Jatinder Biala retained his position as Chairman of the Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA) as members voted in favour of extending the term of the current office for another year at the 41st Annual General Meeting at the Colombo Hilton recently.
Dhammika Fernando was also unanimously re-elected as the Secretary of the Association while Vice Chairman Hemantha Perera will continue to serve for another term.
M.H.Z.M. Marzook will remain as the Treasurer.
The former State Minister of Aviation and Development of Export Zones, D.V. Chanaka was the chief guest while ILO Country Director Ms. Simrin Singh and Chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Raja Edirisuriya were the guests of honour.
FTZMA represents the foreign direct investors in the various export processing zones in Sri Lanka. Since it commenced its operation from the Katunayake Free Trade Zone over 40 years ago, the Association has been representing the foreign direct investments, expanding their presence to all Free Trade Zones in Sri Lanka.
Chairman Biala said, “The FTZMA strongly believes that our country will recover from the difficult economic situation faced by our members and the Government will formulate policies and take action in the right direction to foster the socio-economic progress of Sri Lanka and will bring back the confidence of all investors.”
“We are also happy to note that the website launched by us last year for the benefit of our members is useful to most of our members and outsiders. We will continuously update it with all activities and whatever data that could be updated for the benefit of the Association and its members,” he said.
– Sunday Observer Sri Lanka
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