[size=14]The Prime Minister was addressing a massive rally in support of Bulathsinhala Chief UNP Organiser Palitha Thewarapperuma at the Bulathsinhala Pradeshiya Sabha grounds.[/size]
[size=14]“Many leading companies throughout the world have already given an undertaking to the government that they would start business ventures in Sri Lanka, if the United Front Government was ruling the country, he said.[/size]
[size=14]He said a new zone would also be established for the development of the tea industry, covering Bulathsinhala and Matugama electorates.[/size]
[size=14]The Prime Minister said that the Cabinet have already approved the payment of subsidies to tea small holders until September.[/size]
[size=14]“Our tea would receive better prices if trade sanctions on Iran is lifted by the United States,” he said. The Prime Minister said that he had already ordered to make payments to the rubber cultivators through dealers.[/size]
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