Singaporean High Commissioner to Sri Lanka visits Chamber; meets SL-Singapore Biz Council members

Singaporean High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Chandra Das says Singapore and Sri Lanka are currently focusing on several Government-to-Government projects.

He revealed this, when Das met the Ceylon Chamber-led Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council members at the chamber on the evening of 8 October.

Das said: “We are working mainly on capacity building work, where we deliver expertise on areas such as township development, urban development and city development.”

He also said currently Singapore is also engaged in the concept planning stages of Sri Lanka’s Megapolis project.

The High Commissioner was met by Mangala P.B. Yapa, CEO/Secretary General of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, together with Prajeeth Balasubramaniam, Upali Bandaranayake and Rohitha Mendis, Vice Presidents of the Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council. 

Lilakshini De Mel, Senior Assistant Secretary General of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Michelle Fernando, Management Executive of the Chamber was present during the meeting.

Further speaking, Das also discussed the possible areas of trade and investment engagement Sri Lanka and Singapore can focus on.  The Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council Members, in response told the high commissioner that areas such as, property development, education, infrastructure development and manufacturing are some of the areas, Singapore can focus on bringing in investments to Sri Lanka.

The meeting was also attended by Janaka Gunasekera, Fayek Wafa, Pravir Samarasinghe, Jay Ong and Chrishan Mendis; the Committee members of the Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council. 

Das, who is a non-resident high commissioner to Sri Lanka, is currently touring the country on a fact-finding mission.

The Sri Lanka-Singapore Business Council inaugurated on 14 August 1997 was the 18th bilateral business council formed under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.