Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

LEGAL OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATIO­N BRINGS “A RAY OF HOPE” TO CHILDREN OF EASTER SUNDAY VICTIMS

Fund Raising Charity event to mark the 135th anniversar­y of the AG’S Department

- BY SUMATHI DHARMAWARD­ENA P.C. ADDITIONAL SOLICITOR GENERAL PRESIDENT, LEGAL OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATIO­N

Celebratin­g the 135th anniversar­y of the Attorney General’s

Department, the Legal Officers’ Associatio­n has organised a fundraiser, “A Ray of Hope” to help the education of the children who lost their parents in the Easter Sunday Bomb attack. A Musical Extravagan­za is being organized as a fund raiser for this charitable cause with the participat­ion of reputed artistes on October 26 at 6.30 p.m. at the

Shangri -La Hotel, Colombo. The funds raised at the event will be solely utilized to assist the education of destitute children who have lost either one or both parents in the Easter Sunday Bomb Attacks, numbering 50.

The Legal Officers’ Associatio­n membership comprising the officers attached to the Attorney General’s Department is an independen­t organisati­on registered under the Trade Union Ordinance. Started in 1977, the associatio­n was formed to maintain a good relationsh­ip among the members, members of the judiciary and other government officers and for the betterment and the welfare of the members.

Establishe­d in the year 1884, the AG’S Department which has continuous­ly played a pivotal role in the administra­tion of justice in this country celebrates its 135th anniversar­y this year. Under the guidance of the Attorney General Dappula de Livera, P.C, the Legal Officers’ Associatio­n unanimousl­y decided to organize an event of fund raising to mark the 135th Anniversar­y of the Department

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesi­nghe will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest while the Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Leader of the Opposition, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ambassador of the Peoples’ Republic of China to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan and High Commission­er of India to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu, will grace this occasion as Guests of Honour.

The Embassy of the Peoples’ Republic of China in Sri Lanka is the Platinum Sponsor of this fund raising event and savings books will be handed over to each of the children at this event for their educationa­l purposes out of all the sponsorshi­ps and ticket sales.

 ??  ?? A Musical Extravagan­za is being organized as a fund raiser with the participat­ion of reputed artistes on October 26 at 6.30 p.m. at the Shangri -La Hotel, Colombo
A Musical Extravagan­za is being organized as a fund raiser with the participat­ion of reputed artistes on October 26 at 6.30 p.m. at the Shangri -La Hotel, Colombo

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