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PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER PRAISE ROLE MALAYS PLAYED IN NATION BUILDING OF SRI LANKA First copy of the book presented to Her Excellency Dewi Gustina Tobing, The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Sri Lanka by Deshabandu M.R. Latiff, Senior DIG (retired), Chair of the Book Committee of the Colombo Malay Cricket Club. Source:Dailynews 01st December, Thursday, 2022:President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena have applauded the role the Malays have played and continue to perform in the countryas part of their congratulatory messages in the ‘Malays of Sri Lanka’. The ‘Malays of Sri Lanka’ coffee table book, which was launched on November 29, 2022 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, contained laudatory messages from the President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, acclaiming the role of the small Malay community. “The Sri Lankan Malays are an important segment of this country’s social fabric and have played a vital ...