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I thought the project was funded by the Chinese, so why should Sri Lanka care about cost reduction?

As for NIMBYism, that's unfortunately not unique to Sri Lanka.
I think it was a loan. What's NIMBYism? You mean liberal pests?

What a load of BS. The project has come to a complete halt. 5000 Sri Lankans have lost their jobs.
Are they supposed to pay workers for not doing anything? I don't know what's going on but the liberal hippies in Colombo fiercely oppose it. Read the comments of the link that I posted earlier. Some even think that the government is lying to them by saying that the project is halted and it's actually continue to function.
 
I think it was a loan. What's NIMBYism? You mean liberal pests?


Are they supposed to pay workers for not doing anything? I don't know what's going on but the liberal hippies in Colombo fiercely oppose it. Read the comments of the link that I posted earlier. Some even think that the government is lying to them by saying that the project is halted and it's actually continue to function.


Why are you whining? You wanted this "change"... so enjoy it.

Who gives a shit about 5000 Sri Lankan jobs.
 
Why are you whining? You wanted this "change"... so enjoy it.
I didn't want change as you say. I wanted to see an end to MR's irresponsible governing. If you look at his last term, the path he took was very dangerous. He lost his intention to genuinely work for the country and he started working for his and his family's goals. So you see, even if he stayed, it would have ended up in disaster.
 
I didn't want change as you say. I wanted to see an end to MR's irresponsible governing. If you look at his last term, the path he took was very dangerous. He lost his intention to genuinely work for the country and he started working for his and his family's goals. So you see, even if he stayed, it would have ended up in disaster.

Sure if you think political stability, independence and sustained economic growth is a "disaster"

Now we have an unelected man running the show trying to introduce a piece of legislation which will allow him to continue ruling with presidential powers. A piss poor budget filled with subsidies that the business community is cursing with a projected fall in economic growth. Foreign reserves falling. Almost all projects have come to a standstill. Highway to Jaffna cancelled. China is being made into an enemy. They are being called corrupt and evil despite the fact they stood by Sri Lanka during the war. Thousands of Sri Lankans have lost their jobs. A Singaporean was appointed head of the Central Bank and was involved in the biggest fraud in the history of the country. Sirisena's brother appointed the head of Telecom. Ranil is now trying to control who runs private banks besides threatening editorsof newspapers. A corrupt official is in charge of the ministry of finance. High Security Zones in the north are being dismantled. Sri Lankan soldiers - the people who laid down their lives for the countries - are to be investigated and tried for war crimes by their own government. The foreign minister wants Tamil groups that funded the LTTE free reign to do what they like in Sri Lanka and says they had nothing to do with the terrorists. Meanwhile people who stood for Sri Lanka like Tamaraa Kunanayakam is called a terrorist who supported the LTTE by the same man. The chief minister of the Northern Province adopts a genocide resolution with no consequences. He presents the genocide resolution to UN visitors with no consequences. Indian fishermen are free to poach in Sri Lankan waters on a daily basis, not only that their trawlers are returned to them free of change - they just pop across the Palk Strait and pick them up. Oil tank farms in Trincomalee are handed on a platter to India something that India was desperate to get their hands on for decades.

Sri Lanka is basically fucked.

Good work sonny jim.
 
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Sure if you think political stability, independence and sustained economic growth is a "disaster"

Now we have an unelected man running the show trying to introduce a piece of legislation which will allow him to continue ruling with presidential powers. All projects have come to a standstill. Highway to Jaffna cancelled. China is being made into an enemy. They are being called corrupt and evil despite the fact they stood by Sri Lanka during the war. Thousands of Sri Lankans have lost their jobs. A Singaporean was appointed head of the Central Bank and was involved in the biggest fraud in the history of the country. Ranil is now trying to control who runs private banks besides threatening editors. A corrupt official is in charge of the ministry of finance. High Security Zones in the north are being dismantled. Sri Lankan soldiers - the people who laid down their lives for the countries - are to be investigated and tried for war crimes by their own government. The foreign minister wants Tamil groups that funded the LTTE free reign to do what they like in Sri Lanka and says they had nothing to do with the terrorists. Meanwhile people who stood for Sri Lanka like Tamaraa Kunanayakam is called a terrorist who supported the LTTE by the same man. The chief minister of the Northern Province adopts a genocide resolution with no consequences. Indian fishermen are free to poach in Sri Lankan waters, not only that their trawlers are returned to them free of change. Oil tank farms in Trincomalee are handed on a platter to India.

Sri Lanka is basically fucked.

Good work sonny jim.
You are making an apocalyptic scenario out of port city. The road development projects were restarted. If the current government wanted to send a message to China, they could have simply given VISA to Dalai Lama. Why didn't they do it then?

Sri Lanka to resume road infrastructure projects with China|WantChinaTimes.com

@Gibbs
 
You are making an apocalyptic scenario out of port city. The road development projects were restarted. If the current government wanted to send a message to China, they could have simply given VISA to Dalai Lama. Why didn't they do it then?

Sri Lanka to resume road infrastructure projects with China|WantChinaTimes.com

@Gibbs


Your only response to everything I wrote is "they could have simply given VISA to Dalai Lama. Why didn't they do it then?"

Typical.

The answer is this: Because they know they would get fucked up big time by China if they did so.


Hey check this out: Sirisena's brother who was appointed head of Telecom wants a pay rise!


Alarm bells over chairman’s multi-million pay hike for himself


The influential chairman of a state institution which boasts that it connects all Sri Lankans wanted his salary increased. The man has come to the limelight for his filial connections. The man, who now receives Rs. 950,000 a month, has forwarded a Board Paper himself seeking a three-fold increase of his salary. This was to include a payment be made to him for overlooking an affiliate institution.

The board members who were stunned by the Chairman’s move did not say “yes” to the proposal. The Malaysian shareholder vehemently objected. “How could we justify such an unconscionable increase? We cannot end up paying in millions for him alone. At the same time, a senior official, a political appointee made a pitch for a million rupees a month wage. This too was shot down. That is not Yahapalanaya (Good Governance),” said a board member of the company in which the Government has a majority stake. The foreign shareholder in the meantime is mulling a pull-out if this is how appointees of the new Government are going to cream the profits off the company.


The Sunday Times Sri Lanka



Yahapalana rocks!
 
Your only response to everything I wrote is "they could have simply given VISA to Dalai Lama. Why didn't they do it then?"

Typical.

The answer is this: Because they know they would get fucked up big time by China if they did so.
So you're saying that they are stopping all the Chinese investments which does more damage to China than allowing Dalai Lama to come because they hate China but don't want to anger China.
 
So you're saying that they are stopping all the Chinese investments which does more damage to China than allowing Dalai Lama to come because they hate China but don't want to anger China.


You really are uneducated aren't you? Clueless really. The Chinese take threats to their sovereignty very seriously. Where they even take steps against Europe and warn the USA about hosting the Dalai Lama.

You think stopping some SL projects is going to affect China? I mean really? The second largest economy in the world? All it is doing is affecting Sri Lankans more than anyone else. And turning China into an enemy.

The pussies in the Sri Lankan government know the Dalai Lama is a red line they better not cross.
 
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