{"id":127262,"date":"2022-07-24T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T22:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=127262"},"modified":"2022-07-24T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T22:42:45","slug":"cash-strapped-sri-lanka-seven-pronged-strategy-by-dhammika-perera-good-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/07\/24\/cash-strapped-sri-lanka-seven-pronged-strategy-by-dhammika-perera-good-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash-strapped Sri Lanka &#038; Seven-pronged Strategy by Dhammika Perera!\u00a0 Good Thinking!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is a Fact, and that goes to show Military men are not Administrators with Practical Vision, Innovation &amp; Creativity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rajapaksa family-run Sri Lanka was sitting on Yesterday&#8217;s Glory, letting the Island rot under mismanagement &amp; corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Seven-pronged strategy on paper looks great but will take 3-5 years to bear fruit.&nbsp; But there are other ideas which may return foreign revenue during 1-2 years!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desperate diseases require desperate remedies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka is in desperate need of a remedy!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrowing funds as a Stop-Gap from China to pay back the China loan is the only <strong>Stop-Gap short-term<\/strong> interim <strong>Sticking Plaster on a gaping wound!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*<\/strong><strong>For the last 73 years, the country has not had a plan to earn foreign currency.&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <strong>Dhammika Perera.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/01\/30\/businessdhammikas-seven-pronged-strategy-to-overcome-sls-foreign-exchange-crisis\/comment-page-1\/#comment-120108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LankaWeb \u2013 BUSINESSDhammika\u2019s seven-pronged strategy to overcome SL\u2019s foreign exchange crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>LankaWeb \u2013 BUSINESSDhammika\u2019s seven-pronged strategy to overcome SL\u2019s fo&#8230;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1: University Town is a Great 5-year Idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2: Budget Airlines is a good 3-year maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3: ICT courses are Brilliant &#8211; 3 years. Must be in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4:&nbsp;Develop the coconut industry &#8211; Natural concept 5-10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5:&nbsp;Construct hospitals &#8211; Requires Credibility. Top Medical specialists &#8211; 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6: Fisheries Industry &#8211; 1-2 years. Practical. Requires development of commercial Ice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7: Business Sri Lanka &#8211; First Peace &#8211; No Credibility till Corruption is stamped-out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These are good seven (7) points that neither Rajapaksa nor Wickremasinghe gave any thought to during the past 25 years!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Point 8:<\/strong> During these 1-10 years Sri Lankans need to eat.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there are over 100,000++ young men &amp; women who could be trained with English skills to learn Human Care, Child Care, and Elder Care in the UK, USA, and Canada.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vacancies over 300,000++ in 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The care workers earn starting USDollars&nbsp; 1,500 &#8211; 2,000\/month.&nbsp; Minimum Revenue US Dollars 1,5 billion\/year.&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>No mouths to feed in Sri Lanka.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Point 9:<\/strong> Qualified Registered Nurses with English may earn immediately US Dollars 3000-;\/ month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immediate vacancies &#8211; 25,000 in EU &amp; the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The families of the workers may receive Full Social Assistance + FREE Education for children in some EU countries &amp; the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Point 10: LTTE:<\/strong> &#8211; Whilst all these positive &amp; negative solutions are being &#8216;thought&#8217;&nbsp; the hungry Foxy LTTE is planning the next adventure. Whilst Gotabaya is gone, and Fonseka is sunbathing with his Arrack, there are other young Military hopefuls waiting in the wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka may not be influenced by LTTE operative politicians in the UK-Canada-Norway-USA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is NO ROOM for TERRORISM.&nbsp; Zero Tolerance!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As said, <strong>Wickremesinghe<\/strong>, who collided with the Tamil-LTTE, <strong>cannot and must not be trusted. Period!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I see Dhammika as a successful businessman, with No Need to Scrounge the State Assets, a Ray of Hope, Light at the end of the Tunnel!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hopefully, Dhammika may give his support to quick start his thoughts to include Points 8,9,10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let us get more Honest Patriots to get Sri Lanka back on her feet!<em><u>Express Your Opinion &#8211; Read What Others Say!<br>The Independent Interactive Voice of Sri Lanka on the Internet.<br><br>Please visit -: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Hudson McLean Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is a Fact, and that goes to show Military men are not Administrators with Practical Vision, Innovation &amp; Creativity. The Rajapaksa family-run Sri Lanka was sitting on Yesterday&#8217;s Glory, letting the Island rot under mismanagement &amp; corruption. 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