OBITUARIES: Compiled by Victor Melder (E & O.E.) – (MAY 2019) DE ZYLVA, MAURICE, in Melbourne, on May 2, 2019. (Contributed) DE JONG – OUIDA, wife of late Herbert, mother of Rolph, late Jeffery and od Travis and Graham, mother-in-law of Cheryl, Katy, Tamaris and Rehana. Grandmother of Nicola, Natalie, Hamish, Annalease, Griffith, Neliya, Cheyanne and Jaclyn, great grandmother of seven, in Sri Lanka. (Daily News 3.5.2019) KLEYN – IGNATIUS LOYALA, husband of late Pushpom Kleyn (Annie), father of Ann, Belinda, Charles, Delrin, Esther and Fritzroy, father-in-law of Jude, Neville, Shyama, Frank (Italy), Roy and Dilhani, grandfather of Roger, Shani, Remien, Remona & Dexter, Remeena, Rozanna & Ashen, Ryan, Julia & Dinith (Australia), Sharia & Jian, Gayasha, Natasha, Deanna, Jenny (UK) & Mario (UK), Jessica (UK), Jesmine (UK), Fiona, Demien, Kevin, Trevor, Bernedeen and Barbra, great-grandfather of Dion, Sheilly, Shenelle, Diendra and Daranza, in Sri Lanka. – 55/1, Alwis Town, Hendala, ...
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SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (MAY 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday declined a bullet proof vehicle offered by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Addressing the media, after a meeting with former JHU Parliamentarian Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera, the Cardinal said that the government should focus on ensuring the security of all Sri Lankans instead of a select few. The Cardinal said that he was still not satisfied with the security measures adopted to deal with terrorists. “Some houses in Periyamulla, Negombo have been closed after the Easter Sunday bombings but they have not been checked,” he said. He also urged youth not to use social media to misinform people and spread hatred. Sobitha Thera said that the conduct of the Cardinal was an example to all Sri Lankans. “All religious leaders must unite to get the country out of this,” the thera said. (Daily Island, ...
SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (APRIL 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder The Budget 2019 was passed in Parliament yesterday with a majority of 45 votes. It received 119 votes in favour and 74 against. The TNA, the SLMC and the CWC voted with the government while the Joint Opposition, JVP and some SLFP members voted against it. Many SLFP members were absent. At the end of the debate, a division was called by MEP leader Dinesh Gunawardena. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera winding up the second reading of the Budget 2019 themed ‘Empowering the People and Nurturing the Poor’ said that the Opposition’s criticisms of the budget were unfair and baseless. He said that it was the country’s 73rd budget and the UNF government’s first budget. It was the fifth budget of the present government. “This is the first budget we presented as a government led by the UNF,” he said. ...
VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2019 BOOKS Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran, 2017 (Donated by the Author, Sydney, NSW) They Call Him Ken, The Life & Times of a Corporate Colossus by Savithri Rodrigo, 2017 Riding the Zeitgeist, The Hemal Amarasuriya Story by Savithri Rodrigo, 2018 (Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka) MAGAZINES Explore Sri Lanka, Vol 32, No 10, March 2019 (Donated by Kevin Melder. Dalkeith, WA) Hi!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 17, Vol 1, 2019. NEWSLETTERS. “Silverscene” – Newsletter Silver Fawn Club, Qld, March/April 2019 issue. “Outreach” Newsletter – ...
VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2019 BOOKS Amazing Grace, The Memoirs of Tara Bolling, 2012 (Donated by Ms Hilary Koch, Middlesex, UK) A Different Kind of Madness by Pauline Schokman, 2019. (Donated by the Author, South Yarra, Vic) MAGAZINES Hi Magazine, The Society Magazine, Series 16, Vol 6, 2019 SilverKris, (Singapore Airlines Inflight Magazine), March 2019) Silkwinds, (Silk Air Inflight Magazine), March 2019. (No’s 2 – 3, Donated by Roger Thiedeman, Keysborough, Vic) NEWSLETTERS. Burgher Association (Australia) Inc, Summer Newsletter, March 209. The Journal of the Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 61, No 1, March 2019. ...
SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF – MARCH 2019 – By Victor Melder The International Monetary Fund on Friday revived a $1.5 billion bailout for Sri Lanka that was suspended over a government power struggle last year that seriously slowed economic growth. The Washington-based lender said officials visiting Colombo agreed to re-activate the three-year loan, which started in 2016 and spread the instalments over an additional year.”The team reached understandings at the staff level with the Sri Lankan authorities… to allow more time for the completion of the economic reform agenda,” the IMF said. The Fund had been due to release an instalment in October when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked his Prime Minister and called fresh elections, triggering a two month power struggle in the island nation. Because of the crisis, the economy grew by just 3.0 percent last year, making it the slowest expansion in 17 years, according to the Central ...
SRI LANKA CRICKET NEWS (FEBRUARY 2019 Compiled by Victor Melder Australia beat the touring Sri Lankans by 366 runs to win the second and final day/night Test, played at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Scores” Australia, 1st Innings – 534/5 dec (Burns 180, Head 161, Patterson 114no, Paine 45no, Fernando 3/126, Karunaratne 1/130) Sri Lanka, 1st Innings – 215/9 dec (Karunaratne 59, Thirimanne 41, De Silva 25, Dickwella 25, Starc 5/54, Lyon 2/70, Cummins 1/32) Australia, 2nd Innings – 196/3 (Khawaja 101no, Head 59no, Rajitha 2/64, Fernando 1/43) Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings – 149 (Mendis 42, Thirimanne 30, Dickwella 27, Starc 5/46, Cummins 3/15, Labuschagne 1/6, Richardson 1/29) Australia won the 2-match series 2-0. Man of the match: Mitchell Starc (Australia) The touring Sri Lankans beat South Africa by 1 wicket to win the first Test played at Kingsmead, Durban. Scores: South Africa – 1st Innings – 235 (de Kok 80, Bavuma ...
VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You. ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019 BOOKS Ceylon the Portuguese Era, Vol 2 by Paul E.Pieris, 1983 (Donated by Ms Diane Inman, Sydney) Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai, 1994. It’s Not in the Stars by Rizvina Morseth de Alwis,2015. Colombo Heat by Christopher Hudson, 1986. A Decade in the Village by Mahinda Jayaweera, 2010 (No’s 2 – 5, Donated by Jeremy De Lima, Vermont South, Vic) The Island of Singing Fish, a Colonial Childhood in Ceylon by Tina Faulk, 2014 Kakiyan, The Story of a Crow by Elmo Jayawardena, 2018 After the Flames by ...
SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF – FEBRUARY 2019) – Compiled by Victor Melder State Finance Minister Eran Wickramaratne, Guest of Honour at the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka ( NCCSL) AGM recently said the political coup of October 26 last year cost the country in excess of 21 billion rupees. Reflecting on current economic developments he said that considering some reparation action taken by the government to correct the position of revenue which was 33 percent of GDP in 2008, this was drastically reduced to 12.6 percent of GDP by 2015. Wickremeratne added – ‘Inflation from 8.8 percent was brought down to 1 percent in November 2017. Financial progress was badly affected by the political coup of October 2018. The country faced the largest debt repayment in those few days amounting to 5.9 billion dollars. The impact of those few weeks was being consistently evaluated. Conditional loan repayment ...
VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2019 BOOKS Ceylon Daily News Cookery Book by Hilda Deutrom, 2011 edition (Donated by Shenon Fernando, Roxburgh Park, Vic) Persaudaran (Brotherhood), Malay Life in Sri Lanka by Tuan M. Zameer Careem, 2016 (Donated by Tony Saldin, Wattala, Sri Lanka) A Man in his Time, The Jetwing Story and the Life of Herbert Cooray by Shiromal Cooray. (Donated by Ms Sharlie Pickering, Alderley, Qld) General Denis (Perera), The Epitome of Leadership by M. D. D. Pieris, 2018 (Donated by the Perera family, Etul Kotte, Sri Lanka) MAGAZINES HI!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 16, Vol 5, 2018 NEWSLETTERS. Newsletter – Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc (CWO), Vol 37, Issue 1, January 2019. “Silverscene” – Newsletter of the Silver Fawn Club Inc, Qld, January/February 2019 issue. OTHERS. Article – ‘Defend Lanka Your Home’: War on the Home Front in ...
