{"id":72660,"date":"2021-04-22T01:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T06:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=72660"},"modified":"2021-04-22T01:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T06:52:44","slug":"chinese-embassy-in-colombos-invitation-to-members-of-sri-lankan-parliament-for-a-study-tour-of-colombo-port-city-instead-of-the-urban-development-authority-sparks-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=72660","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Embassy in Colombo’s Invitation to Members of Sri Lankan Parliament for a “Study Tour” Of Colombo Port City Instead of the Urban Development Authority Sparks Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Questions were raised in Sri Lanka\u2019s parliament how China\u2019s embassy invited them to a \u2018study tour\u2019 of Colombo Port City where a bill to set up a regulatory commission for the reclaimed area is currently challenged at the Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opposition legislator Harshana Rajakaruna, dressed in black to mark Islamist suicide attacks on Easter Sunday April 21 in 2019 read out a text message from the parliament saying that a visit to Colombo Port City on the invitation of the Chinese embassy in Colombo had been postponed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is the Chinese embassy directing this study visit?\u201d he questioned. \u201cIn the last administration when a tour was arranged, the Urban Development Authority did it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy is the Chinese embassy taking the country\u2019s parliamentarians to this land which the government is saying it has control over?<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunewardene jumped up to object, shouting down catcalls from excited opposition members.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is totally irrelevant,\u201d Gunewardene bawled across the aisle. \u201cThere is a debate that is on.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Speaker Mahida Yapa Abeywardene said he will look into the matter.<\/p>\n

Some critics and monks supporting the administrations has slammed a bill set up a governing agency for the Port City as an attempt to create a \u2018Chinese colony\u2019.<\/p>\n

The bill seeks to exclude the area, reclaimed by China Harbhour Engineering Corporation, state-run Chinese firm, from several laws.<\/p>\n

Opposition legislators made fun of the administration questioning why the \u2018one country, one law\u2019 slogan during the election campaign no longer applied.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:Economy Next<\/em><\/p>\n

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Questions were raised in Sri Lanka\u2019s parliament how China\u2019s embassy invited them to a \u2018study tour\u2019 of Colombo Port City where a bill to set up a regulatory commission for the reclaimed area is currently challenged at the Supreme Court. Opposition legislator Harshana Rajakaruna, dressed in black to mark Islamist suicide attacks on Easter Sunday …<\/p>\n

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