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CAA MEETING ON 25th FEBRUARY 2016

  • February 25, 2016
  • Posted by: Chandana Kosgallana
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Photo From L-R Ms. Chandrika Tillekeratne CAA Director-Consumer Affairs & Information, Dr. M.M. Hilmy CAA Executive Director, Mr. A.H.M. Anwer CAA Executive Director, Mr. Hasitha Tillekeratne CAA Chairman, Mr. Hussain Sadique, Deputy MD – Hameedia Group, Mr. A. Wickremage COO – LAUGFS Supermarkets Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Charitha Subasinghe CEO – Jaykay Marketing Pvt.Ltd.(Keells Super), Mr. Chaminda Wijesinghe DGM – LAUGFS Supermarkets Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Leonard Perera Retailers-Connect.

SLRA PARTNERS WITH CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) TO PROMOTE WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY / NATIONAL CONSUMER REWARDS WEEK FROM 14th TO 20th MARCH 2016

A team from the Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) recently met with the Chairman and top officials of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) in order to promote and ‘World Consumer Rights day’ to be held in Sri Lanka on 15th March 2016 and the following ‘National Consumer Rewards Week’ to be held during 14th to 20th March 2016 which is initiated by the CAA Chairman, Mr. Hasitha Tillekeratne

SLRA with its motto ‘Connecting Retailers to Create Value for Consumers’ is under formation pioneered by leading Retailers Abans, Keells Super, Cargills Food City, Laugfs, Healthguard, Swarnamahal Jewellers, No Limit, Cool Planet, DSI and Hameedia. Mr. Hussain Sadique, Deputy Managing Director of Hameedia  Group and Lead Convener of SLRA hailed with enthusiasm the initiative of the CAA Chairman. Mr. Hasitha Tillekeratne and proposed a ‘Consumer Shoppers week’ to coincide with the captioned campaign during this period by offering discounts, benefits and other special offers and educating and promoting Consumer Rights through its prospective membership.

World Consumer Rights day was founded and inspired by a speech made by former US President, John F. Kennedy on 15th March, 1962 to the United States Congress in which he inscribed four basic consumer rights, consequenting the US Consumer Bill of Rights. The United Nations through the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection expanded these into eight rights, and thereafter Consumers International adopted these rights as a charter and started recognizing March 15 as World Consumer Rights Day.

Following Global Voice for Consumers, Consumers International, the CAA will commemorate World Consumer Rights day 2016 with the theme ‘Crown the Consumer’ and promote the National Consumer Rewards week from 14th to 20th March, 2016 with several consumer rights awareness activities including a Consumer Forum focusing on this year’s International theme ‘Antibiotics off the Menu’. SLRA envisages to partner this cause in future as a Retailer activity to enhance value to Consumers which will be one of the key events of the Association in its annual calendar of activities.

Members of the Retail industry are invited to participate in this National campaign. For more information, please contact Ms. Shakila Weerasinghe  on 0765429776 of the Consumer Affairs Authority or the Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA)–Secretariat: No. 30, Amarasekara Mawatha, Colombo 5. Email: info@slretailforum.org, or Mr. Leonard Perera, Project Manager, Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association on 0727 354 880.