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October 2009

2009/2010 Office Bearers

President: S. Skandakumar

Hony Secretary:  J.U. de Livera

Treasurer:  Anil Kannangara

Committee Members

 M.B.M. Naizer

 D.G. Wickremasinghe

 Sisira Wickrema arachchi

Library Committee Members

K.P.G. Fernando

Charitha Ratwatte

Sunil Wimaladharma  

September 2009

July 2008

New Committee. 2008-2009 

President: S. Skandakumar
Hony Secretary: J.U. de Livera
Treasurer: Anil Kannangara

COMMITTEE:

A.U.C. Suraweera
D.G. Wickremasinghe
Sisira Wickremaarachchi

LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

K.P.G. Fernando
Charitha Ratwatte
Sunil Wimaladharma

 Royal College ’59 Group AGM and Dinner at outgoing President G S C Peperas' Residence – June 2008

1.  Lal Abeysekera

2.  Metha Abeygunawardena & Wife

3.  Mrs. Vajira Ambepitiya (wife of the Late Justice Sarath Ambepitiya) & Son 

4   S.W. Athukorale

5.  S.T. Aziz & wife

6.  Sajee Bahar

7.  Nihal Canagasabey & Wife

8.  A.W.S. Cooke & wife

9.  M. Akram S. Dawood & wife

10. J. U. de Livera & wife

11. G. E. S. de Silva & wife

12. Gamini de Silva & wife

13. N. K. N. G de Silva

14. A. N. Dias & Wife

15. M. Fazliali & wife

16. Bryce Fernando & Wife

17. K. P. G. Fernando 

18. Panna Gooneratne & Saro

19. Nimal Gunaratne

20. Shiran Gunaratne & wife

21. Edward Hapuarachchi & Ramani

22. M. Hassim

23. U. C. Jayasinghe & wife

24. C. P. B. T. Jayasundera & wife

25. Sarath Jayatilaka & wife

26. Anil Kannangara

27. L. B. Kiriella & wife

28. Jayantha Kudahetty 

29. N. B. L. Lieverz - Chief Guest Colombo Leg of the Bradby

30. B. S. P. Mendis & Wife

31. M. B. M. Nizar & wife

32. D. Y. Padmaperuma

33. Nanda Palihakkara & Anoma

34. Jeremy Perera

35. Sarath Perera & Ranji

36. M. R. Perera

37. P. G. Perera

38. P. V. Perera

39. R. L. Perera

40. Sheila (Wife of the Late Mr. Rohan M. Perera) & Daughter

41. D. R. Pulleperuma & wife

42. R. Rajasooriyar

43. M. G. H. Salgado & wife

44. Rohantha Samarajeewa & wife

45. Preman Soysa

46. V. Satchithnandan

47. A. U. C. Suraweera

48. K. Suriyasinghe

49. Milan Silva

50. L. V. Talagala

51. K. M. Thotamune & Nirmali

52. Preman Soysa

53. Daya Weerasekera & wife

54. D. G. Wickremasinghe

55. Sisira Wickremaarachchi

56. Sunil Wimaladharma & Wife

57. Mrs. K. D. S. Wijesundera [Retd. Librarian]

58. Miss Maya Wijeratne Asst. Librarian

59. Miss. Ranjini Perera Fornmer Assistant

60 Vasasntha de Silva - RC'60 Group

Sunday Feb 11, 2007

A group of ‘59ers in Colombo came together at the Great Wall Hotel in Bambalapitiya to fete one of the group, D R Pulleperuma on his appointment as General Manager

of the Ceylon Electricity Board in Sri Lanka. 

P N Dias Abeygunawardena was the first to arrive at the Hotel at 1930 followed by Ruchi Perera and Tissa Jayaweera. Chief Guest Pulle walked in with Lady Pulleperuma

at 20:10 Hours.

Others who attended were Charitha, Panna & wife, Amaradasa & wife, Sunil Wimaladharma alias Bake & wife,  UC Jayasinghe & wife, Hapuarachchi, Chandra Prasad,

MBM Naizar, PH Wickremasinghe, DG Wickremasinghe, LC, Senthil Kumar, and Anil Kannangara.

Tissa apologizes if he has missed out any names since the spiritual levels may have exceeded their limits.

Ladies were treated to cooking demonstration of a Chinese dinner in 15 minutes by the Chefs of The Great Wall Hotel.

Spiritual upliftment contributions were made by Hapu and Pulle himself to ensure the gathering were all serenely content.

Additional contributions were made by Annil Kanna and Tissa J towards Chasers and other miscellaneous needs.

Regret was made by Sarath Perera in advance and Ranjan Madanayake at 2130

Thanks to Livera for conveying the event details verbally to those who are not on E Mail

Thanks to all those who attended. We had a good reunion on a proud occasion.

Tissa Jayaweera reporting from Colombo for RC '59 Group Goss.

Oct 17 2006

Personality
Portrait of an idealist's son

Suren Wickremesinghe

Both Suren's parents have planted their footprints firmly and surely in the sands of time in our country's history.. His father, Dr. S.A. Wickremesinghe, led the Ceylon Communist Party for many a decade.A doctor, by profession, from an affluent family in the South, he chose to devote his life,  to better the lives of the underprivileged. Suren's mother, Doreen, was British, and was the first foreign woman to be a member of an Asian Parliament, when she won a seat here in 1952. Dr. Wickremesinghe, as I remember him, would breathe fire and fury on election platforms, but was a most refined gentle softspoken man, who was on the best of terms socially with political opponents and those who held diverse political views. That was a time when that was common practice among politicians of all hues.

"Our lives did revolve round politics, and  wherever we were, we all rallied round my father at election time, going down south to participate in election campaigns, canvassing for him and so on. our home in Colombo too, was always full of politicians and political discussions, Classes were held there too, and we were encouraged to participate and to listen to them. My father was an idealist, had his views but always encouraged us to have open minds and make our own decisions about our careers and future." 

I recall a time when you were a keen artist, and President of The young artists group. Do you find time now for painting?  "Well, drawing and painting are very much a part of architecture. Both these and sculpture too, were part of my architectural course in Moscow right up to the 5th year. Attitudes to art were entirely different at that time. We would get the hall almost free for our exhibitions, and get  a lot of publicity from people like the late Denzil Peiris, who encouraged us. There would be no VIP openings. I recall walking up and down the street with large banners advertising our exhibitions and flagging people down to visit our exhibitions. The interest in art today is most heartening. It is so good to see artists from all walks of life exhibiting their work outside Viharamahadevi Park.Their work reflects modern thinking. Some paintings carry a serious message; the visitors too and buyers are from various strata of society. Some arrive in their Prados complete with gold bracelets and thick chains round their necks but the important thing is that they do buy art, which didn't happen so much when we were young."

Art is more important than the individual; even more important than the painter who creates it. A painter needs his gestalt - the peculiar combination of circumstances which enables him to express his particular version of the universe. We all search for truth, every writer seeks truth, every painter looks to interpret his vision, every musician seeks purity. That surely is the aim of mankind; the pursuit of the absolute through this world and the next.

 Was it your art which took you into the fascinating world of architecture?  " Actually, my first choice was motor engineering which is a far cry from art. Immediately after leaving school, I did a 4 year apprenticeship at Richard Pieris's motor workshop, going on to study this further at Moratuwa and Katubedde, through which I got a professional qualification from The Institute of Motor Industry of London. I was offered a  job by Richard Pieris at this stage but I opted to go to Moscow, for which I got a scholarship.   While there,  I found there were  53 different specialities of motor engineering to choose from. This resulted in some confusion, and  I finally decided on the Institute of Architecture, which   appealed to my aesthetic sense. The course was a six year one and I decided to do it."

Suren met his wife Tanya, a fellow architectural student in his first year, and I suspect it was  a  'coup d'foudre' (love at first sight)

"As you know, the rest is now history. We married in Moscow, our first baby, Maya, now a fully fledged architect who works with us was born there and we returned here in 1972. My intention was to join Town and Country planning, to be part of a UNDP team doing a master plan for Colombo. But my good friend from schooldays, the late Gemunu Fernando, persuaded me to start an architectural firm, Suren Wickremesinghe Associates together with him, Suranjith de Silva, Anura Ratnavibushana, Ashley de Vos,Tudor Sirisena and Tanya. A few years later, Tanya and I decided to go on our own and began Tanya and Suren, which still exists. Sasha, our son is studying architecture too, while Sonia, who is in Britain, is a pianist"

I recall Tanya and you doing a vast housing project at Hantana. Can you tell me something about it." That was a most satisfying and wonderful experience. President Premadasa was Minister of Housing and had a 1,000,000 houses project. We heard about his plans for Hantana and submitted our plan which was immediately accepted by him and I must stress that he was a most dynamic person to work with. Our plan showed how staggered, terraced modular houses could be built on hill slopes without cutting and filling.  We had a team of the best experts and every aspect for infrastructure including soil, sewage, water, electricity  was all gone into thoroughly. It is a source of pride for us that none of these houses have shown any signs of cracking. A three-bedroomed house on six perches which went for 265,000/= then is going for 6 million now."

Have you done any more housing schemes.? "We did a middle class housing scheme in Crows Island in Mattakuliya of 300 houses for  a Singaporean company  These were semi detatched houses  and we have done several interiors at The World Trade Centre. We are currently doing a project in Hambantota for the Ports Authority. Tanya and I do the design together and we have a team working for us. I do most of the running around"

I find these High-rises coming up all over Colombo, and feel most of these are rather haphazardly  planned. Many residents in the vicinity complain that their walls and foundations are cracking as a result. Another blot are offices being permitted in residential areas. Some of these are let to international organizations who are the worst offenders and use parking facilities which do not belong to them with no respect or regard for longtime residents. Would you like to comment on this as a former Chairman of the UDA.?

"The largest and most significant task undertaken by the UDA in my time was the Colombo Metropolitan Region Structure plan. This was the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary and inter-ministry plan undertaken. The study included active participation of many Ministries There was a zone system for building high rises and special residential areas where building could not go above ground and two floors. In spite of the turbulence around, the building trade is still booming which is why prices are so high."

Suren enjoys his role of grandfather to three lively toddlers,  looks forward to vacations with his family, in the ancestral home in the South and in Nuwa Eliya, where he is President of The Hill Club.There's always a sense of space with Suren, freedom and limitless horizons. He has both Honour and Integrity at a time when these two words seem to have lost their meaning.

Sep 3 2006

It’s more than a Bradby at stake

By Shamseer Jaleel Sunday Times 3 Sep 2006

It’s Bradby time once again. The talking point is on Royal and Trinity and how they would perform at this all important. encounter. Unlike in the past this year’s counts more than the “Bradby plum alone. The winners of this game will be in a higher plane next season while the other will languish in the ‘B’ division for another whole season. All three top teams in the division “B” Isipathana, Royal and Trinity are having equal chances for their promotion to the top league next year.

ROYAL POOL : Gayashan Wijesinghe, Umesh Koralagama, Manil Abeyratne, Diran Warunakulasuriya, Suvinda Lenaduwa, Ishara Perera, Dilshan Senanayake, Ayesh Rajapakse, Bilal Hassen, Rameez Rafeeq, Isuru Jayathilake, Dimithra Siriwardena, Naren Dhason, Yasas Ratnayake, Kavinda Weerakoon, Asif Hussain, Revan Gunawardena, Omar Hassen, Eranjan Punchihewa, Asif Akram, Riyal Riffai, Sachith Balage, Coach – Pa Enari

In the past on so many occasions, the team, which is weaker, has ended up turning tables. Intriguingly this year both sides are equally balanced with some hardy forwards and are set on a mission to hold on or to capture the custody of their cherished shield. The first leg of this Bradby encounter will be also a tournament game. But this year is a special one for the “Lions” as they are celebrating 100 years of rugby and this will be an ideal opportunity to finish their season on a winning note cemented with a promotion to the top division.

TRINITY POOL: Mahen Wickramasiri, Sudharshan Peiris, Sean Wanigasekera, Hasitha Siriwardena, Rashan Madawala, Shehan Deen, Imalka Maddumapatabendi (capt), Nishantha Manikkam, Anojan Balasubramaniam, Krishan Kirinde, Sajad Mohamed, Kasun Samaradivakara, Senrath Seneviratne, Kosala Tissera, Shanka Senrath, Kenneth Jacobs, Jesel Hassen, Sathya Runathunga, Chaminda Bandara, Sudharshan Peiris, Milinda Gunawardena, Pulasthi Gamage, Ishan Deen and Mohamed Aswer. Coach – Nigel Kroner

The match will be on September 9 at the Royal Sports Complex and following is the schedule for the games.

Under 12 - 2.15 pm
Under 14 – 2.40 pm
Under 16 – 3.00 pm
Under 18 – 3.45 pm
Under 20 – 4.45 pm

Bradby was on offer for the first time in 1945 when one of the Royal Principals E L Bradby (1939-1945) offered the trophy. Meanwhile Trinity was administrated by C E Simithrarachi offered for the under 17 trophy. In the initial game Royal was led by D L Fernando and the Trinitians were under R G Sourjah. Though Royal won the initial leg 3-0 Trinity came back strongly to take the Bradby when they beat the Reid Avenue school 6-0 in the second leg.

Trinity enjoyed the best series of wins from 1952-57 when they won the Bradby on 6 consecutive years. Royal’s best series of wins were from 2001-2004 winning for 4 years in-a-row. The 100th encounter between the two schools was played in 1983 in which Ashan Ratwatte led Trinity and Royal was led by Sriyan Cooray. Trinity won 20-16 on aggregate in this centenary encounter.

Only once in the history of the Bradby Shield has both games ended on equal points. In 1992 the first leg ended in a nil all draw and even the second leg too dead locked at 3 points a piece. Himesh Gunatilake led the “Lions” and Harindu Wijesinghe led the Reid Avenue School

Royal’s best victory in the series was in 2002 when they outclassed their arch foes in a two match series by 83 points to nil. Zulki Hameed led the Royal outfit in that year. The “Lions” hit back strongly after 4 years wait in 2005 when they simply outclassed and outplayed Royal in all the departments to aggregate 69 points to 13. Trinity was led by B N R Fernando with playmaker Pushpakumara being the architect behind their victory. This tiny scrum half will be remembered by the rugby lovers for may years as he looked a carbon copy of Michael Jayasekera (present Vice President –SLRFU).

Trinity are leading the tally with 33 wins to Royal’s 27 with one game ending in a tie.

Trinity under national youth player Imalka Maddumapatabendi opened the 2006 season with a warm up against St Sylvester’s beating them 21-7. Next they beat Army also in a warm-up at 20-14. Their preparation for the Centenary game against Kingswood was hampered when St Peter’s pulled out from their annual encounter without a valid reason. Though they lost to the defending league champions Kingswood 10-16 they crossed their opponents’ line on no less than two occasions. The major setback for Trinity in this game was place kicking, which cost them many a point that should have come their way. In their next encounter they retained the Canon de Saram trophy when they beat the Thomians 12-0. Then they ended the seven-year hoodoo by beating the Katugastota Antonians convincingly by 24 points to 13. While participating in the “B” division they recorded the highest points for the season when they rampaged to a 112-3 win over a shell-shocked Science College and continued their good form by inflicting defeats on Joes 38-20, Vidyartha 34-3 and Rajans 36-0.

The Royal outfit enjoyed a consistent year of rugby this season. They are led by nippy scrum half Chammika Sandaruwan. They opened the season against St Peter’s in a friendly encounter beating them 13-6. Then they followed it up with convincing wins over Science College (42-0), St Joseph’s (39-0), Vidyartha (31-7) and Dharmaraja (37-12). Finally they met their waterloo in their tussle against Isipatana in their own back yard by crashing to a 22-7 defeat. And thus lost the custody of the Maj Milroy Fernando Trophy. Without any doubt the finds of the season are the hooker Bilal Hassen and crack and dynamite number 8 Diran Warunakularusiya who have out fought their opponents time and again.

May 22 2006

May 22 2006

Apr 9 2006

Mar 2006

Guys, do take a look at the blog created for Kadalay of Royal at http://kadalayroyal.blogspot.com which is meant to capture, collect and record all the wonderful stories, events and sayings about good ole Kadalay.

Nov 2005

Indira Samarasekera, wife of Harsha (HDP) Samarasekera (Sam) has been appointed President of the University of Alberta in Vancouver BC, Canada. This is, indeed, a great achievement and a moment of pride for all of us as well as the rest of Sri Lanka

http://www.president.ualberta.ca/index.cfm

TENNEKOON - ASHLEY (Formerly Staff St. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa) (Librarian Royal College, Colombo) (Lake House). Son of late Mr and Mrs. E.V.W. Tennekoon, dearly beloved brother of Mignonne, Indra, late Yvonne, Stanley, Wensley, Rukmani and Malini, expired. Cortege leaves Mahinda Funeral Parlour, Mount Lavinia on 8th Saturday at 10.00 a.m. for Cremation at Galkissa Crematorium. Service at 9.30 a.m. Remains will lie at funeral parlour from 3 p.m. on Friday 07th to 10.00 a.m. on 8th Saturday. 11/4, Uyankelle Road, Panadura.

DN Obituary Sat Jan 8 2005

'59 Group Get Together: sent in by JL Daya de Silva from Colombo Mon Dec 13 2004

This is specially to those who were abroad and couldn’t make it while in Sri Lanka. 

59’ Group news. 

Day before (2004-12-11) night an informal get together of 59’ Group was held at GSC (Sarath) Perera’s residence where a large gathering of members and their spouses attended. 

Sarath hosted the dinner and special invitees were 10 of the surviving masters including Madam Weerabaddana together with incumbent Principal Mr. Gunasekera a Young one. 

M/s. Bogoda Premaratne, RIT Alles, L. Samararatne (Pol Tokka) ,G.W de Silva (Kota Silva) , Wickramasena, Viji Weerasinghe, Wariapola, Tosai, TDSA Dissanayake and Madam Weerabaddana were present. 

Cost of Entire Dinner was borne by GSC and the Group collected donations LKR 500/- upwards and presented with a token Gift Voucher of LKR 5000/- each which was a symbolic appreciation of the great service rendered by the teachers. 

KKS Amaradasa, Lucky Kiriella made speeches on behalf on 59’ G and Mr. RITA, Bogoda Premaratne  returned with appreciative orations. Mr. Premaratna’s one was very interesting and lengthy and well received. 

It was an emotional night spent with the notable absentee Sarath Ambeypitiya whose heroic death reverberated sentiments of varying nature and everyone was willingly or unwillingly forced to look back where we stand in the degradatory march to oblivion.

Sarath Ambepitiya - High Court Judge

Bandu Dissanayake

Monday, Oct 25, 2004: This appeared in 'Interact' a two-monthly newsletter issued by The Committee for Sri Lanka, edited by Shyamon Jayasinghe, (the original narrator of Maname') who is now here in Melbourne. It is about our very own '59er, Bandu Dissanayake, sometime a hosteller. His family produces the weekly SL TV hour . It goes to air on a Sunday morning, premium watching time here, which is no mean triumph considering how competitive different ethnic and interest groups are in demanding good timeslots for TV. Am only sorry I can't reproduce his picture for you. His wife Mihiri puts the news footage obtained from SL together and reads the news, while his son Tharake, a budding doctor, is front man and anchors the show with a charming young lady of their acquaintance. 

OUR FOLK IN THE MAINSTREAM

By Esjay

Interact features two Sri Lankan Australians for their special demonstration of working successfully with the social mainstream in this country:

GALLILEO OF GLEN WAVERLEY

Who in the Sri Lankan community of Victoria hasn’t heard of Bandu Dissanayake? Everyone would say “I have”. But have you ever known Bandu as a star gazer in the tradition of Galileo? Only a handful would say “yes”

The first thing that touches you these days when you visit Bandu’s palatial home in Glen Waverley are the telescopes-large as life in his lounge. His very capable and talented wife, Mihiri, does not mind this location for Bandu’s toys.

Bandu Dissanayake has many achievements in the Australian mainstream. He was recently elected Supper President of Dandenong Lions Club- a position held all these numerous years by an Anglo-Celtic Australian. As president, Bandu has many projects in the stream- all connected toward improving the quality of life for Dandenong school playgrounds, childrens’ playgrounds, and heart walkers for kids.

Bandu Dissanayake came to Australia in the year 1981 having spent 12 years in England where he qualified as a Chartered Engineer. He presently works as Manager Systems Development at Nissan in Melbourne . He is also Member of the Institute of Marketing and Member of the Astronomical Society of Melbourne. As far as the local Sri Lankan community is concerned, Bandu had been founder member of the 3ZZZ Community Radio, founder member of the Sinhala Cultural and Community Services Foundation, President SCATS, founder of SCATS Elders’ Welfare Society (SEWA), and founder of the Dandenong Buddhist Meditation Society. He is known to contribute generously toward community charities.

Bandu Dissanayake lives with his wife and two sons

OBITUARY: FERNANDO - C.T.M. (Former Principal Royal College, Colombo 7, Retd. Director of Education & Consultant National Institute of Education). Dearly beloved husband of Kusuma (Principal Buddhist Ladies College & former Principal Girls High School, Mt. Lavinia), loving father of Harsha (Attorney General's Dept.), Pabhashi (Cambridge University, UK), and Yuresha (Attorney General's Department), loving brother of Quintus, Pearl and Aloy. Remains lie at 51 A, Bogahahena Road, Battaramulla. Funeral arrangements will be notified later.

Former Royal College Principal passes away

Former Royal College Principal, Mr. C. T. M. Fernando passed away on Tuesday the 22nd after a brief illness.

Mr. Fernando, a leading educationist, graduated from the University of London offering a unique combination of subjects - English, Sinhala and Pali. He received his postgraduate Diploma in Education from the University of Peradeniya and also studied linguistics and phonetics. He continued his studies in Edinburgh.

He commenced his career as an Assistant Teacher in English language and literature at St. Mary's College, Matugama in 1952 where he later became Vice Principal.

He was one of the youngest to be appointed as a grade 1 Principal, serving in Weeraketiya Central College and thereafter at Karawita and Seevali Central Colleges.

He later functioned as a Regional Director of Education, Hambantota district from 1975-1980.

He was appointed as the Principal of Royal College in 1981. Mr. Fernando's tenure at Royal from 1981 to 1986 coincided with the 150th anniversary celebration during which period Royal experienced major educational, institutional and infrastructural reforms.

He was acknowledged as an independent and a strict disciplinarian and a high standard of discipline was maintained during this era and Royal excelled in academic and extra curricular spheres.

His contribution to the field of education continued even after retirement. He authored a large number of publications on different aspects of education and school management.

Post retirement he was the founder principal of Scarborough International School, Ratnapura, Principal, St. Nicolas International College, Colombo and an Education Consultant to the National Institute of Education where he was serving as a Member of the Academic Affairs Board at the time of his demise.

He leaves behind his wife Kusuma, Principal, Buddhist Ladies College, son Harsha, State Counsel, Attorney General's Department and two daughters Pabhashi, PhD student at University of Cambridge, UK and Yuresha also State Counsel of the Attorney General's Department.

His remains will leave his residence No. 51A, Bogahahena Road, Battaramulla on Thursday June 24 at 11.30 a.m. to lie in state at Royal College and thereafter the cremation will take place at General Cemetery, Borella at 3.00 p.m.

Received by e-mail from G Salgado (retired Librarian) in Colombo

E-Mail from HDP Samarasekera (SAM) in Vancouver, Canada

To: Tissa Jayaweera <tissa@itmin.com>

Dear Tissa: 

Greetings from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This has been my home since 1977. Prior to that I spent two years in Davis, California, USA. I left Sri Lanka in 1975. There aren’t too many Old Royalists in this part of the country, and hardly any from the ’59 Group. Following are a few names that I know from our batch that resides in Canada/ USA:

P.Chandrakanthan –Toronto, Ontario, Canada  - Deceased. 

P.T. Chandrasoma (Para) – Pasadena, California, USA 

O.K.P.Gunasekera – San Diego, California, USA 

C. Krishnarajan (Krish) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 

Firoz Nilam – New Jersey, USA 

C.L.A.K. Perera – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 

R.M.S. Perera – California, USA 

A.P. Ponanbalam – New Jersey, USA 

S.Rathnathicam – Portland, Oregon, USA 

S.L.Samaratunga – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 

J.Satchithanandan – South Carolina, USA – Deceased 

I.R.Thurairatnam (Mousy) – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 

H.R.Dandeniya - London, England 

G.E.C.Jebanesan - Sydney, Australia 

A.Senthilkumaran - Sydney, Australia

Harindra Samarasekera (SAM) <samarasekerah@telus.net>

Note; Some of the others of the Group who live and work overseas, as per my records are as follows:- Fazli Sameer

Dr S. Sambandan, UK

Shah Jahan Bahar, Australia

Muhammad Monty Cassim, Japan

R Chandrasena, Australia

Maurice D Chapman, Australia

A F Nigel de Kretser, Australia

B Dissanayake, Australia

Muhammad Fazli Sameer, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

M Sarath Fernando (Goiya), UK

Russel A Geddes, Australia

V B Godamunne, Australia

Rev Roger Adrian Herft, Australia/NZ

S R Jayasinghe, UK

Graham Koch, Xian, China

D C P Karunaratne, UK

A B Kulatunga, Australia

Kamaludeen Irshad Mahmud, Germany

Palitha Manchanayake, Australia

D P G Mendis, Australia

Prof A Suri Ratnapala, Australia

S Rama Sellamuttu, Australia

Muhammad Arooz Sheriff, LA, USA

Anthony Don V Walpola, Australia

Ravi Wickremaratne, Australia

R G Wickremasinghe, UK

Royal College '59 Group Get-together 2004
 
Our Class Mates as given above have confirmed they will be in Colombo for the Royal Thomian Cricket Match.  They would like to meet as many as possible as they have not met most of us for  a very long period .
 
We have decided to invite them for dinner at the TAMIL UNION CRICKET CLUB ( P Sara Stadium)  on 10th March 2004. (venue changed from Otters Aquatic Club to P Sara Stadium)
 
In order to have maximum participation, prices will be kept at a lower rate .. Rs. 350/- per person.
 
A cash bar will also be made available , but if you like you could bring your own liquor.
 
If you have other engagements please drop in even for a few minutes.
 
We have experienced difficulty in reminding over the phone and it would be of great assistance, if you will kindly confirm your participation before the 5th March , to the undersigned  be return e mail or on telephone: 4812470 (res) or 2916832 (res)
or to D.G. Wickremasinghe on 2588919 

Anthony Walpola (Polos), S.J. de Silva (Jaani), from OZ will be present at this occasion and we are aware that Jeremy Perera (OZ) and C.J Weerasooriya are expected to be in Colombo and any member who has contact with them , please invite them to be present on this occasion.

President: A KODIKARA, 19A Deal Place, Colombo 3 - Tel +94-11-257-7515

Secretary: J.U. de Livera, 282/8, Sriyakantha Gardens, Waragoda Road, Kelaniya. Tel. Res. +94-11- 2916832 or +94-11- 74-812470.

Treasurer: Upali Suraweera,  25 A, Prathibimbarama Road, Kalubowila, Dehiwala. Tel. Res.  +94-11-276-4978

Committee: Ranjan Madanayake,  D.G. Wickremasinghe, M.H. Subasinghe

Library Committee: Charitha Ratwatte,   K.P.G. Fernando, Sunil Wimaladharma

E-Mail received from the new Secretary, J U de Livera jusel@zeynet.com