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A tribute Late Mr Turin Fonseka – By Dr Palitha Ganewatta, Sydney We have lost one of the most dedicated elders in Sri Lankan community in Sydney. Mr Turin Fonseka passed away a few days ago at the age of 90. He was instrumental in education young Sri Lankan children growing up in this multicultural society. One of his major community achievements was the establishment of Minto Sinhala school in mid 1990s. It vividly demonstrated his far-sighted vision of catering to Sinhalese community in western suburbs like, Campbelltown and Minto, where Sinhalese community was growing rapidly during last two decades of the last century. The Minto Sinhala language school has opened a wider opportunity to Sinhalese children of that areas to gain not only the knowledge of Sinhalese language and culture but to participate in multicultural festivities of that region. Mr Fonseka had served many years as a teacher of ...