sri_lion said:
If politicians had the BALLS to take right decision at the right time.. we wouldn't be here in the first place!!
Also I saw this related news article today:
Brain drain in SL at peak
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Brain drain in SL at peak: Survey [/FONT] Wednesday, January 07,2009 [SIZE=-1] COLOMBO: A majority of Sri Lankans participating in the latest LMD-commissioned TNS Lanka survey have said they believed “more and more people were leaving Sri Lanka because of the economic hardships emanating from a climate of high inflation and low pay levels.” The January edition of LMD, which was released to the market last week reveals reports that the latest island-wide opinion poll conducted by TNS Lanka also reveals that “a staggering 70 per cent feel that the brain drain has reached a peak”.
It explains: “In other words, more people are leaving Sri Lanka today than ever before. The migration of educated Sri Lankans suggests that they can earn a better living overseas. And in general, participants of the exclusive island-wide poll say that both the state and private sectors must now create better employment opportunities if we are to put an end to the brain drain.” The magazine also reports: “While over half of TNS Lanka’s sample population (53 per cent, in fact) feel that life is better in developed nations, more than 40 per cent say the opposite. They argue that wealthy nations have their own share of problems and point to a lack of ethical and cultural development in some of these countries – a reference, perhaps, to cultural differences that make it difficult for some migrants to integrate into their newly adopted homelands.”
But though two-thirds of respondents don’t blame the private sector for the brain drain, more than 35 per cent do, LMD discloses. “They charge that corporates are not recognising local qualifications.”
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