First Ever Srilankan Worlds Leader for Global Lionism Visits
Kandy
The first ever Srilankan Worlds Leader
for Global Lionism Lion Mahendra Ameresuriya made a visit
to Kandy which comes under Region 5 of Lions District 306C1.
The 13 Clubs in Region 5 had a grand welcome to this.
This is the first Srilankan Lion who
has received this prestigious appointment. Forty-five thousand
Lions clubs in hundred and ninety six countries will come
under him. This is great opportunity for Srilanka to promote
the country image.
In his visit to Kandy, he visited the
Maligawa, Diyawadana Nilaname Nilanga Dalabandara, Malwatte
and Asgiriya temple and he also declared open many service
projects organized by Lions Clubs of Kandy, Kandy Senkedagala,
Peradeniya and Pilimatalawa. A meeting and a dinner was
organized by the region to welcome him.
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The members of
the Lions Clubs of Region 5 receive the Lions International
President Lion Mahendra Amarasuriya and the District
Governor Lion Hemasiri De Silva at Pilimatalawa |
At a service project
of the Lions Club of Pilimatalawa |
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At a service project of the Lions
Club of Peradeniya |
Meeting at Hotel Earl's Regency |
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Meeting at Hotel Earl's Regency |
Mayor of Kandy Lion L B Aluvihare
receives Lion Mahendra Amarasuriya and other Lion
leaders |
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Meeting with the Diyawadana Nilame Nilanga Dela Bandara |
Visit to the Malwatta Temple |
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Visit to the Asgiriya Temple |
At a service project of the Lions
Club of Kandy |
ICES Celebrates
Silver Jubilee
One of Sri Lanka's oldest and leading
think tanks the International Centre for Ethnic Studies
(ICES) is celebrating its silver jubilee this year.
Founded in 1982 ICES is the only research institute
od its kind located in Sri Lanka that has a global
reach in terms of the work it does. Sri Lanka's pre-eminent
historian Kingsley M. de Silva and the eminent constitutional
lawyer late Neelan Tiruchelvam jointly founded the
Centre. An LTTE suicide bomber assassinated Mr. Tiruchelvam
in 1998. From its inception ICES has operated with
two offices, one in Kandy and the other in Colombo.
ICES Kandy recently held a simple ceremony at Hotel
Tourmaline to celebrate the Silver Jubilee and inaugurate
a conference on “Violent Conflict, Terrorism
and Nation Building in Sri Lanka and South Asia.”
A distinguished group of scholars from India, Pakistan,
Nepal and Sri Lanka attended the ceremony and participated
in the conference.
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