{"id":75954,"date":"2018-03-26T05:47:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=75954"},"modified":"2018-03-26T05:47:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:47:32","slug":"colombos-port-city-calls-for-name-change-offers-rs-100000-to-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/03\/26\/colombos-port-city-calls-for-name-change-offers-rs-100000-to-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombo\u2019s Port City calls for name change, offers Rs.100,000 to winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"post-lead\">\n<h2 class=\"postmeta\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span class=\"gabfire_meta gabfiremeta_bydate\">By\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"fn\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/author\/editor\/\" rel=\"author\">Editor<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0<time class=\"published updated\" datetime=\"March 26, 2018T10:21 am\">March 26, 2018\u00a0newsin.asia<\/time><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<article class=\"entry post-18751 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sri-lanka category-topstory last_archivepost\">\n<div class=\"social-sharethis-post\">\u00a0Colombo, March 26 (newsin.asia) \u2013 The Sri Lankan government together with China\u2019s CHEC has put out advertisements in the Sri Lankan press calling upon Sri Lankans to suggest an attractive name for a mega 1.4 billion dollar port city project currently being constructed near the Colombo Harbour.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Presently known as \u2018Port City Colombo\u2019, the Megapolis Development Ministry, together with the Urban Development Authority and CHEC have called on all those with a creative mind to come up with a suitable and attractive name for the project. In return, the winner, will be awarded Rs.100,000 along with having their names entered in the history books.<\/p>\n<p>This futuristic city will open several new opportunities for all Sri Lankans, so it is only fair that all of you get to name it. And when this city re-writes history books as South Asia\u2019s modern wonder, imagine how rewarding it will be for you,\u201d the advertisement read.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Colombo\u2019s Port City calls for name change, offers Rs.100,000 to winner\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Colombo-Port-City-model.jpg?fit=701%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Colombo\u2019s Port City calls for name change, offers Rs.100,000 to winner\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The advertisement further suggests to name this city, with a maximum of three words, the name can be in English or Sinhala or a combination and participants must provide a brief explanation for the suggested name.<\/p>\n<p>Further the advertisement says a three member committee will be evaluating entries and the winner will be selected on April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be awarded Rs.100,000 (US 640 dollars) and a lifetime to get into the history books of South Asia,\u201d the advertisement read.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants can suggest as many names as they wish and send their entries under registered post to the \u2018Secretary, the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, 17th and 18th floors, Suhurupaya, Sri Subuthi Road, Battaramulla, 10120, or email nameportcity@chec.lk.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Name for Port City Colombo\u2019 must be written on the top left hand corner of the envelope. Deadline for entry submissions is April 2.<\/p>\n<p>Port City Colombo is a brand new city development built as an extension of the Central Business District of Sri Lanka\u2019s commercial capital, Colombo. Spanning 269 hectares of reclaimed land from the sea, Port City Colombo will be South Asia\u2019s premiere residential, retail and business destination, offering unmatched planned city living along the Indian Ocean. The development will comprise of 5 different precincts including the Financial District, Central Park Living, Island Living, The Marina and the International Island.<\/p>\n<p>When completed, Port City Colombo will have over 5.6 million square meters of built space. Its lifestyle and business offerings will include world-class facilities and spaces in Healthcare, Education, Entertainment, Hotels and Restaurants, Retail and Office with an Integrated Resort and a Marina.<\/p>\n<p>So far 72 percent of land has bee reclaimed while the government said total land reclamation will be completed by late 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Editor\u00a0on\u00a0March 26, 2018\u00a0newsin.asia \u00a0Colombo, March 26 (newsin.asia) \u2013 The Sri Lankan government together with China\u2019s CHEC has put out advertisements in the Sri Lankan press calling upon Sri Lankans to suggest an attractive name for a mega 1.4 billion dollar port city project currently being constructed near the Colombo Harbour. Presently known as \u2018Port City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}