The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is the oldest and one of leading business chambers in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It is a confederation of trade associations, regional- and sectoral chambers of commerce and industry, business councils and employer organisations in the country.

History

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was established on March 25, 1839, when Sri Lanka was known as

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

under

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J A Stewart Mackenzie, then

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, was instrumental to found the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce as he was keenly interested in promoting

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and trade in Ceylon. A meeting was held on February 20, 1839 by a considerable number of the mercantile community favourable to the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce in the island of Ceylon. It was unanimously resolved as a preliminary measure that five of the gentlemen present should be requested to form a Committee for framing an estimate and drawing up certain rules and regulations, which when submitted and approved might form the ground work of the institution. The

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of thirteen representatives of the mercantile community was held on March 25, 1839 at the Corner House of Prince Street. With the adoption of the rules and regulations of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the first Chamber was established in Sri Lanka. Subsequently, in 1895 the Chamber was incorporated by the then Legislative Council under the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Ordinance No. 10 of 1895. In 1954 Terrence de Soysa was appointed as the first Sri Lankan Chairman.100th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF S.T.L.DE SOYSA, A man of vision and principle

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, Retrieved 30 May 2015

References

External links

Website of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

The Ceylon Chamber appoints Mrs. Dhara Wijayatilake as its CEO
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceylon Chamber Of Commerce Chambers of commerce Organizations established in 1839 Economy of Sri Lanka Trade associations based in Sri Lanka

History

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