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2 sources·Updated 2h ago

Sri Lanka to revamp SOEs via divestments and holding company

527 entities tagged as state enterprises, only a select few are genuine commercial businesses…

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Image: News FirstNews First•2h agoNot Every SOE Should Remain in Government Hands

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Summary

"In fact, the state-owned enterprises that we have are not all enterprises in the true sense. We have 527 state-owned enterprises, but only a selected number are actually engaged in enterprise activities. "The government's policy is clear.

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Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

People
  • Anil Jayantha Fernando
  • Anil Jayantha
Organisations
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Legal Draftsman's Department
  • Parliament of Sri Lanka
  • Colombo Stock Exchange
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  • Sri Lanka2
  • Colombo
Keywords
  • entities2
  • divestments
  • enterprises
  • government
  • divested
  • company
  • genuine
  • holding
  • revamp
  • select

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First reported
Oct 28, 10:33 AM
Latest update
Oct 28, 10:53 AM

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