Friday, April 3, 2009

Sri Lanka to introduce laws for honorary awards

Apr 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka has appointed a Ministerial Committee to introduce a set of recommendations when conferring honorary awards by various institutions.

Sri Lanka Cabinet approved a memorandum submitted by the Minister of Plantation Industries D.M. Jayaratna to appoint a Ministerial Committee to consider facts containing in the above reports and submit its conclusion, to direct the Legal Draftsman to draft required legislation for the above purpose.

In the recent past, there were many local and international organizations conferred honorary awards to many politicians, businessmen etc. without adhering to any standards.

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