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Christopher Paul on 'Star Parade'
Evergreen singer Christopher Paul will be featured in Sri Lanka's Star Parade Broadcast over the Commercial Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on September 8 from 1.00 pm.

Forty five years in the field of music he has given us songs that can be remembered and very popular even to-day such as Manika Manika, Ela Dola Ganga, Watura Nala, Mustafa, Katuroda Gam Mana and Tuwan Thoran Thana .

Christo has included three of his hit songs such as 'Ha Mal Pepenna, Pem Loke Pura, and Rosa Malak Dutuwama in this programme.

The programme was produced by Nalin de Silva. and compered by Bavil Palihawadana.


Rupavahini back in Jaffna
By Ramesh Uvais
In its search for a perfect tuning to cater to the country's Tamil speaking audience, state television Rupavahini couldn't have chosen a better time to resume its transmission to the North.

With crucial peace talks in Thailand just days away, Rupavahini has built a significant 'peace' bridge linking the North and South of the country by extending its coverage to the Jaffna peninsula.

With the transmission expanded to the North, Rupavahini also intends to increase its two channels to five soon with concrete moves to establish a National Tamil Channel, which would exclusively cater to the demands of the Tamil speaking audience.

In doing so, Rupavahini would be the first TV station to provide a Tamil Channel to the entire country including the North.

At Monday's ceremonial launch held at the station's Studio III to mark the extension of transmissions to the North, Mass Communication Minister Imtiaz Bakeer Markar said the move was a definite boost to the country's peace initiatives by minimising the gaps between the people in the North and South.

The launch was significant as it was covered live combining the Colombo news conference with a similar event in Jaffna, where top Army officers, LTTE leaders and Religious leaders were present to mark the event.

Rupavahini Chairman Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake said though they had provided coverage to the North in the past, the devastating war brought them to a complete halt in 1998 after the Elephant Pass debacle.

The new links have now been made possible by installing three microwave links at Madukanda, Mannar and the Jaffna Sri Lanka Telecom Towers.

The present Tamil programmes telecast over its Eye channel would be lined up with a variety of programmes including a Tamil news bulletin at 7 pm daily.

Many speakers who participated at the launch welcomed the move as a crucial effort to quench the thirst of entertainment and information of the people in the North, who had been starved of such facilities for the past few years.

With Rupavahini widening its horizon with the National Tamil Channel hitting the airwaves soon, it should certainly signal a new era to strike the right chord with the people in the North.

HCIMA : National committee
Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) recently elected their national committee for the year 2002/2003.

The following are in the executive commitee members : Eraj Abeywardena - Chairman, M. Shanthikumar - Senior Vice Chairman, Felix Rodrigo - Vice Chairman, Kirthi Wickremasinghe - Hony. Secretary, Ronald Perera - Hony. Treasurer, Renuka Jayamanne - Asst. Secretary and Paddy Withana - Immediate Past Chairman.

The picture shows (front row from left) : Anura Lokuhetty, Director Operations, Galle Face Hotel, Asoka Jayawardena, Manager Human Resources, Keells Hotel Management Services Ltd., Mr. Saman Rajapakse, Group General Manager, Villa Ocean View Hotel, Ronald Perera, General Manager, Hotel Sapphire, Mr. Paddy Withana, Chairman, Sri Lanka Tourist Board, Eraj Abeywardena, Ex. Asst. Manager, The Lanka Oberoi, M. Shanthikumar, Director Operations, Holiday Inn, Kirthi Wickremasinghe, General Manager, Berjaya Mount Royal Beach Hotel, Damayantha Kuruppu, Managing Director, Gemini Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd., Renuka Jayamanne, Managing Director, Hospitality Management and Consultancy Associates.

Back Row from Left : Telson Fernando, General Manager, Hotel Sigiriya, Shafeek Wahab, Director, Sales, Trans Asia Hotel, Lalith Rajapakse, Lobby Manager, The Lanka Oberoi, Samantha Gunaratne, General Manager, Le Kandyan/Culture Club Resorts, Harsha Jayasinghe, General Manager, Siddhalepa Hotel, Wasula Wijegunawardena, Manager, Human Resources, Trans Asia Hotel, Nishantha Manawadu, Associate Consultant, Triconsult Performance Improvement Consultants, Colvin Abeynayake, General Manager, Quickshaws Hotels, Senake De Silva, Managing Director, Lady Hill Hotel, Thuresh Weeraratne, Sous Chef, Earl's Regency.

Felix Rodrigo, General Manager, Browns Beach Hotel, Tilak Selviah, Director, Aitken Spence Hotels, Ranjith Balasuriya, Senior Manager Marketing, Ceylon Hotels Corporation, Hemantha Ratnayake, Manager Operations, Aitken Spence Hotels, Priyankara Wickremasekera, Managing Director, Priyankara Hotels, Roshan Perera, General Manager, Hotel Thilanka, Kamal Hapuwatte, Group Human Resources Manager, Cargills Ltd; Kushan Dharmawardena, Managing Director, Training Link Int., Kumar Perera, Manager Training, Aitken Spence Hotels are not in the picture.

'Final Run'
With the hope that it will bring the family closer together,l Glen "Lucky" Singer (Robert Urich) has planned a vacation with his new wife, Connie (Patricia Kalember) and his resentful eight-year-old son, Kevin (Joel Palmer). But when the computer guiding their train malfunctions, Lucky must risk his life to save more than 200 passengers as the runaway train hurtles them towards certain death.

Learning that the engineer has been thrown from the train, Lucky launches a desperate plan to save the passengers and the hospital the train is racing toward. Disconnecting the engine from the cars, he plants explosives and is air-lifted from the engine seconds before it is blown off the tracks. Returning to his family, he learns that the fear of losing the person they both love has united his wife and his son at last.


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