19/03/2004 - Daily Mirror
Will Tiger split encourage the South towards a military option?
Ten days into the major Tiger split, Colonel Karuna on Monday night convened a special meeting at his new base Meenaham in Karadiyanaru to map out plans for warding off an attack on the eastern breakaway group...
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20/03/2004 - Daily Mirror
Senior citizen asks Milinda Moragoda, Colombo District UNF candidate to clarify a point... while campaigning in Alawalawatte, Pamankada...
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21/03/2004 - Sunday Leader
"PM has laid solid foundation for peace"
Former Economic Reform and Science and Technology Minister of the UNF, Milinda Moragoda is confident that the UNF will be back in office come April 2 "because at the end of the day people will recognise that...
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24/03/2004 - DNW
We did not have development plans since Independence
UNF had made plans to provide jobs in 2004 – Milinda Moragoda
(Maharagama special correspondent)
…Ex-Minister Milinda Moragoda… said… We had three General Elections within three years. Is this democracy? Can the public bear this burden?...
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25/03/2004 - Daily Mirror
Milinda talks of bane of Sri Lanka at FCCSL forum
…“The administration of this country falls apart when strings are constantly being pulled at the provincial, local and central governments levels. The only way that the country can emerge from this situation is if each level of government is allowed to remain autonomous, and if these levels of government create a dialogue with each other,” Mr.Moragoda told the FCCISL forum....
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26/03/2004 - Business Standard
Interview: “We will enter the globalised world with a Sri Lankan identity”
BS: The UNF government has been blamed for not being strong enough in negotiating with an organisation like the LTTE and practically conceding to all their demands. Will there be a corrective measure in a future government?...
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28/03/2004 - Sunday Island
"It's what you are that matters, not who you are"
One of the brightest young stars in Sri Lanka’s political firmament, Milinda Moragoda, 39, who polled the second highest number of preference votes in the Colombo district (second to Ranil Wickremesinghe) at his first shot at an election in Dec. 2001 shared some thoughts with the Sunday Island in a recent interview days before the upcoming election...
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28/03/2004 - Sunday Island
A new approach to Sri Lankan foreign policy
The past two years saw a refreshingly new approach to our foreign policy. This was more the product of the situation the country faced. The peace process had its own dynamic...
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31/03/2004 - Daily News
UPFA, UNF spell out future ICT policy
by Sudarshanna Perera
Former… Science and Technology Minister… Moragoda speaking on behalf of his party said:... with the e-Sri Lanka initiative, a drastic step was taken to make the administrative, educational, economic and other sector on-line… the UNF wants to ensure that a national policy on ICT would be adopted to ensure rapid and sustainable growth while making no room for a digital divide… “We were able to lay the foundation for an ICT culture in Sri Lanka and would take positive initiatives to develop the telecom and mobile sectors of Sri Lanka. The country has the potential and resources and it is vital that we take a practical approach in this connection… We will continue to subsidize the telecom operators to improve the infrastructure in rural areas…”
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01/04/2004 - Sunday Observer
Former Minister Milinda Moragoda values…:Not popularity but respect for policies
For a politician who resigned his Cabinet portfolio Milinda Moragoda is a rarity. In this interview he talks of a vision to salvage the country and blames all politicians for ruining the country...
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