‘MORE CHINESE INVESTMENTS PLANNED FOR SOUTH’

Chinese Ambassador Yi Xiang Liang said China was planning to develop Sri Lanka’s Southern Province to make it similar to Shanghai in China. Addressing a ceremony at the Tangalle Dipanka Model School to distribute school requisites among 1000 children in the area he said in 15 years Sri Lanka would be more advanced than Singapore.

“The centuries-old bilateral friendly relations between the two countries were strengthened in the early 1950s. The Chinese government has provided massive

We have decided to invest in industrial zones in the surrounding areas of the Mattala Airport and the Hambantora Port to generate jobs for young men and women

development aid packages over the last three years.

More than 1500 Sri Lankan students were invited to China for studies in the last three years and 2000 students more this year. China inaugurated several gigantic infrastructure development projects in Sri Lanka recently.

We have decided to invest in industrial zones in the surrounding areas of the Mattala Airport and the Hambantora Port to generate employment opportunities for tens of thousands of young men and women. I am hopeful that Hambantota would be the most developed district in the country soon, and that it would be another Shanghai,” he said.

State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Dillip Wedarachchi also addressed the gathering.