Enterprise Sri Lanka national exhibition kicks off in Jaffna

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated the third Enterprise Sri Lanka exhibition organized by the Ministry of Finance in Jaffna to encourage new entrepreneurs.

This exhibition will be open for the public from 10 am to 12 midnight daily at Mutraweli in Jaffna Fort from September 7 to September 10.

The Enterprise Sri Lanka Exhibition is held to create 100,000 entrepreneurs across the country. About 450 public and private sector stalls have been set up to offer services to the public. State banks, private companies, buyers, applicants and suppliers are all on site. New investors can receive advice on obtaining loans to start a business and finding a market for it.

Loans under concessionary interest rates starting from minimum of Rs 100,000 up to Rs. 750 million could be obtained and the educated young prospective entrepreneurs looking for such an opportunity will be able to reap benefits from this scheme.

A mobile service is also being held during the four days of the exhibition to enable those who expect to enter the field of business to apply for project loans.

Eleven counters by the State and Private commercial banks as well as government consulting services institutions have been set up. Visitors to this exhibition can obtain information, instructions and guidance to apply for concessionary loans to start business ventures from self employment to small and medium scale projects from these special counters.

Visitors can buy various commodities at reasonable prices. Garments and other type of apparel manufactured by factories coming under the Board of Investment (BOI) could be bought at duty free prices.

The electronic media zone provides an opportunity for the people to meet the representatives of their favorite electronic media houses.

At the same time, students will be able to witness how various programs including live broadcasting are telecast and how programs are produced and how the news room functions.

Free services are provided jointly by the Health Ministry and the Provincial Health Services Department. Among them are free laboratory and clinical services.

A foreign consular service has also been set up in the exhibition premises. Foreign job seekers and students seeking to go overseas for higher education could obtain their certificates and other documents attested by the consular office.