3. The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be"
| (a) to construct a home for the elders to be called "the Jayewardene Home for the elders" and to manage and maintain same ; |
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| (b) to provide welfare facilities for the deaf and blind, the disabled and the destitutes ; |
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| (c) to promote, and engage in the implementation of. community welfare, educational, and social development projects in Sri Lanka ; |
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| (d) to promote cultural activities and to assist the Archaeological Department to conserve ancient buildings and monuments and works of art ; |
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| (e) to promote mutual understanding and co-operation among people, irrespective of race and religion : |
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| (f) to provide bursaries, scholarships, prizes, donations, financial aid and assistance for the promotion of education and the advancement, disemination and propagation of knowledge ; |
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| (g) to engage in any industry or trade or in any export or import business and to aid and assist persons to commence and operate agricultural, industrial and commercial ventures and to undertake training programmes and extension services and to organise propaganda activities, relating to the transfer of technology ; |
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| (h) to establish and maintain projects for the protection, management and conservation of the environment ; |
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| (i) to collaborate or liase with any other institution or organisation, whether foreign or local, having objects similar to those of the Corporation ; |
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| (j) to sponsor and conduct conferences, seminars, workshops, group studies and lectures in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, in furtherance of the objects of the Corporation ; |
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| (k) to formulate and implement schemes for cottage industries and self employment; |
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| (l) to print, publish and distribute books, journals, leaflets, newspapers and magazines which the Corporation may consider desirable for the promotion and advancement of its objects ; and |
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| (m) to do such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the accomplishment of all or any of the objects of the Corporation. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts