NPP government ready to bring in foreign investor to manage Sri Lanka Telecom: Anura Kumara

Colombo, August 25 (Daily Mirror)- A National People's Power (NPP) government is ready to bring in a foreign investor to manage Sri Lanka Telecom, NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

Speaking at the NPP Bank and Finance Forum this morning, he said the NPP is against selling Sri Lanka Telecom and that however, they will have to bring in a foreign investor to manage it.

"We discussed with the engineers at Sri Lanka Telecom. They pointed out that the Telecom lacks sufficient capacity to manage it as Telecom is a high tech industry which is constantly changing. So, we will have to bring in a foreign investor to manage it," he said.

Dissanayake said the NPP has plans to develop the country and added that they will have to face challenges due to the lack of skilled human resources to execute the plans.

He said the NPP has planned to send at least 200 students who have passed their A/L examinations to foreign universities every year at government cost, aiming to bring in new knowledge and skills to the country.