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The Joint Opposition (JO) today said the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Singapore had enabled the import of waste materials released by municipal councils and medical facilities of other countries to Sri Lanka.
JO MP Bandula Gunawardana said the FTA has listed a number of waste materials categorized by the Harmonised System (HS) Code, which can be imported to Sri Lanka.
“Waste pharmaceuticals, sewage sludge and residual products of the chemical or allied industries are some of the waste materials which can be imported to the country in order to generate electricity and to use for other purposes,” he told a news conference.
He said a certain individual in Sri Lanka has already made preparations to bring down mountains of foreign garbage, 40 times the size of waste materials in the country, to be placed at Aruwakkalu landfill site in Puttalam.
He reiterated that the FTA has been signed without the approval of the President and the Cabinet.
“The President in a Cabinet Memorandum said any foreign agreement should be prepared in accordance with the National Trade Policy. However, the Singapore FTA has been finalised based on a ‘New Trade Policy,’” he said. (Lahiru Pothmulla)
C.K.Lankaputhra Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:46 PM
Singapore garbage to feed our politicians. Definitely tastier than SL garbage, I presume.
das Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:47 PM
Maybe the JOkers can be shipped out as garbage.
Unchikun Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:49 PM
Hello Uncle, just back from Singapore after a Telecomm show. The garbage from Singapore is better that the garbage at Sri Jayawardenapura.
Professor J.Jinadasa Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:59 PM
If garbage is useful to country to generate fertilizer or fuel, what is wrong in importing garbage.China is importing garbage from the US, now even India is planning to import garbage from the US. So why not Sri Lanka, provided that she knows what to do with it.
nalaka Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:59 PM
that would be still more valuable than maintaining the JOkers
Gamaya Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:01 PM
We don't care what you say as you all proved your inability during MR regime .
TJ Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:04 PM
If garbage can be exported, JO will be in the 1st consignment
Kumar Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:29 PM
I suppose Sri Lankans are intelligent enough to avoid importing garbage. If any person imports garbage it would be a politician's relative who can feed garbage to the masses will be importing garbage.
Saman Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:39 PM
Is it possible to export garbage like to you Singapore through FTA?
Zub Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:47 PM
Wow what an opportunity we could send off Bandula G and his clan in return for garbage. Not yet come across a better joker than him
ravin Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:56 PM
We have enough garbage at diyawanna. No need of importing anymore.
TONY Tuesday, 03 July 2018 11:02 PM
BANDULA ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO GARBAGE BUSINESS. IT SPINS LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY YOU KNOW????
DN Tuesday, 03 July 2018 11:02 PM
Why only importing garbage. If we want we can export the garbage to Singapore. Think Positive.
iemerald Thursday, 05 July 2018 03:57 AM
is he referring to himself?
Jaliya Thursday, 05 July 2018 09:45 AM
There are more garbage comes out of his mouth than what can be imported under FTA
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