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Professor Hardy Commemoration day |
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Prof. Hardy's 38th death anniversary was commemorated on 02nd December
2001.The commemorative lecture was delivered by a former registrar
of Hardy Institute, Col. Kuda Banda Warnasuriya. Hardian, Mr. Ranjith
Ratnayake also spoke.
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dinner and other essential items were given to the Elders' Home at
Sumangala Road, Ratmalana. |
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End
Of The Year Annual Get Together |
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annual event was held on 15th December 2001. The highlights of the
show were: |
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Games
for Children |
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Arrival
of "Naththal Pappa" |
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A
performance by a Hardians's daughter |
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Musical
Chairs for ladies |
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Hardy
Queen |
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Tombola
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Spot, Stag and Baila dancing competitions |
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The buffet dinner provided
with Kottu Rotties, Egg Hoppers, String Hoppers, Pittu etc. was
excellent.
An Executive Diary
2002 was published. Due the efforts of Mr. Kithsiri Gunawardana,
the printing of the diary was completed in early January, 2002.
The Committee thank the members who have helped to collect adverstisements
to a value of Rs. 169,000/=.
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Independence
day Celebrations on 04th February 2002 |
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President, Col Premachandra, hoisted the National Flag accompanied
by members, their wives and children at the Hardy Centre. This was
followed by partaking in a meal of Kiribath, Short eats and Plantains
ets. |
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Mr. G.S.G. Shivakumaran, represented HAA at
the AGM of Wayamba Engineering Diplomates Association held on March
30th 2002.
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'Sing
along' Party & Batch Re-unions |
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sing along party was held at Hardy Centre on 02nd March 2002. This
was such a huge success that the crowd that graced the occasion, was
far in excess of what the organizers had bargained for. With two sets
of musical bands in attendance, the singing was of the highest quality.
This was an unforgettable night , as Hardians of all ages sang and
enjoyed to their hearts content. |
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youngsters, some grand children of Hardians presented, some beautiful
songs, of which "Run Tikiri Sina" stood out. The older Hardians,
some Vice Patrons, Past Presidents, Trustees too gave their vocal
cords a full workout with their renditions of "You are my sunshine"
etc. The Hardy ladies too did take second place. They got into groups
and sang some ever - popular favourites such as "Isurumuniya"
etc. The crowing moment was when all Hardians got together, held hands,
danced and sang "Lowe Sema" which made our theme for the
night. "togetherness", a reality. |
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Hardy batches of 69/71, 70/72 and 71/73 had their re-unions at this
occasion. Lecturers at that time and Hardians from Anuradhapura, Kurunegala
and Kandy of these batches were also present. This brought back nostalgic
memories of days spend at the Hardy Institute. |
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Katubedda NDT's too had their batch re-unions on this day. We thank
them for their presence as we enjoyed every minute of their company. |
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Haa
Raffle 2002 |
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raffle was held to raise money for the Hardy Centre Building Fund.
The idea was initiated by Mr. Lal Bopearachchi. Thanks to the generous
support of all Hardians, it was concluded as a success. Prizes to
the value of over Rs. 80,000/= were distributed and the building fund
received a good profit. A special mention and word of thanks must
be made here, about the untiring efforts of the President, Col G.C.
Premachandra who almost single handedly managed to pull it off. |
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you were present at the "Sing-along" party, you would know
that we did have a small 'hick-up' in not being able to draw the winners
on 2nd March 2002 as promised. This was due to the fact that most
members returned the counter foils of the tickets sold, a few minutes
before the scheduled draw. Anyway all well that ends well. We had
the draw on 24th March, after a complete audit, in the presence of
HAA members and their wives. All winners have been officially informed.
Most gifts have now been collected. Our thanks to Mr. A. Abeywikrama
(70/72 Civil Batch) who donated his winning prize back to HAA, Mr
Kutila Katukurunda and Mr. Kithsiri Gunawardana for selling the most
number of tickets, Hardians and their friends who bought the tickets. |
| Prize |
No |
Winners |
| 1st |
2718 |
Sisil
Refrigerator 7cu.ft Mr. C.W. Indrajith |
| 2nd |
2117 |
Sisil Washing
Matchine 5kg Miss V. Niluka Jayawikrama |
| 3rd |
2348 |
Tefal Electric
Oven 1600 Mr.
K.R Kulasingha |
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| Prize |
No |
Prize |
No |
Prize |
No |
| 4th |
2241 |
10th |
1448 |
16th |
2066 |
| 5th |
2055 |
11th |
2719 |
17th |
1182 |
| 6th |
1644 |
12th |
2387 |
18th |
1946 |
| 7th |
1496 |
13th |
1619 |
19th |
1901 |
| 8th |
1030 |
14th |
2710 |
20th
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2228 |
| 9th |
1921 |
15th |
2216 |
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NOTICE
OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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2002/2003
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| Date
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Sunday
30th June 2002 |
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Hardy
Centre, Ratmalana |
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9.00
a.m |
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resolutions and a amendments to the constitution should reach
the Secretary at least one week before the AGM. |
| AGM
will be followed by a fellowship lunch. Please keep the day
reserved. |
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Note.
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Video presentation, by Hardian Mr. A.D.M. Karunaratne, Director,
Agricultural Development Authority, will be made regarding development
of small holder farmers through the introduction of Micro Irrigation
Systems on the AGM day at Hardy Centre. |
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| TECH-LEASE
EXHIBITION |
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on the Tech- Lease exhibition comes to a halt, with Conventions Asia,
the organizer, curtailing their business activities, after the flow
of tourists were cut off with the 11th September incident. Conventions
Asia retrenched staff, and the remaining persons were unable to handle
the exhibition. |
| Attempts
to restart the subject with another company called CDC conventions
has not been successful; as they will be able to devote time, to our
Hardy Project, only after November 2002. |
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the meantime, we are trying to contact a company named YORK conventions
only with definite indications of a strong economic recovery in the
near future; We can expect to get required minimum of six sponsors.
Further Mr. Lal Bopearachchi is studying the possibility of conducting
an exhibition without the services of a conventions organizer. |
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| NEWS
ABOUT HARDIANS |
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Col.
Bhani Soysa (67/69 Civil Batch) has taken up duties as Co-ordinating
Officer of security forces Head Quarters at Palaly, Jaffna. |
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A
former president of the Association, Mr. Y.P.R.(Rabi) David
(56/58 1st batch) has come back from United Arab Emirates and
visited Hardy Centre. |
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Mr.
Chandrasiri Wanasinhe (71/73 Civil batch) has come back from
the Sultanate of Oman. |
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Mr.
M.A. Jayasiri (71/73 Elect batch) has come back from United
Arab Emirates. |
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| OBITUARIES |
| HAA
regret to inform the passing away of the following members. |
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Mr.
Ranjith de Silva (65/67 Civil batch) |
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Mr. T.. Ramachandran (60/62 Mech batch) |
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Mr.
K.G. Wimal de Silva (69/72 Civil batch) |
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Mr. Wimal was a committee member of HAA and participated in most of
our activities. He has contributed financially and material wise during
various stages of the Hardy Centre construction work. The excellent
lunch provided by him when we were on a one-day outing to a Fish breeding
Centre at Ella, is still in our memories. |
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| Dear
members, |
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inform us of your or fellow Hardians achievements, promotions, going
abroad, coming back to S.L. and obituaries etc. to be published in
the newsletter. |
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