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Singapore assures investment in Sri Lanka
Saroj Pathirana in London.
Saturday 16/02/02 1655 GMT
Prime Minister of Singapore Goe Tok Chong has pledged large scale
investment in Sri Lanka. His assurance came as Sri Lankan Prime Mnister
Ranil Wickramasinghe discussed possible economic assistance from Singapore
in order to bring the badly deteriorated economy of the war-torn country.
Singaporean PM has said in very strong terms that Singaporean investors
would only come forward to invest in Sri Lanka provided that the peace is
restored. Mr. Wickramasinghe is on a official visit to Singapore with a team
of officials of BOI and also held talks with the leading Singaporean
entrepreneurs and other officials, Chulawansa Srilal, Editor of Lanka Press
told BBC's
Sandeshaya.
Published: Sat Feb 16 11:57:30 EST 2002
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