We announce the sad demise of Mr. P.B.G. Wickramasinghe, the President of Association of Practicing Quantity Surveyors & Estimators - Sri Lanka.

He also the father of two of our fellow SLQS UAE Members, Upul Wickramasinghe and Nuwan Wickramasinghe.

Contacts:
Upul Wickramasinghe - +94 712104413 e-mail: upulwickramasinghe@yahoo.co.uk

Nuwan Wickramasinghe +974 775421975 email: pbnuwantw@gmail.com

Residence of Mr. Wickramasinghe +9411 2725682
No: 24/9, Gemunu Mawatha
Attidiya, Dehiwala,
Sri Lanka

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SLQS Night 2011

The 27th annual get together of the SLQS was held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai on the 15th December 2011 with the participation of a large gathering of members and their families. Hon Consul General of Sri Lanka for Dubai and Northern Emirates of the UAE, Mr. Abdul Raheem graced the occasion as chief guest and Chairman of University Grant Commission of Sri Lanka Prof. Gamini Samaranayake has delivered the keynote address as guest of honor. Our own Prof. Samaratunga and other distinguished guests participated as invitees glorifying the biggest Sri Lankan professional get-together in the Middle East.

Mr. Edward Jayathunga and Mr. Chaminda Suraweera were awarded with “Contribution to SLQS community”, and “Carrier Achievement” for the year 2011 respectively at this 27th SLQS Annual get-together.

As part of the 27th annual get-together, a public seminar was organized by the SLQS-UAE on the topic of “THE GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE KNOWLEDGE HUB IN SRI LANKA : THE WAY FORWARD by Prof. Gamini Samaranayake on 14th Dec. 2011

The “KEY NOTE SPEECH” speech was delivered by Prof. Gamini Samaranayake at the annual event on 15th Dec. 2011.

The night was entertained by musical band specially flown from Sri Lanka; “C & C” lead by Chandani Hettiarachchi.

SLQS Night 2011 - Photo Album

Once Again RICS Honoured SLQS Members

In a recently held ceremony, RICS appreciated its members who tirelessly worked to promote RICS membership in the region. Two prominent members of SLQS-UAE, Prasanna Pushpajith and Manju Sri Adikari was awarded for their following effort towards to the SLQS members in particular and RICS in general.

Prasanna Pushjuth for "RICS APC Mentor Award for Year 2010-2011"
Manju Sri Adhikari for “RICS APC Assessor Commitment for Year 2010-2011" – Manju could not attend to the ceremony as he was conducting APC interview at that time of award ceremony.

Manju Sri Adikari

The RICS Global President See Lian Ong, presented these awards in a ceremony held in Dubai on 05 October 2011.
Prasanna was awarded “RICS APC Chair Commitment for Year 2009-2010", he has become the first Sri Lankan QS to receive such awards in a consecutive two years.

Way to Success in Professional Interviews
SLQS-UAE 4/2011CPD Handouts