As per the situation of the country, it’s very difficult to predict what the country will achieve. The way we are going forward does not show any positive achievements in the year 2017.
Since the media is not showing what’s correct, we have to believe what we hear. A huge portion of the land in the Hambantota area, along with the harbour is about to be occupied by the Chinese. No expected results are shown from the increased taxation on vehicle imports as the sales of vehicles have gone down. Little by little, people have started to come out to the streets against the Government, which has started treating journalists in a very bad way.
But I hope that the Government would start treating journalists in a friendly manner this year and stop cheating us by showing FCID involvements in investigating corruptions time to time on TV while actually not doing anything. In 2017, the Government should stop harassing the opposition without any valuable means.
Finally I hope that the Government would stop blaming the opposition for every mistake they do in the New Year.
I hope the present government will stop trying to find fault with the previous regime and seriously focus on developing the country. After all, this is the main reason we, the common people brought the current government into power.
I hope the year 2017 will see enhanced social and economic development. In order to achieve this, the Government must focus on eradication of poverty by setting a strong economic foundation.
The private sector should be encouraged to provide more employment opportunities in rural areas by expanding their businesses, factories and etc., in those areas. The Government can encourage this by offering special concessions to such businesses.
I hope education and healthcare – the most important sectors in the country – will be streamlined to provide a better service. The Government should seriously think of involving the large scale businesses in the country to initiate programmes and facilities to schools without discrimination, as well as introduce proper sanitation facilities to schools in remote areas. Healthcare facilities too can be enhanced by way of introducing food production programmes, environmental conservation, educating people on prevention of drugs and kidney disease and etc.
I hope proper measures will be taken to simplify the present complicated tax system, which will ease the burden of common people.
All in all, I hope the year 2017 will be a better year for Sri Lanka and the present government would lead us to light through this darkest economic tunnel we are presently travelling…
Having the suitable one appointed and entrusted for a given role is an achievement. Probably by mitigating the problem making channels, the trouble makers can be minimised. It means that unnecessary problems that would otherwise have been caused are likely to be on the decline. This also means that productive energy and time would not be wasted on trivial issues, but can be directed towards pivotal issues that require much attention.
For projects that require limited resources which are often obtained through loans, we wish zero failures and improved cost effectiveness. Every rupee must be accounted for, as the public carries the debt burden. Therefore, projects need to be under the supervision of responsible expert hands.
These provide the ability to concentrate on sharpening ourselves for excellence. This is sufficient to close down bottlenecks that hold down the path to development, be it social or economic. Thus, a nationwide progress path can be paved towards achieving development status.
I want the Sri Lankan people to achieve two sincere wishes….
One is to admit the truth and being true to one’s heart about what is wrong and right. This should be the call of the day without nodding your head for the sake of pleasing others. What is vital, is to know the truth, accept it and then take action to follow the right track. This is applicable to all wrongdoers in public and private sectors alike, so that the commitment of people can be directed to accomplish meaningful tasks, without committing malpractices.
The second wish is to improve our way of reasoning, decision making and how we judge and deal with fellow citizens. All of this goes into fostering a better attitude. Most of the issues in this country are due to the lack of empathy in people. We need rid ourselves of self-centeredness that restricts us to a certain frame of thinking, keeping us virtually trapped.
Being faithful to oneself and walking in someone else’s shoes can make Sri Lanka go that extra mile.
As the war was wiped out, there are irregularities and malpractices in the society which also need to be eradicated. Currently these account for social costs and uncivilised living conditions, restricting safe movement within the country. These are responsible for hampering quality living conditions.
A safe environment for women is a must. If any society cannot give due respect to women, then it is inevitably a black mark and a disqualifying factor indeed. Blocking the rights, respect and mobility of a woman, be it a child, youngster or senior citizen, also limit the potential of women. In a society, when women can move freely (without abusing their freedom) and perform to their capabilities, the dependability of women too takes a better shape. Overtime, women will be secure, and not dependent on guardians, and this will be seen in a favourable light as far as an economy is concerned. As such, the Government would require less allocation from the state coffers for the welfare of women.
For safe mobility for women and to minimise discrimination and harassment, we need a legal framework that is enforceable and is strong enough to regulate people in a preventive mode. It should enable people to behave in a righteous way so that a safe environment is created for women.
This will be far more ahead than a hundred laws which just sit and remain in print form only.
We badly need to acquire and exemplify humanitarian qualities, in the best interest of the country. The quality of civilians are judged by how others are treated, respected and this extends to living beings, animals and the environment.
We should be concerned in both word and deed about the environment, wild life and animals. Therefore, deforestation and cruelty for animals should be wiped out. There should be equality and uniform treatment for people of all backgrounds, regardless of their social status, gender, wealth or connections.
Transparency need to be improved in both public and private sectors. The latter too has loopholes where employees and stakeholders are exploited. The situation prevailing in this country is that a faithful person in a lower capacity is often pushed to difficulty without any rescue policy or redress mechanism in place. However, a powerful person of higher calibre, who is an influencer on power zones in office can easily get away with anything.
Judged by the current fiascos in the national Government – of course, the writing has always been on the wall that a national Government between the UNP and the SLFP was highly unlikely to fare seamlessly, regardless of the rhetoric – what 2017 has in store for the entire nation is most likely to be more chaos and confusion. This happens so because, inevitably, the problems persisting in the policy landscape always have their ramifications in the lives of all. Forgive my pessimism and cynical attitude, but it’s on the cards that things will get worse rather than better. However, there’s no way to objectively assess what’s really going to happen because the mainstream media seems to be interested in reporting opinions and imaginative stuff rather than facts. Corruption at the highest levels of the Government remains unaddressed. Add to this the current impasse concerning the sale of the Hambantota harbour, the general confusion in the policy landscape, a national Government divided against itself, crony capitalism, a languishing stock market and so on. It’s a veritable horror story. The promised land of prosperity is getting as elusive as ever.
As per the situation of the country, it’s very difficult to predict what the country will achieve. The way we are going forward does not show any positive achievements in the year 2017.
Since the media is not showing what’s correct, we have to believe what we hear. A huge portion of the land in the Hambantota area, along with the harbour is about to be occupied by the Chinese. No expected results are shown from the increased taxation on vehicle imports as the sales of vehicles have gone down. Little by little, people have started to come out to the streets against the Government, which has started treating journalists in a very bad way.
But I hope that the Government would start treating journalists in a friendly manner this year and stop cheating us by showing FCID involvements in investigating corruptions time to time on TV while actually not doing anything. In 2017, the Government should stop harassing the opposition without any valuable means.
Finally I hope that the Government would stop blaming the opposition for every mistake they do in the New Year.
I hope the present government will stop trying to find fault with the previous regime and seriously focus on developing the country. After all, this is the main reason we, the common people brought the current government into power.
I hope the year 2017 will see enhanced social and economic development. In order to achieve this, the Government must focus on eradication of poverty by setting a strong economic foundation.
The private sector should be encouraged to provide more employment opportunities in rural areas by expanding their businesses, factories and etc., in those areas. The Government can encourage this by offering special concessions to such businesses.
I hope education and healthcare – the most important sectors in the country – will be streamlined to provide a better service. The Government should seriously think of involving the large scale businesses in the country to initiate programmes and facilities to schools without discrimination, as well as introduce proper sanitation facilities to schools in remote areas. Healthcare facilities too can be enhanced by way of introducing food production programmes, environmental conservation, educating people on prevention of drugs and kidney disease and etc.
I hope proper measures will be taken to simplify the present complicated tax system, which will ease the burden of common people.
All in all, I hope the year 2017 will be a better year for Sri Lanka and the present government would lead us to light through this darkest economic tunnel we are presently travelling…
Having the suitable one appointed and entrusted for a given role is an achievement. Probably by mitigating the problem making channels, the trouble makers can be minimised. It means that unnecessary problems that would otherwise have been caused are likely to be on the decline. This also means that productive energy and time would not be wasted on trivial issues, but can be directed towards pivotal issues that require much attention.
For projects that require limited resources which are often obtained through loans, we wish zero failures and improved cost effectiveness. Every rupee must be accounted for, as the public carries the debt burden. Therefore, projects need to be under the supervision of responsible expert hands.
These provide the ability to concentrate on sharpening ourselves for excellence. This is sufficient to close down bottlenecks that hold down the path to development, be it social or economic. Thus, a nationwide progress path can be paved towards achieving development status.
I want the Sri Lankan people to achieve two sincere wishes….
One is to admit the truth and being true to one’s heart about what is wrong and right. This should be the call of the day without nodding your head for the sake of pleasing others. What is vital, is to know the truth, accept it and then take action to follow the right track. This is applicable to all wrongdoers in public and private sectors alike, so that the commitment of people can be directed to accomplish meaningful tasks, without committing malpractices.
The second wish is to improve our way of reasoning, decision making and how we judge and deal with fellow citizens. All of this goes into fostering a better attitude. Most of the issues in this country are due to the lack of empathy in people. We need rid ourselves of self-centeredness that restricts us to a certain frame of thinking, keeping us virtually trapped.
Being faithful to oneself and walking in someone else’s shoes can make Sri Lanka go that extra mile.
As the war was wiped out, there are irregularities and malpractices in the society which also need to be eradicated. Currently these account for social costs and uncivilised living conditions, restricting safe movement within the country. These are responsible for hampering quality living conditions.
A safe environment for women is a must. If any society cannot give due respect to women, then it is inevitably a black mark and a disqualifying factor indeed. Blocking the rights, respect and mobility of a woman, be it a child, youngster or senior citizen, also limit the potential of women. In a society, when women can move freely (without abusing their freedom) and perform to their capabilities, the dependability of women too takes a better shape. Overtime, women will be secure, and not dependent on guardians, and this will be seen in a favourable light as far as an economy is concerned. As such, the Government would require less allocation from the state coffers for the welfare of women.
For safe mobility for women and to minimise discrimination and harassment, we need a legal framework that is enforceable and is strong enough to regulate people in a preventive mode. It should enable people to behave in a righteous way so that a safe environment is created for women.
This will be far more ahead than a hundred laws which just sit and remain in print form only.
We badly need to acquire and exemplify humanitarian qualities, in the best interest of the country. The quality of civilians are judged by how others are treated, respected and this extends to living beings, animals and the environment.
We should be concerned in both word and deed about the environment, wild life and animals. Therefore, deforestation and cruelty for animals should be wiped out. There should be equality and uniform treatment for people of all backgrounds, regardless of their social status, gender, wealth or connections.
Transparency need to be improved in both public and private sectors. The latter too has loopholes where employees and stakeholders are exploited. The situation prevailing in this country is that a faithful person in a lower capacity is often pushed to difficulty without any rescue policy or redress mechanism in place. However, a powerful person of higher calibre, who is an influencer on power zones in office can easily get away with anything.
Well, whether we can expect anything noticeable in a favourable light, is my concern.
Judged by the current fiascos in the national Government – of course, the writing has always been on the wall that a national Government between the UNP and the SLFP was highly unlikely to fare seamlessly, regardless of the rhetoric – what 2017 has in store for the entire nation is most likely to be more chaos and confusion. This happens so because, inevitably, the problems persisting in the policy landscape always have their ramifications in the lives of all. Forgive my pessimism and cynical attitude, but it’s on the cards that things will get worse rather than better. However, there’s no way to objectively assess what’s really going to happen because the mainstream media seems to be interested in reporting opinions and imaginative stuff rather than facts. Corruption at the highest levels of the Government remains unaddressed. Add to this the current impasse concerning the sale of the Hambantota harbour, the general confusion in the policy landscape, a national Government divided against itself, crony capitalism, a languishing stock market and so on. It’s a veritable horror story. The promised land of prosperity is getting as elusive as ever.