Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
Rt. Hon. J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Governor of Ceylon | |
Type | NPO |
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Focus | Business advocacy & federation |
Location |
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Coordinates | 6°55′07″N 79°51′00″E / 6.918661°N 79.850074°E |
Key people | Hans Wijayasuriya Chairman Vish Govindasamy CEO / Secretary General |
Website | chamber |
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is the oldest and one of leading business chambers in Sri Lanka. It is a confederation of trade associations, regional- and sectoral chambers of commerce and industry, business councils and employer organisations in the country.[1]
History
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was established on 25 March 1839, when Sri Lanka was known as
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
Subsequently, in 1895 the Chamber was incorporated by the then
See also
References
- ^ "Home". CCC. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ Ceylon Chamber of Commerce marks 175 years Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Ceylon Today Retrieved 16 February 2015
- ^ Centenary birth anniversary of first Lankan-born CCC Chairman falls today Archived May 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Website, Retrieved 30 May 2015
- The Daily Mirror, Retrieved 30 May 2015