SLSBC and Singapore (Sri Lanka) Club host networking event

Tuesday, 25 March 2014 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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. This event is organised in keeping with a prime 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 the Prima Tower, was well attended by over 70 members including members of the SLSBC, which has now grown to 65 members and members of the Singapore Club.

Representatives of Prima, Overseas Realty, APL, Singapore Airlines, Keppel Land and other Singapore-connected companies attended the event. Senior officials of the Department of Commerce, Export Development Board and Board of Investment of Sri Lanka were present, as well as representatives from the Korean Trade and Investment Agency (KOTRA) and trade representatives from the Indonesian High Commission who were amongst the special invitees. Jayantha Dharmadasa, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Singapore in Sri Lanka, was also present at the event. Spear International Ltd. Chairman/Managing Director Shamil Mendis, President of the Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council, the committee of the SLSBC and Micky Sim, the President of the Singapore (Sri Lanka) Club welcomed the members. The Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council was 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 and tourism, and to create an environment to enhance commercial activity between Sri Lanka and Singapore, as well as to facilitate investment by Singapore companies in Sri Lanka. Following the successfully concluded Trade and Investment Promotion Missions to Singapore last year, the SLSBC will organise the next business delegation to Singapore during June 2014 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 hold a ‘Business Opportunities in Sri Lanka’ seminar in June followed by a business matchmaking and networking session. Several inward delegations are expected during the year from Singapore, commencing with a delegation in April 2014 which will focus on finding partners in the area of water solutions. 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 email [email protected].