Financial Times

JKH urges ‘conflict’ sides to come together

John Keells Holdings chairman Susantha Ratnayake last week urged all stakeholders and sides to the ethnic conflict to work towards a consensus to achieve a negotiated political solution to the problem.

Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao (centre) with Tourism Ministry Secretary Dr M. Ramanujam discussing with an exhibitor some of the items on show at the recently-held “Hotel Show 2006” in Colombo

Ratnayake, repeating concerns raised in the past about the need for peace for long term, growth and competitiveness, said an enabling environment is critical if “we are to maintain the level of performance seen in the last year and the first quarter.” His comments appeared in the group’s interim results released last week.

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