{"id":145472,"date":"2024-11-02T17:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T00:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=145472"},"modified":"2024-11-02T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T00:49:37","slug":"has-sri-lanka-got-a-professionally-trained-diplomatic-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/11\/02\/has-sri-lanka-got-a-professionally-trained-diplomatic-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Sri Lanka Got a Professionally Trained Diplomatic Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Prof. Hudson McLean<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>At least and at last President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Getting the Stick Out!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sri Lankan Ambassadors &amp; High Commissioners have been a Joke !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most of these &#8220;His Excellencies&#8221; were enjoying High Life in their &#8220;Castles&#8221; overseas, pretending to be like jumped-up &#8220;Kings&#8221; at the expense of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One Ambassador, on the 4th February ordered his staff to position all the Sri Lankan guests at the bottom of the stairs, when the Ambassador &amp; wife walked down the stairs, slowly, whilst the National Anthem played, the guests were ordered to Clap!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16 politically appointed ambassadors, high commissioners to be recalled with immediate effect<\/strong><br>Posted on November 1st, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lankaweb-com wp-block-embed-lankaweb-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OgB65JUOAE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/11\/01\/16-politically-appointed-ambassadors-high-commissioners-to-be-recalled-with-immediate-effect\/\">16 politically appointed ambassadors, high commissioners to be recalled with immediate effect<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;16 politically appointed ambassadors, high commissioners to be recalled with immediate effect&#8221; &#8212; LankaWeb.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/11\/01\/16-politically-appointed-ambassadors-high-commissioners-to-be-recalled-with-immediate-effect\/embed\/#?secret=JDgKLjnnRy#?secret=OgB65JUOAE\" data-secret=\"OgB65JUOAE\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I hope the party is now over.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Let the professionals take over the responsibility on a given Mandate and Targets to increase the Return on Investment!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Increase Value Added Tourism!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Create more Tourist Applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Promote Sri Lankan Cultural Products &amp; Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Promote Diverse Applications for Tourist Industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Increase Exports &amp; Diversify Products &amp; Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Increase Employment for Youth Overseas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Increase Educational Scholarships for Students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And Lots More!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get the Ambassadors to Realize that they are Servants of their Country and are expected to do a Professional Service, and on-call 24&#215;7!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><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 At least and at last President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Getting the Stick Out! The Sri Lankan Ambassadors &amp; High Commissioners have been a Joke ! Most of these &#8220;His Excellencies&#8221; were enjoying High Life in their &#8220;Castles&#8221; overseas, pretending to be like jumped-up &#8220;Kings&#8221; at the expense of the country. 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