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From left: Amanda Senewiratne, Secretariat, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Rohitha Mendis, Vice President, SLSBC; Upali Bandaranayake, Vice President, SLSBC; B.C. Tan of Prima Group; Janaka Gunasekera of A. Baur & Company; Naserah Tyebally, President, Singapore Club; Shamil Mendis, President of SLSBC; R.D. S. Kumararatne, Director General, Department of Commerce; Sujatha Weerakoon, Director General, Export Development Board; Champa Mohinani, Singapore Club; Nirupa Peiris, Overseas Reality (Ceylon); Renuka Weerakone, Executive Director (Investment Promotion), Board of Investment; and Weon Cheol Koh, Director General, KOTRA
A joint Networking Evening was organised by the Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore (Sri Lanka) Club.
The event was organised with the objective of providing an opportunity for members to interact amongst themselves, with the Singapore expatriate community in Sri Lanka and senior officials of key Government institutions relevant to business. The organising of this event is in keeping with an objective of the Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council as a facilitator of business for its members.
The event which was held at the Roof Top Function Room of Prima Tower was well attended by over 85 persons including members of the SLSBC which has now grown to 67 member companies, members of the Singapore Club and special invitees.
Representatives of Prima, Overseas Realty, Singapore Airlines, Keppel Land and other Singapore connected companies attended the event. Senior officials of the Department of Commerce, the Export Development Board and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka were present as well as representatives from the Japan External Trade Organization (JJETRO) Korean Trade & Investment Agency (KOTRA) and representatives from the Embassy of Japan and the Indonesian High Commission who were amongst the special invitees.
Shamil Mendis, Chairman/ Managing Director, Spear Global Holdings Ltd., President of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council, the committee of the SLSBC and Naserah Tyebally, the President of the Singapore (Sri Lanka) Club welcomed the members.
The Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council inaugurated in 1997 as the 18th bilateral Business Council formed under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The prime objective of the Council is to promote trade, tourism and to create an environment to enhance the commercial activity between Sri Lanka and Singapore as well as to facilitate investment by Singapore companies in Sri Lanka.
Following the successfully concluded Trade & Investment Promotion Missions to Singapore last year, the SLSBC will organise the next Business Delegation to Singapore during July 2015 in conjunction with the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Singapore and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Singapore’s apex and largest business chamber.
The Singapore Business Federation with a membership of over 16,000 members intends to conduct a seminar titled Doing Business in Sri Lanka – Development Potential and Opportunities in July followed by a business matchmaking and networking session.
Several inward delegations are expected from Singapore in the period ahead. The SLSBC is in regular contact with the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), IE Singapore, the Government Agency driving Singapore’s external economy, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The SLSBC is pleased to call applications from interested companies to join its membership in order to participate in the above activities. For more details please contact the Secretariat on 5588800/59 or E-mail: [email protected].
