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WALTER PERUMAL TRIBUTE He had all the hallmarks of an excellent hotelier Walter Perumal, the genial hotelier passed away on September 1, at the age of 70 years in Melbourne, Australia. Walter was a past pupil of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and St Aloysius College, Galle where he excelled, among other things,in cricket. My friendship with Walter began when he joined the Ceylon Hotel School in 1969 – the boy from the south joining some of the boys from the rest of the country. Walter embedded in the crowd like duck to water. In happier times, we were living at the Hotel School hostel, the historic house, ‘Sefton’ at No. 78,Stuart Place opposite present-day Cinnamon Grand on the sea side. There were no differences between seniors and juniors, as we all lived under one roof. The Sefton is no more.   ...