{"id":29440,"date":"2018-09-21T05:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=29440"},"modified":"2018-09-21T14:25:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:25:00","slug":"what-is-happening-to-our-island-sl-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/what-is-happening-to-our-island-sl-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"What is happening to Our Island SL &#8211; By Des Kelly."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 28px;\"><strong>What is happening to Our Island SL &#8211; By Des Kelly.<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxpTgWO7yO8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The latest e&#8217;mail from my good friend Charles Schokman, bearing the photograph of the Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr.Mahathia Mohamad, quoting a solid &#8220;chunk&#8221; of common-sense on how not to lose solid &#8220;chunks&#8221; of one&#8217;s own Country. How sensible is this ?. Seems to me that Malaysia is IN the right hands. Dr Mahathia has hit the nail on the head, with his quoted statement shown clearly &amp; signed by him. However, what is happening to Our Island, S.L.?, asks Charles of me, and I am sad about it, but have to answer. To begin with, it is &#8220;Our Island Silly Lanka&#8221;, now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The resplendent(Sri) prefix has been altered hereforth by me, for obvious reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0What used to be a natural, beautiful Paradise of a place, STILL IS !!, except that, FIRSTLY, part of it now belongs to China. Soon, the Trincomalee Town &amp; harbour will be next on the agenda, when China comes calling for more money owed to them (China) for EXTENSIONS to what was the BIGGEST NATURAL HARBOUR IN ALL THE WORLD !.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Xi Jinping will then be &#8220;jumping&#8221; at the chance to bite off another chunk of the delicious pumpkin which could now be renamed &#8220;Chi Lanka&#8221; if total debts cannot be paid. This is how silly it has all become.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Secondly, China has done a terrific job, using extremely low-paid workers, in enhancing the Island for tourism. Sure, as a leading English Newspaper recently said, &#8221; Aussies are NOT now frequenting Thailand &amp; Bali for their holidays, as much,\u00a0 because NOW, they have found a little tear-shaped Island, hanging off the Southern tip of India, for a cheap, yet fascinating way to spend their hard-earned money. GOOD !!,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I am very happy indeed, with that sort of advertising, still,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Outward Show, Inward Woe&#8221;,\u00a0 &#8220;All that Glitters is not Gold&#8221;,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;All these things I do know&#8221;,\u00a0 &#8220;Now, you have all been told&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BicywhIxT1I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">I believe that Lanka still looks like the tourist paradise it is supposed to be. Beautiful 5 star tourist hotels, superbly &#8220;carpeted&#8221; roads, to get to them, top class service, while tourists use them, air-conditioned vehicles to transport them to wherever they want to go, delicious food, fruit, wines &amp; Ceylon Tea, a-plenty, still beautiful flora and fauna to see, spotless beaches, everything, the tourist looks for,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">BUT, LOOK AGAIN!!. Behind all the glamour, is the clamour.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">What the tourist doesn&#8217;t see (especially, recently), is all the filthy rubbish strewn beachside at places like Negombo,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Pot-holed Streets &amp; Pariah-dogs&#8221; outside Colombo, Beggars, once again, tapping at the panes of vehicles, begging for money, Urban Councils of many smaller areas off the beaten track, simply not doing their job of keeping the Island CLEAN!. Okay, I say. today&#8217;s tourists will quite possibly not notice all the rotting garbage, but they will not be totally blind forever, and when they wake up, another little, CLEANER Island will be found &amp; Chi-Lanka forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Won&#8217;t that be rotton ?.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thirdly, &amp; finally, Lanka needs TOUGH LEADERSHIP.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">This leadership may well end up in a KINGSHIP, as of old, where someone, perhaps a direct descendant of the great Dhutu-Gemunu could take hold of My Lovely Island Home &amp; steer the SHIP like Vijaya, into the &#8220;Trinco-harbour&#8221; before the Chinese take THAT, over, and CHANGE CHI-LANKA back into the SRI-LANKA, it should ALWAYS BE. Take it from me, &amp; I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll agree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PHOTO-2018-05-27-00-08-213.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29460 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/PHOTO-2018-05-27-00-08-213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"745\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFDFaWMagG4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Desmond-Kelly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29442\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Desmond-Kelly.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Star of eLanka<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Editor-in-Chief).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_-211978122MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is happening to Our Island SL &#8211; By Des Kelly. \ufeff The latest e&#8217;mail from my good friend Charles Schokman, bearing the photograph of the Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr.Mahathia Mohamad, quoting a solid &#8220;chunk&#8221; of common-sense on how not to lose solid &#8220;chunks&#8221; of one&#8217;s own Country. 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