Over Fifty Year old Royalists from Melbourne visit Sydney Reciprocating an inaugural visit by the Sydney Old Boys to Melbourne a year ago, a team of over fifty year old cricketers (and some of their wives) led by Sam Lawton (Captained Royal in 1974) graced us with their presence in Sydney recently. It was a great week end, with a pre-match dinner feted privately by some Sydney old boys at the Blue Elephant Function centre in Sydney on Saturday 30th of January 2010, and was well attended by over a hundred Sydney based old boys & wives, who reminisced about the good old days and were pleasantly entertained .
Veteran Sri Lankan actor Shesha Palihakkara passes away Veteran actor, producer, and dancer of Sri Lanka, Shesha Palihakkara has passed away today.
Shesha Palihakkara entered the Sinhala cinema by choreographing movies like Ahankara Isthri and Puduma Leli. He got his first starring role in Matalang in 1953.
Jaffna-Colombo bus service commences The public transportation services in Jaffna commenced today with 175 passengers boarding four buses from Jaffna to Medawachchiya.
A new multilingual cookbook with sumptuous Sri Lankan recipes was launched Saturday 19th July at the Blue Elephant Restaurant in Pennant Hills by the NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) with funding from the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service.
Following the success of the Ethnic Cook Off in 2009 resulting from the Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Samoan, Sri Lankan Sinhalese and Tamil Healthy and Tasty Challenge Recipe Competitions, MHCS launched the compilation of all the winning and top finalists’ recipes in a multilingual cookbook, a new tool aimed at encouraging members of all multicultural communities to increase their daily serves of fruit and vegetables and make the call to the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, a free, personal and confidential service that offers participants to access their own qualified health coach who will help them set healthy lifestyle goals and support them by maintaining motivation to achieve results.
The St George Migrant Resource Centre is a community-based organisation which receives funding from various government sources. The Centre has recently received a grant from the Office for Women’s Policy, Department of Premier and Cabinet for a Domestic Violence PASS Project. The project shall provide information and referral service for women and children impacted by domestic violence in St George and Hurstville LACs.
