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A book titled ‘The Valley of Gems’ containing Parliamentary speeches of Dr.AC.S. Hameed, veteran Parliamentarian and the first Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka will be ceremonially released at a function to be held at the BMICH on Saturday 1st February, 2014 at 3.30 p.m. A.H.M Azwer, MP., Member of the Parliamentary Council and Monitoring MP of the Ministry of Mass Media and Information has edited this book with a foreword from Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa.

The ceremony will be chaired by President’s Counsel M.Faisz Musthapha. The keynote address will be delivered by External Affairs Minister GL Peiris. Those who are billed to speak are Messrs Karu Jayasuriya MP, R. Sampanthan MP., along with several others. All arrangements for the ceremony have been finalised , says the Dr.A.C.S. Hameed Memorial Committee.

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