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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10445901" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Lanka Private Bus Owners Association today confirmed that  arrangements have been made to go on an all-island strike on June 27  (Monday) owning to the transport authorities unwillingness to increase  bus fares by 15% and the minimum bus fare by Rs.6 to 8. The associations President Gemunu Wijeyratne speaking to Daily Mirror  Online said that leaflets have been distributed to bus passengers around  the country and that private bus operators and workers cross the island  have been requested to stop work on June 27.  He said that the association has decided to boycott a meeting that will  be held tomorrow with Private Transport Minister C.B Ratnayake and  private bus unions and has requested for a meeting on another date to  discuss their concerns further. Wijeyratne said the National Transport Commission’s proposal to increase  the minimum bus fare by 7% and minimum fares by Rs.6 to Rs.7 is not  adequate. Meanwhile Transport Minister, Kumara Welgama said the bus fares of SLTB  buses will increase by the same percentage as the bus fare increment of  private buses. Dailymirror</blockquote>

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