Business Today Sri Lanka Magazine - November 2005

In this issue

A monthly column by Jack and Suzy Welch, the authors of the international best-seller Winning, about Winning in life and work.
Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation and the Deputy Minister of Education Mangala Samaraweera discusses the critical concept in the Mahinda Chintana and the UPFA's stance on peace, poverty alleviation, privatization, and economic growth.
Dr Rajitha Senaratne, the Minister of Lands in the recent UNP Government, highlights how ownership of land encourages the development of land and, consequently, the development of the country and presents his outlook on how a peaceful Sri Lanka could be regained.
Bandula Gunawardena, former Minister of Rural Economy and Deputy Minister of Finance, discusses the salient aspects in the UNP manifesto pertaining to economic development.
Ravi Karunaratne, a former Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in the UNP Government, vehemently dispels the myth that the UNP is a Colombo-based party representing the interests of the urban elite and speaks of the government's role as a facilitator to the economy.
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Minister of Plantation Industries discusses issues pertaining to the plantation sector and media as well as clarifies certain misconceptions about the UPFA.