No Singaporean would want to come to this country – Harsha

August 22, 2018 05:08 pm

No Indian or Singaporean can enter Sri Lanka via the Sri Lanka- Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA), says State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Harsha De Silva.

He stated this today (22) at a press conference held in Sirikotha, the UNP Headquarters.

Per capita income of Singapore is USD 50,000 while the per capita income of Sri Lanka is USD 4000 and a person living in a country where the per capita income is USD 50,000 would not be willing to live in this country, he further said.

We should not be scared of Singaporeans going to Sri Lanka, but of Sri Lankans leaving to Singapore, he added.

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