcastle welcomes new citizens at Australia Day ceremony by Helen Gregory Source: Herald Gift to our next generation ERANGA Tissera and his wife Marian Fernando describe it as one of the most difficult but rewarding decisions they’ve ever made. The Sri Lankan raised couple had completed their tertiary studies – Mr Tissera in engineering and Ms Fernando in computer science – and started working when they emigrated almost 9000 kilometres away, to Australia. “Initially it was very hard to leave our parents, immediate families and friends, but the move has paid off,” he said. “We are better off in Australia and the opportunities are immense here. “It’s the best decision we ever made – this is the land of gold.” The family were four of the 180 people from 32 nations who pledged loyalty to their new homeland on Friday, in what was the biggest Australia Day citizenship ceremony in NSW and the largest ...
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Sri Lankan cardiologist honoured in Australia Source: Sunday Island 28th Jan 2018 Dr Kumar Gunawardane (right) and Mrs. Gunawardane after the award. A Sri Lanka-born cardiologist, Dr Kumar Gunawardane, has been bestowed the most prestigious award – CONSULTANT EMERITUS by The TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE BOARD. The presentation was made by the Minister for Health, Queensland, Dr. Steven Miles at a glittering staff excellence award ceremony. This was attended by many local dignitaries including the state and federal parliamentarians and the Mayor of Townsville Cr Jenny Hill. Dr Steven Miles also presented a floral bouquet to Mrs Shirani Gunawardane honouring her selfless contribution to her husband’s career. Dr Gunawardane’s initial cardiology training was with Dr Ivor Obeysekare and Dr N. Walloopillai at the General Hospital, Colombo. Subsequently, he worked as Registrar in the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Regional Cardiac Service UK and the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, the leading cardiothoracic institution ...
Royal – Thomian – Annual Cricket Encounter (Sydney) Please click here or on the photos to view all the photos on eLanka Facebook page. Please note, there are several more photos to be loaded and eLanka will load them as we receive them. So kindly visit again to view more photos from a great Australia day event – the greatest cricket encounter between Royalists & the Thomians ...
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Australia-Sri Lanka trade tops A$ 1.3bn Source: Mirror Business The bilateral trade between Australia and Sri Lanka has surged to a record high of Australian dollars (A$) 1.3 billion in 2016-17, on the back of strong growth in trade in services, up more than 27 percent, the Australian High Commission said in a media communiqué. Growth for the year overall was more than 15 percent year-on-year (YoY), continuing the strong trend growth of 8.6 percent over the past five years. Education continues to grow as a pillar of the economic relationship with more than 9500 enrolments by Sri Lankan students to study in Australia and thousands more pursuing Australian-affiliated studies locally. The rapid growth in Australian tourists visiting Sri Lanka—up almost 10 percent YoY, saw Sri Lanka’s services exports to Australia grow by more than 36 percent YoY. Merchandise trade remained steady at around A$ 480 million, based on ...
