Sri Lankan biz community meets Singapore Foreign Minister
View(s):Members of the committee of the Sri Lanka- Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) recently met with visiting K. Shanmugam, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Law of Singapore, at a luncheon meeting in Colombo. The discussion included a broad range of topics pertaining to business between Singapore and Sri Lanka. There has been renewed interest from Singapore companies to partner Sri Lankan companies across the areas of infrastructure, retail, education and the logistics sectors, according to a media release by the Council. The release said the Council will lead a delegation of companies for the Singapore Business Federation organized Sri Lanka Seminar in June this year which is expected to be well attended by members of the Federation.
The Singapore Business Federation is Singapore’s apex and largest Business Chamber with over 16,000 members. Amongst the major Singapore investors in Sri Lanka are Prima, Overseas Realty with an investment of over US$ 650 million and Keppel Land.
Seated from left - B.C. Tan of Prima Group; Karan Singh Thakral, Singapore's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka; Shamil Mendis, President of SLSBC; K.Shanmugam, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Law of Singapore; Prajeeth Balasubramaniam, Vice President of SLSBC; and Rohitha Mendis, Vice President of SLSBC. Standing from left - Rohantha Peiris of Aitken Spence Cargo (Pvt) Ltd; Andre Fernando of Mac Holding (Pvt) Ltd; Pravir Samarasinghe of Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC; Damitha Perera of Forbes & Walker (Pvt) Ltd; and Janaka Gunasekera of A. Baur & Company Ltd.