18 June 2019 12:02 am
Addressing an event held in Colombo, Minister Senaratne said there were only 6,000 registered Chinese workers in Sri Lanka as against some 10,000 Indian workers in our country.
“If we allow the import of Chinese cigarettes for 6,000 workers, then India will ask to send Indian cigarettes to its 10,000 workers here. Russia might do the same. As long as I remain the Health Minister, I won’t allow the importation of foreign cigarettes,” he said.