Govt. silent over stock ‘deals’ poser in P'MEnt

Yesterday in Parliament there were no plausible answers from the Government to the following oral questions from UNP MP John Amaratunga to Minister of Finance and Planning:

(a) Will he inform this House separately:

(i) the number of shares held in Galadari Hotels Lanka PLC, Laugfs Gas PLC and Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC by the Employees Provident Fund;

(ii) the dates on which each lot of shares were purchased;

(iii) the price at which aforesaid shares were purchased;

(iv) the persons from whom the shares were purchased;

(v) if the said shares have been subsequently sold, the person or persons to whom they were sold, on per lot basis;

(vi) the price at which the said shares were sold per each lot; and

(vii) the names of the brokers involved in these transactions?

(b) If not, why?