3. The General objects for which the Corporation is the constituted are hereby declared to be "
| (a) to promote, encourage, assist and foster, activities for the advancement of national unity, inter communal amity, racial and religious harmony, goodwill and peace amongst people ; |
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| (b) to conduct research for the purpose of achieving the object of national unity ; |
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| (c) to publish educational and informative material, and to make films, videos and recordings, to promote national unity ; |
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| (d) to train persons engaged in activities which are in furtherance of national unity by conducting seminars, discussions and workshops ; |
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| (e) to commemorate or honour outstanding persons or institutions who have contributed towards national unity, by the gram of awards, prizes, scholarships and fellowships ; |
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| (f) to establish libraries, archives and centres to preserve and to protect the cultural heritage of all the communities in Sri Lanka ; |
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| (g) to establish a research centre and a museum to house in particular, the works, speeches and other evidence of events relating to the life of the late Al-Haj Bakeer Markar ; |
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| (h) to provide assistance, by way of scholarships, loans, advances, and grants, to deserving students to pursue studies and research, in Sri Lanka and abroad ; |
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| (i) to promote group discussions, dialogues, and meetings to monitor and eliminate racial or communal discrimination in media reporting ; and |
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| (j) to carry out such other acts as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to, the attainment of the aforesaid objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts