Old Parliment

Gall Face Hotel

Municipal Council Colombo

National Museum

Colonial Buildings of Sri Lanka

The Town Hall

             The Town Hall of Colombo, built in front of the Viharamahadevi Park, is the head quarts of the Colombo Municipal Council and the office of the Mayor. It is the meeting place for the elected Municipal Council, and today it houses the administrative staff of the council. Its garden is the venue for many rallies and concerts all year round.

            The plants for the Town Hall were put out on competition and the winning design was design was submitted by Mr. S.J.Edwards. Mr.T.Reid laid the foundation and construction work was commenced in 1942 by Messrs. A.A. Gammon and Co. and the building was occupied in May 1928. Mr.H.E.Newnham, the Mayer during this period, was largely responsible for the smooth and expeditious completion of the work.The Town Hall When completed , was regarded as the best building of its kind in the East and helped to give a new look to the municipal administration of the City.

            The main building stands prominently and commands pleasing views from all angles. The connecting roads are well laid out. The length and the breadth of the building are 354ft and 168ft respectively. The total height of the building equals its width. The elevations are very dignified and refined. The perspective view shows a very impressive group of buildings crowned by a dorm and tower of fine proportions. On the ground floor the corridor are straightforward, direct and well lighted. The council chamber is a magnificent apartment, with ample accommodation for the public provided in abs elevated gallery.

The Gall Face Hotel

            The Gall Face Hotel is a 148 year old Hotel which has been in continuous business from its inception in 1864. It is considered to the oldest purpose built Hotel East of Suez Canal, originally catering to the guests of the then Colonial Governor whose residences was situated across a leisure park (The Gall Face Green) – and is today the Residence of the President of Sri Lanka.

            This 160 room property situated in the City Center Of Colombo derives its name from the picturesque promenade it face called the Gall Face Green which was a creation by the British Governor at that time, Sir Henry Ward. Designed and built to British Colonial Architecture the Hotel is known as Sri Lanka’s Heritage in Hospitality.

            The Gall Face Hotel was conceived and incorporated as a Hotel in February 1864, by three British Businessmen. To date it is Colombo’s only Seaside Hotel and still continues to be the most prestigious Hotel in the City. Though being a City Center Hotel, it has all the attributes of resort with its Sea frontage and even a Sea water swimming pool.

            This precious Hotel which has been patronized by world leaders and celebrated over the years has been refurnished many times and mordent facilities have now been installed while its colonial architecture and character ha seen minted. The Hotel has been in continuous business since 1864 and in the recent past has won many prestigious Awards including the First and only Presidential Awards in 2009 and the Pacific Asia Travel Association Award in 2011 for Heritage Hotels.

The Colombo National Museum

(1^st January 1877)

            The desire of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society to have a permanent home in 1854, took in 1872 the from of more serious agitation for a public museum culminating in a deputation edging led before Governors Sir William Henry Gregory by colonel A.B. Flyers , the President of the society . The Governor being a man of erudition and scholarship himself, was quick to appreciation this request and as subsequent events show was almost entire responsible for obtaining the approval of Ceylon Legislative Council to this proposal, electing a cite for advice on the plans of the building.

            The motion to include a sum of Rs. 50000 under new public works for a museum was moved by Governor Gregory as the president of the legislative council on Wednesday 25^th September 1872 and the speeches made by him both on this occasion as well as at the closure of the debate are particularly significant not only did he make a strong plea for a museum, but also out lined it’s role in life of the nation.

            The buildings of Colombo Museum to be construed was designed in the Italian architecture style by James G.Smith the architecture of the Public Works Department. It is a two storied building with open verandahs, arches and pillars with ornate capitals and moldings. A porch with a balcony is provided at the entrance. Construction of the building was probably commenced in 1874 and the work completed in 1876 at a cost of Rs. 119993.93 The building was surrounded by Seven are pieces of land over looking Albeit crescent in the heart of Colombo, known as Cinnamon Gardens. It is said that constructional work was personally supervised by the Governor. The constructors were the late W. Marikkar and S.M. Perera in the building construction in 1876 the ground floor consisted of two front verandahs and two more verandahs, are on the Easton and other on the Weston side.

The Old Parliament

            The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the Head of the State, the Head of the Executive and of the Government, and the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. The office of the President “Presidential Secretariat” provides the administrative framework for the exercise of duties. Responsibilities and powers vested in the President by the Constriction of Sri Lanka.

             The Present Presidential Secret is housed at the Old Parliament building at Gall Face This magnificent edifice which represents a most important instructional landmark in our country’s political progress was built 82 years ago an “Ionic style”, one of the five architectural orders. Parliament building in appended resembles the Parthenon, the chief temple of the Greek Goddess, Athena, on the hill of the Acropolis at Athens.

            The building was declared open on 29 January 1930 by the Governor, Sir Herbert Stanley as the Legislative Council. On this occasion, Sri Herbert Stanly said:

   “It is the hope and payer of US all that the deliberations which will be conducted within these walls may serve to weld the several communities and classes of the population together into an organic unity of national life and national progress, not by the suppression of varying  traditions but by their co-ordination on a basis of mutual respect”.

            (Legislative Council Debates (1930), vol.1)

           

            With the advent of constitutional reforms and consequent changes in the name of the Legislature. The building was accepted as the State Council (1931-1947); the House of Representatives (1974-1978); the national State Assembly (1972-1978) and shifting the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-1982). After shifting the Parliament to the Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte. This historic building was re-named as Presidential Secretariat on 8 September 1983.

            The project for construction of this building was originated by His Excellency Sir Henry McCallum, Governor of Ceylon, in 1912. The site selected was the reclaimed land at the northern end of Gall Face between the military barracks and the ‘Beira’ Lake:

            Special precautions were taken with regard to foundations owing to the natural of the soil and entrance structure is carried on heavy reinforced concrete piles. The Council building is placed in a commandinding posting on the Gall Face road facing west. The building has been arranged so as to have an open outlook and to have the benefit of cross breeze; the council chamber itself has been located on the east side of the building away from the notice of the sea and sheltered from the afternoon sun and strong South-West breezes.

            The materials used in the external elevations on the ground floor are stone from a specially acquired quarry at Ruwanwella; above this there is a plaster treatment. The plaster being specially blended in color to suite the stone facing on the ground floor. The structure is fine-proof throughout; steel farming supports the well, concrete columns. The entire buildings are carried on concrete piling. Crock carpet and linoleum have been extensively used on the floors so as to rninirnise noise inside the building; the corridors as well as the entrance hall are covered with thick rubber matting in blended colors. The chamber has received special attention in order that reverberation and echo may be reduced and the acoustic properties rendered as prefect as possible. Walls and ceiling are covered with “Celotex”, which a patent absorbent boarding is made from the refuse fibers of sugar cane.

            The fittings to doors and windows throughout are of bronze and the electrical fittings are also of bronze. The Chamber is paneled in its lower portion with molded teak paneling, staned dark and wax- polished. The upper portion of the Chamber is felted up entirely in figured satinwood. The Chamber is now renovated into a Conference Hall and is presided over by H.E. the President for his official meetings. The floor of the Conference Hall is fitted up in figured satinwood in the year 2011. Air is also circulated to the galleries entering through openings at the back of the seats. The necessity for overhead fans, which so much interfere with the audibility and cleanness of public speaking, is obviated. Electric lighting through the building is indirect and secluded, in most cases the fittings being completely hidden. The upper portion of Conference Hall is illumined by means of reflected light from floodlights fitted outside the topmost windows.

            Internally the building is gorgeous , with a fine blending of color in the different halls, with splendid aoudad acoustic propitiates, and revealing an attention to detail which reflects the greases credit on the Public works Department and its Chef Architect, Mr. A. Woodeson. Every effort has been made to afford the maximum of comfort to all who will work in the building, while the system of ventilation and lighting are excellent.

            The annexd building to this historic building was built few years back for the purpose of administrative office for Presidential Secretariat.

Details of the Issue

Date of Issue: 11^th  September, 2012

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Sri Lanka TransportBoard

Sri Lanka Transport Board

            In keeping with the promise of the People’s United Front in 1956, the bus companies existing at the time were nationalized with effect from 01^st January, 1958. This business enterprise is the second in the Asian continent and the 01^st in Sri Lanka to be nationalized. 76 Companies with 3693 nationalized buses and 15236 employees were taken over under business enterprise. The objective of nationalization was to convert the business enterprise with only profit motive to a public service enterprise.

            The CTB enriched with physical and human rescues to the function as an organization that helps to provide parallel service for the development of the country.

            In 1978 the CTB was decentralized with the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board with 09 Reginald Transport boards and doors to passenger transportation were opened to the private sector. An Opinion was prevalent that the activities of the CTB are subjected to a challenge with this move and therefore the Sri Lanka Transport Board was re-established under a centralized administration by SLTB Act No.27 of 2005. The present expesectation is to rejuvenate this Organization through instilling of new buses, restructuring and razing the productivity of the human resources through development.

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Date of Issue: 30^th  December, 2008

Denomination: Rs.5.00

Designer: Pulasthi Ediriweera

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Moors SportsClub

Moors Sports Club

The birth of the Moors Sports club was a concept of Founder convener S.L.Mohamed haji, and in March 1908 the club was established with humble beginnings at prince street pettah under the presidency of late Sri Razik Fareed Macan Markar, A.M.Fuard, Faleel A.Caffoor, Rahuman Hathy, Bin Ismail and yet others, who rendered a yeoman service and due to their sacrificial commitment and hard work it was possible to forge ahead and finally came to be located at bray Brooke place today.

            Being a very pleasant location the club did afford facilities for recreation and fellowship amongst members. However its main objective being cricket the light of other sports such as hockey and tennis diminished. However it marched forward, undeterred by the many obstacles which had to be with cricket in the forefront and other sports such as tennis and billiard too are being played on tournament levels.

            The Moors Sports club boasts of a well maintained ground with a fine turn wicket amidst pleasant surroundings. It has produced many talented promising set of cricketers who represent Sri Lanka in the National team and also emerged as champions at the premier league 2002/2003.

            The club held its centenary in a manner befitting the occasion with a souvenir published and the new “Shafeek Rajabdeen cricket pavilion” declared open under the pries deny of Hon.Shafeek Rajabdeen.M.P.It is imperative that a Commemorative stamp too should be issued to mark this significant occasion.

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Date of Issue: 25^th  February, 2009

Denomination: Rs.5.00

Designer: Sanath Rohana Wickramasinghe

Stamp Size: 30mm. x 41mm.

Format: Vertical

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A.P. de Zoysa

  A.P. de Zoysa

Agampodi paulus de Zoysa was born on 5 th April, 1890 inrandombe, Ambalangoda. At the age of 11, after his parents died in an epidemic, he was brought up by his maternal grandmother with financial support from his uncles.

            De Zoysa had his first lessons at the maha Samudramaya in Randombe, as well as at the local Wesleyan school. He continued his secondary education at Mahinda College, Galle and at Wesley College,Colombo.He taught at several Colombo schools before going to Britain in 1921 with help from his uncles. He did an external London degree and a PHD. In Anthropology, being called to the Bar in 1927.During this time he was active in the Buddhist movement. He married Eleanor Hutton from Durham. They had one child,Visakha Kumari.

            After retiring to Sri Lanka in 1934, he began the struggle to earn a living at the Bar and became known as a poor mans’s lawyer. He won the Colombo South election in 1936 and was in the state council until 1947 during which time he took up many issues related to education, social reform and minority rights.

            In 1936, be Zoysa bought a printing press (Dharmasamaya) and soon began work on his magnum opus, a translation of the Tripitaka, into simple Sinhala so that a larger public could read ad understand Buddhist teachings. This ambitious projet took over 20 years to complete and comprised 48 volumes. He also published several editions of Sinhala-English and English-Sinhala dictionaries, which were of immense value at a time when language policies were changing.

            Dr.A.P.deZoysa,who died on 26^th may 1968 at the age of 78, never joined any political party, but devoted his energies in support of progressive causes and spoke of Buddhism as a liberating, universal philosophy.After his death,Dr.G.P.Malalasekera wrote of be zoysa’s “simplicity in life and dedication to work” and called him:”A man with rare integrity, perseverance and powers of endurance.”

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Date of Issue : 5^nd March, 2009

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Designer : Pulasthi Ediriweera

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Prof. F.R. Jayasuriya

Prof. F.R. Jayasuriya

            Fondly known as ‘FR’ to his friends and close associations , Professor Jayasuriya is best known for the yeomen’s service he rendered in the field of university education , specially in opening up higher education to the Swbasha educated ordinary masses .  having realized that given after 133 years of foreign domination only 6.4% of the country’s population had attained any level of competence in English Prof.Jayasuriya realized the importance of making the doormat population participatory, if Sri Lanka is to be Progressive in its post independent era. Hence in a social milieu considered ‘unfashionable’ to be associated with the Sinhala Language, culture and education, Prof. Jayasuriya seamed the leadership role in talking higher education to the grass root level.

            Born on the 3^rd of January 1909, in the township Weligama in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, Felix Reginald Jayasuriya, demonstrated his academic ability at early age by talking 15 subjects and qualifying with a first class at the London Maturiculation.At the Age of 20 graduated from the Ceylon University College with a second class Upper Division in the English Language Special Examination. He proved his exceptional academic talents by becoming 1 st at Ceylon civil Service (CCS) examination in his day.

            With his penchant for academia, Prof. Jayasuriya starten his working life as A lecture in English at the Universuty College. Then left the post to take the appointment of Principal of Ambalangoda Dharmasoka College. He was back in the University when he was invited for beginning highest achiever in economics at CCS examination. He read for Bachelor of Economic degree and joined the economics department of the Ceylon University College. FR entered London School of Economics in 1936 to read a special degree in economics and graduated with a 2^nd class upper definition. Under his tutelage the Department of Economics became one of the most sought after areas of study in the university. He read for his PhD at Jadawpur University in India. Many Sri Lankan Economists of world fame were his students

            Prof. Jayasuriya, developed the sinhala glossary of economics terms and wrote three Economics text books in the Sinhala Language. He was in the forefront of marking Sinhala the National Language.

             Prof. Jayasuriya is a scholar par excellence, education visionary, a national leader and great patriotic son of mother Lanka. He passed away on the 17^th of July1984. Service rented by Prof.Jayasuriya Will be Remember by the many Future generation to come.

Details of the Issue

Date of Issue: 25^th  February, 2009

Denomination: Rs.5.00

Designer: Sanath Rohana Wickramasinghe

Stamp Size: 30mm. x 41mm.

Format: Vertical

Printing Process: Offset Lithography

Sheet Composition: 100 stamps per sheet

Perforations: 14 ½ x 13

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University Of Sri Jayawardanapura

University Of Sri Jayawardanapura

            The University Of Sri Jayawardanapura as it Known today was founded fifty years ago (1959 AD) by the name Vidyodaya at the premises of Vidyodaya Pirivena , Maligakanada which was considered to be a renowned and excellent center of Buddhist learning under the able leadership of the most distinguished Buddhist prelates such as Venerable Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, Mahagoda Sri Gnaneswara Thero and Kahawe Sri Rathanasara Thero.

            The Vidyodaya and Vidyalankara Pirivenas were granted the status of universities on the 15^th of December 1958 under the University Act no. 45. On the 18^th Of February 1959, the Vidyodaya University was inaugurated at the premise of Vidyodaya Pirivena bi Sri Oliver Goonethileke; then Governor of Ceylon. In 1961, the University was built on a plot of land in Gangodawila that belonged to the Papiliyana Sunethra Devi Pirivena. The architect as well as first Vice Chancellor of the University was the  eminent scholar Venerable Waliwatiye Sri Soratha Thero.

            The University initially began with the Faculty of Arts, followed by the Faculty of Applied Science in 1962, the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce in 1972, the Faulty of Medicine in 1992 and finally the Faculty of Graduate Studies in 1995 and all of these have developed today into fully fledged faculties. As a University that offers comprehensive courses in the areas of Humanities, Applied Science, Management and Medicine, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura had produced a large number of graduates as well as post graduate students. The enrolment of the students for the current year (2009) is as follows; 2630 students in the Art Faculty 1150 in Faculty of Applied Science ,4367 in Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce , 1336 in the Faculty of Medicine and  1808 in the Faculty of Graduate Studies . In addition there are 56631 (2005-2008) external degree application enrolled for different degree programmers at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

            The University which consists of a distinguished academic staff who are well known. Both locally and internationally completes its 50 years of Service in 2009. Venerable Prof. Bellanvila Wimalarathane Nayaka Thero Functions as the Chancellor and Dr. N.L.A. Karunarathne as the 25^th Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

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Date of Issue: 18^th  February, 2009

Denomination: Rs.5.00

Designer: Gamini Abeykoon

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2009 Year of English & Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Year of English & Information Technology

            This initiative intends to promote the vision of His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa to create a Knowledge Society where people from all corners of Sri Lanka may create, share and knowledge as a primary production resource to improve their living standards.

            In August 2008, His Excellency appointed a Presidential Task Force on English and IT to spearhead and guide the activities to be implemented by various government institutions and the private sector. Headed by Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama , Minister of  Public Administration and Home Affairs , the Task Force draws upon the knowledge and expertise of a large number of People in the education and Information Technology fields who are committed to the task of propagating a Knowledge Society in the country.

            The English and IT initiative will target several groups, i.e the community at large, school leavers seeking employment, employees in positions that require a higher knowledge of Spoken/ Communicative English and IT, and English and IT professionals. Among priority objectives of the initiative are the following:

• To produce more than 50000 youth having job oriented Spoken/Communicatitive English and basic IT skills for potential employment in IT enabled service industries such as call centers and BPOs within 03 years.
• To install the infrastructure within, and enhance the capacity of, the mainstream school system to ensure that school leavers throughout the country, at either ‘O’ level or ‘A’ level, will possess job oriented spoken / Communicative English skills and basic IT skills demanded by the job market.

An initial batch of 40 English teachers selected from all provinces has been trained as Master Trainers of Spoken/ Communicative English at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) of Hyderabad with the assistance of the Government of India. They are now being deployed to disseminate their knowledge among other English teachers. Plans are also underway to establish a Center for English language Training (CELT) at Peradeniya in 2009, and to establish Cities for Excellence in English in English and IT. Jaffna City has now been declared as the first City under this programme. The teaching of Basic English though television will also be launched in 2009.

The Year 2009 and thereon will witness a verity of Programmers under the English and IT initiative with the participation of the Government , the private sector and the general public towards the goal of creating a Knowledge Society in Sri Lanka.

Details of the Issue

Date of Issue: 13^th  February, 2009

Denomination: Rs.5.00

Designer: Ruwan Upasena

Stamp Size: 30mm. x 41mm.

Format: Vertical

Printing Process: Offset Lithography

Sheet Composition: 100 stamps per sheet

Perforations: 14 ½ x 13

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Paper: 102 gsm. Security Stamp Paper

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Madu Gamga Ramsar Wetland

Madu Gamga Ramsar Wetland

Madu Ganga Ramsar Wetland

Introduction

            Maduganga Is Located in Balapitiya divisional Secretariat in the Gall District, of Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Maduganga is relatively unspoilt estuary with a dense growth of mangrove vegetation harboring a height biodiversity. A total of 15 islands (145 ha) within the Maduganga are surroundings (2300 ha) were declared as a sanctuary in July 2006 and also this area was declared as a Ramsar site in 2003 by the Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Ecological Features:

Flora:

            The most abundant mangrove species available in this Ramsar site is Rhizophora apiculata. It also harbors 19 endemic species, and 8 that are nationally threatened. A rate orchid (Vanilla walkerae) can be found in one of the islands. The estuarine area comprises of 10 different wetland vegetation types including mangroves, mangrove scrub,  mangrove mixed swamps, bank scrubs ,tall shrub swamps, palm swamps , tall sedge brackish marshes ,dwarf sedge brackish marshes germanous bogs and lactic macrophysics. These vegetation types have contributed to a rich biodiversity, with 303 plant species belonging to35families. Maduganga harbors a small population of very rare, threatened mangrove species of Lumnitzera littorea.

Fauna:

            The mixed vegetation makes Manduganga an ideal ecotone for a variety of birds species, including aquatic and terrestrial forms. 111 species of birds, of witch 10% are winter migrants have been recoded from the area. Due to the lack of shorelines and mudflats, there is a low occurrence of waders. In total 248 vertebrate species have been recoded, which include 70 species of fish, 12 amphibians, 31 reptiles and 24 mammal species. Of the invertebrates, 50  species of butterflies and 250 species of molluscs (14 terrestrial and 11 brackish water) have also been recorded. Of the 248 species of vertebrates, 20 species are endemic (2 fish, 3 amphibians, 7 reptiles, 6 birds and 2 mammals) and 30 are nationally threatened (2 fish, 4 amphibians, 11 reptiles, 7 birds and 6 mammals). About one third (23 species) of the fish species in Maduganga consist of typical brackish water forms including the endemic reptile Xenochrophis asperrimus.

Hydrological and biophysical values:

            Maduganga has an important role in flood control. Its hydrology is influenced by the presence of a sandbar at the mouth and the amount of rainfall it receives.

Social and cultural value:

            Several old Buddhist temples and mosque are found within the Maduganga environs.

Disturbances and threats :

            Main threats to this important and valuable wetland ecosystem are clearing of mangroves to establish large areas of cinnamon plantations, extensive use of fertilizers is threatening the quality of lagoon water, spread of invasive alien species such as Najas marina and Anona glabra impacts not only replacing of native species but also hinder navigation within the lagoon, discharge of sewage and garbage, the high powered motorized boats operating in the lagon contribute to the deterioration of habits, river bank erosion occurs as a result of sand mining , which disrupts the water currents in the lower reaches of Maduganga

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Date of Issue : 2^nd February, 2009

Denomination : Rs.5.00 and Rs.25.00

Designer : Palitha Gurusinghe

Stamp Size : 41mm. x 30mm.

Format :  Horizontal

Printing Process:  Offset Lithography

Sheet Composition : 100 stamps per sheet

Perforations : 13 ½ x 14

Printers : Department of Government Printings, Sri Lanka

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Paper : 102 gsm. Security Stamp Paper

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