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BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
A PROGRAMME to strengthen commercial aviation security on a global scale, primarily through a mandatory audit of national services, has been agreed by all 187 Member States of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at a two day High-Level, Ministerial Conference held at its headquarters in Montreal, Canada.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A JAM factory will be opened by the Chunnakam Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society near Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, the first food plant launched in this contested region since government forces regained control from the Tamil Tigers in 1996; the combatants are now negotiating a peace deal.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A NEW ice cream launch is to be made in Sri Lanka by the country’s largest supermarket chain Cargills, which has brought the island rights to the Walls range off Unilever. The company will not divulge the name of the new brand, but it will not be called Walls.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
SHELL Gas Lanka Ltd and David Pieris Motor Co have launched gas conversion equipment in Sri Lanka for three-wheeled vehicles that includes a special 4 kg LPG cylinder, to provide a cheaper alternative to petrol. The two companies claim that the equipment will allow motorists to reduce fuel bills by more than 35 per cent.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
SRI Lankan soap and coconut oil manufacturer BCC Lanka Ltd is to invest SL Rupees 25 million (GBPounds 180,000), in automating its coconut oil manufacturing plant, while increasing its soap production facility in order to re-launch its entire product range, which includes Sovereign Bar and Suvendra soap brands.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE CEYLON Petroleum Corporation is building a SLRupees 10 billion tank farm at Muthurajawela, near Columbo, that will enable tankers to unload cargo from six miles offshore through a single-point buoy mooring system. The corporation has also introduced unleaded petrol to dealers in most larger Sri Lankan cities.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A SRI Lankan metal company is to try and exploit the advantages of the Indo-Lankan Free Trade Agreement by exporting its aluminium extrusions to the south Indian cities of Madras, Bangalore, Trivandrum and Cochin.

Lanka Aluminium Industries Ltd is planning to team up with Jindal Aluminium, of India, in its bid to move out its small domestic market.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE SRI Lankan government has struck a deal with multinational Mundogas Ltd to supply LPG to customers on the island from May. With retail prices for a 12.5 kg cylinder being between Rs. 325 and Rs.350, Columbo has claimed the agreement will help ensure supplies of reasonably priced fuel in the country.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
A SHELL company in Sri Lanka has announced that it has tapped into a lucrative latent demand on the tropical south Asian island for solar electricity systems, installing 5,400 units out of around 10,000 in the country in its first two years of operation.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA, in Columbo
SOFT drinks giants Nestle, Coca-Cola and Pepsi are developing ice tea products to break into a new market place in tropical Sri Lanka this summer. The three will join Hindustan Lever, which has already launched its Lipton Ice brand.…