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The private sector can take great steps towards reconciliation and empowerment in the past conflict stricken areas, according to Northern Province Governor H M G S Palihakkara, who spoke at the 176tth Annual General Meeting of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce yesterday. “When political leaders fail, apolitical leaders can rise up. The corporate sector can solve many issues, whether real or perceived,” Palihakkara said. He noted that while some infrastructure development has been experienced in the North and East, it has not translated into meaningful results, with GDP per capita and income levels far below the national average. “It doesn’t do much for creating more household income or raising the confidence of the people. Alcoholism, drugs and criminal violence are on the rise in the North,” he noted. Therefore, he said that all stakeholders, including the private sector, must invest more to rectify the situation.
Incoming Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Samantha Ranatunga, taking a leaf of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, said that soft infrastructure should be the focus of the country, instead of hard infrastructure projects. “In the last 4-5 years, we have concentrated really hard on the hard
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