President stops musical shows

8 February 2011 05:07 am

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the Sports Ministry to utilise the monies that were to be used to organise musical shows in Kandy and Hambantota for flood relief. The shows were to be organised as fringe events for the Cricket World Cup.

“The President has instructed the sports minister to divert all the funds that were to be used for these musical shows to flood relief. This has does not relate to musical shows organised by private radio and TV stations and applies only to those organised by the Sports Ministry,” Director General of President’s Media Banduala Jayasekera told the Daily Mirror. (DS)