Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

He shuns everything his predecesso­r touched except his portfolio!

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The King Rooster from the estate domain who had to go through a bad patch without the high office was a beneficiar­y of the sudden regime change.

The powers that be, wise to the politics of the estate domain offered him the portfolio he long coveted, which had greatly appreciate­d in value being the one earlier held by his archrival in the estate sector.

Later, the King Rooster who happily assumed duties in his new office, addressed his Ministry Secretary: “I detest whatever my predecesso­r laid his hands on. I don’t like to sit at his desk nor touch even the phone he used. Get rid of everything he used and bring in new things for me. Remember I don’t want to use the car he used either.

I want a new vehicle.”

“But he was using a brand new expensive car, Sir,” the Secretary replied.

The King Rooster immediatel­y waved off the implied suggestion.

“Nothing doing!” he told the Secretary. “I want a new car!”

The Secretary is busy procuring new furniture and new office items for the new boss these days, they say.

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