Economics
Sri Lanka Wants to Be the Next Singapore as War Legacy Fades
People gather on Galle Face Green as commercial buildings in the central business district stand in the background in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka is moving past its history of ethnic strife and seeking to emulate Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai as one of the region’s premier trading and financial hubs, a senior ruling party lawmaker said.
“Our focus entirely is going to be on creating the most competitive economy in this part of the world,” Harsha de Silva, who helped draft the United National Party’s economic policy, said in an interview in Colombo on Wednesday. “We are going to have to play in a different league.”