China Merchant to reveal roadmap for Hambantota Port at Ceylon Chamber seminar

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China Merchant Port Holdings will declare its ‘Road Map for the Development of the Hambantota Port’ at a Ceylon Chamber of Commerce seminar organised under the title of ‘South Asia’s Emerging Gateway City ’. During the seminar, China Merchant Port Holdings Company Deputy General Manager Hang Tian will declare the firm’s overall plan for the Hambantota Port under the title ‘Road Map for Development of Hambantota Port.’ The Agency for Development Strategies Managing Director Mangala P.B. Yapa and Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake will also speak at the seminar. Yapa will speak under the title of ‘Hambantota Logistics and Industrial Zone - Vision for the Future’ and Dissanayake will speak on the ‘Hambantota Port: Development Strategy‘.

Development of the Hambantota Port as well as the new proposed Logistics and Industrial Zone will have business opportunities for a range of sectors and provide new prospects for FDI – particularly through joint ventures between foreign and Sri Lankan firms. The seminar will be held on 22 September starting at 2.30 p.m. at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Those who wish to take part in the event can call Satheesha on 115588882 or email [email protected].