Wednesday, June 7, 2017

150 years of Ceylon Tea: 1867-2017

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03The future should not be an extension of the past

logoWednesday, 7 June 2017

While we celebrate a significant milestone in the history of Ceylon Tea this year, it is timely and critically important for Sri Lanka to consider whether we can afford to carry on managing its affairs and concerns in the same way we have been doing in the past century and a half. I quote from a book written by D.M. Forrest and published for the centenary year of Ceylon Tea, published in 1967. He makes an apt remark 50 years ago: