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Registrar of companies says running of 'Crab Ministry' restaurant illegal

Monday, 30 January 2012 11:32
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The Registrar of Companies of the Western Province of Sri Lanka has said that the running of a restaurant run by Sri Lanka's cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene and former captain Kumar Sangakkara as "The Crab Ministry" was illegal.           

He has held that the restaurant was originally registered as "The Crab Corporation".   This was announced by the President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunga at the monthly breakfast meeting national newspaper editors had with President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning.            

The matter arose as a question was raised from the President whether a recommendation by a government MP in charge of rehabilitation and reconciliation for the Government to create a separate Ministry of Rehabilitation following the end of a three decade old separatis insurgency.          

  President Rajapaksa said that the media was already criticising him for having more than fifty ministries, "and now there is a Ministry of Crab" also. The restaurant was recently opened at an upmarket food court which is a renovated old Dutch Hospital in Colombo's commercial Fort area.        

Both cricketers are now on tour in Australia.

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#10 Kalu 2012-01-31 13:04
One of the best websites I have seen in Sri Lanka.
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#9 antidote, the last 2012-01-31 09:51
C'mon, give them a break. When they cant make it with cricket, at least, they should be able to make a living by selling crabs!
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#8 Rohan Ranatunga 2012-01-31 07:36
The country is a heart beat away from becoming a failed State, and this is what the authorities are concerned with. Par for the course, I suppose.
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#7 Lanka Mata 2012-01-31 04:18
The two Crab Cricketers should be chased out from the cricket team.
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#6 Sam 2012-01-31 04:13
These guys have no other way of earning money, other than killing crabs? Unbelievable stuff? Shame on you bloody Bs.
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#5 SAM 2012-01-30 23:59
I AM GOING TO START A DIRTY MINISTERS RESTAURANT, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND ANY GOOD ONES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS IN THIS COUNTRY TO SORT OUT, BUT DESPITE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS, THESE GUYS ARE GOING AFTER CRAB MINISTRY. HEY GUYS, GO TO AUSTRALIA, AMERICA AND SEE HOW MANY CARTOONS, COMEDIES DISPLAY IMITATING PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER, OPPOSITION LEADER, PRESIDENT. BUT THEY NEVER GET UPSET, THEY TAKE THEM VERY SIMPLY AS A JOKE, AND SOMETIMES THEY TAKE THEM AS LESSONS FOR THEM. BUT IN SRI LANKA, IT IS BULLSHIT. PEOPLE HAVE NO FREEDOM TO SPEAK, OPEN A BUSINESS, WHERE IS THIS? IS THIS OLD GERMANY? ONLY GOVERNMENT POLITICIANS CAN DO ANYTHING. SOMETIME BACK, THAT AACHARIYA MERVYN CALLED OPPOSITION LEADER "PONNAPPU' IN FRONT OF A LARGE PUBLIC GATHERING. DID ANY OF YOU GUYS CRITICISE THAT AND SAY IT IS ILLEGAL. WHAT IS THIS DOUBLE FACED LAW AND ORDER. ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE ASHAMED OF THESE TYPES OF DOUBLE STANDARDS.
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#4 kumara 2012-01-30 21:57
Too many cooks spoilt the soup. Too many ministers plunder this country. This is Sri Lankan style democracy. Who cares about the country and the people. Hell with the country and the people, let us fill our pockets and invest in foreign lands, and make our land dry.
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#3 Sahan Mendis 2012-01-30 20:13
I don't See a Big Deal in the Name, its Obviously not related, and is a catchy name for Marketing purposes. I don't think they should MAKE A BIG DEAL out of such issues. Its a wonderful restaurant too. Anyway, as they say, even Bad Publicity is Good Publicity! Lets hope so!
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#2 Rohan 2012-01-30 16:44
Can the registrar of companies then suggest a name that includes the words 'crab' and 'ministry'?
Seriously, how low and absurd can these bureaucrats get?
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#1 Dhammika 2012-01-30 12:24
Its punning on the world famous Ministry of Sound nightclub in London. No big deal. These are the little things that bog down any forward progress in Sri Lanka.
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