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Distinguished guests, good afternoon.You will all agree with me that a livable and well-functioning city is a city that has its basic services in place – a clean, walkable, green city – accessible and... Show More + enjoyable for all (the residents and the visitors alike, the able and differently able and the aging population). The new public conveniences meaningfully contribute to improve the livability of Colombo, addressing one of the most basic service needs, helping to improve the experience of the visitors and commuters when visiting the city, and in doing so, contributing to improve the overall image of the city and municipality (imagine you visit a beautiful house and discover that the bathroom is in a mess…. your perception of that house and house owner will change to negative).Let me start by saying that it is an honor for the World Bank to be an active partner supporting Sri Lanka in the challenge of transforming Metropolitan Colombo into a world class capital and it is indeed an honor for Show Less -
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