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He was the guide, mentor, and sometimes savior. Specifically, his contribution to my work when I served as Government Agent, Nuwara Eliya was substantial. Wickrema was responsible for enhancing human resources among cadres through foreign exposures, which culminated with some officers obtaining post-graduate degrees, some even PhDs, and reaching apex ranks in public services, i.e. Accordingly, planners were made responsible for planning to achieve the goals of the respective institutions, formulate policies, strategies, and evaluate the development projects and program.
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#Sinhala cartoon weera professional
Sri Lanka Planning Service was made a professional service in 1985, for which the initiatives and support given by Wickrema were substantial. He was the innovator of Integrated Rural Development Projects, for which he harnessed foreign assistance, and a performer, evaluator, programmer, and institution builder, proven by the establishment of Secretariats for Women, Children, Fertilizer, Nutrition, Population under his Ministry. Working with him was also a novel experience and challenge for officers too since he pushed them to the deep end to make quick, practical, non-traditional, sometimes unsavory decisions for the benefit of the public. With President JR Jayewardene in Office, Wickrema was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Plan Implementation- a completely different role for him in public service. Whilst at Monash University, he wrote ‘Links between Sri Lanka and Australia: A Book about Sri Lankans (Ceylonese) in Australia’, dealing with Sri Lanka- Australia links. His book ‘The Law Governing Public Administration in Sri Lanka,’ is a text that must be read by all public administrators and politicians. Later, he delved into Buddhist Ecclesiastical Law, which produced a monumental work and a Treatise on Sri Lankan Statute Law and Judicial Decisions on Buddhist Temples and Temporalities. Some of his publications were on Australian banking systems. His vast knowledge as an author was exhibited mostly in Banking Law. Additionally, he focused on teaching Commercial, Administrative, and Constitutional laws, and published texts in Sinhala, one on the Law of Contracts, another on Commercial Law. His students at Vidyodaya and later even at the Post-Graduate Institute of Management recall how he lectured, without even a short note in hand, gluing students’ attention, and enthusiasm. First, I knew him as a pioneer Law Educator at Vidyodaya University. He graduated in Law from Peradeniya, with First-Class Honors, and was later called to the Bar as an Advocate. Wickema Weerasooria, son of Queen’s Counsel NE Weerasooria, studied at Royal College, and entered the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, having won the Harvard Memorial Prize and the Governor General’s Prize at school.