Business Today Sri Lanka Magazine - November 1996

In this issue

With its clear, well-defined objectives, the Ceylon Tobacco Company has made a significant impact on the Sri Lankan economy and community life.
The privatization of Sri Lanka Telecom may be an ideal case study of transparent privatization of a government venture, says Minister Mangala Samaraweera.
A report on how the rural financial system in Sri Lanka can be effectively enhanced.
With the Information Age Revolution upon us, are there adequate laws in Sri Lanka to protect us from high-tech crime?
Traditional banking is undergoing a major overhaul and a new shape is taking place in retail banking as more and more banks are electronic commerce in their on-line banking operations today.
The entry of plantations shares could help boost both the stock exchange and the economy and hopefully get more people out of the metro and urban areas intesrested in the stock exchange - Rajan Asirwatham, Chairman, PERC.
The privatisaation of Sri Lanka Telecom, through the sale of a 35 percent stake in the government-owned telecommunications company is going on smoothly. The initial trade union protests have not stalled the process. Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mangala Samaraweera says it is possible that the privatisation of Sri Lanka Telecom may be ideal case study of transparent privatization of a government venture.
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga speaks about the record of the past two years of her government, the state of the country and economy, progress of the war, the search for peace and her expectations for the future.