The trilingual policy adopted by the country calls for all sign/name boards to be in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. However, project sites and work sites that are managed by Chinese companies continue to display signboards in Mandarin. When contacted by The Sunday Morning, Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils, and Local Government Media Secretary S.R. At the time, former Minister Ganesan had instructed the then Chairman of the Official Languages Commission to attend to the matter. All attempts made by The Sunday Morning to contact the Commissioner General of Official Languages proved futile.

Source: The Nation December 06, 2020 06:02 UTC