Carey College - Centenary

Stamp Bulletin No. 846 Commemorative Issue

May 29^th, 2014

Carey College - Centenary

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The first bell summoning the first assembly rang on 12th January 1914 when two boys and three masters met with the founder Principal Rev. H. J Charter (BA, BD). The premises consisted of the college hall and the class rooms on either side of it. The Principal’s bungalow, and the Hostel which gave accommodation not only to its boys but also to the divinity students of the Theological School which was a part of the school, the boys who attended Royal College, Medical College and the Law College. Carey College was established to commemorate the 100 years of the Baptist missionary Society in Sri Lanka. During this era the Baptist Missionary Society (B.M.S.) had already established about hundred of vernacular schools and two girls schools in Colombo and Matale. Therefore, Baptists in Sri Lanka decided to establish a Boys School was located on Kynsey Road, Colombo 08. In 1925 name of the school changed to Carey Baptist College as a respect to the great Baptist missionary, William Carey, who served the region based in India. Rev. H. Spooner (BD) and Ref. H. W. Spillet (BA, BD) were two successful Principals who opted to keep Carey Collage as a private (fee levying) School when many leading schools joined the free education scheme in 1948. Rev. Dr. W.G. Wickramasinghe (MA, BD) an old boy of the college took great pains to uplift the school in every sphere. Specially the image in the school with a new building giving the college a majestic look. His Vice Principal Mr. J. V. Weerasinghe succeed him being the first layman to be the Principal After many Principals who served for short periods Mr. E. W. Wijesinghe an experienced Principal and an educationist took the reins of the college. He improved the standard of the college in many avenues, academically and with extracurricular activities. Today, the college is guided by Mrs. Hemamali Bibile the first lady to hold this position. She is an educationist and an experienced principal who has a vision planned for the future of this esteemed institution that nurtures young men of quality and good values. Carey College was first administered by the Baptist Missionary society and is now managed by the Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya. Today the college has a total student population of 2250 with a teaching staff of 111. They belong to Sinhala, Tamil, Moor, Malay, Burgher and Chinese communities and of different faiths where they live in harmony. Carey College forms its inception concentrated on producing modest men with high morals to the society. Some brilliant students have excelled in life and many are administrators, businessmen and some politicians too.

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Vesak 2014

Stamp Bulletin No. 845 Commemorative Issue

May 12^th, 2014

Vesak 2014

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The Great Renunciation of Prince Siddhartha Prince Siddhartha, having decided to renounce all the luxuries and worldly pleasure on seeing for himself the four signs of the unsatisfactoriness of life was marking time in his palace waiting for an opportune moment to abandon lay life and to seek truth. His father King Suddhodana’s wish at all times was to see his son prince Siddhartha become the universal King of Sakviti. The king adopted various strategies to have his wish realized. However, Prince Siddhartha was not pleased with the worldly life. One day, when he was in the royal garden, a messenger brought him a message that caused a great disturbance in his mind. That was the news of the birth of a little son to his consort Yasodhara. Thereafter, one day, after witnessing the sight of the weary palace dancers who had fallen asleep here and there making an ugly sight after performing of dances in the palace, he became disgusted with life. It was an incident that made him further unhappy with worldly life after witnessing the previous four sights of life. Thereafter, having asked his close associate, courtier Channa, to saddle the horse secretly without letting anybody in the palace know of it, he looked inside the chamber where his consort Yasodhara was asleep peacefully in bed with little Rahula and leaving all luxuries behind in that night, left the palace in order to seek the truth that soothed the entire three world. The horse Kanthaka, carrying price Siddhartha on his back, crossed the ford of the river Anoma keeping in its heart the pain of departure from its master. Prince Siddhartha, alighting from the horse after crossing the river Anoma, handed over all royal ornaments worn by him to Channa and cut his hair with the sword and went into the forest to seek truth, leaving Channa and the horse there.

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World Conference on Youth 2014

Stamp Bulletin No. 844 Commemorative Issue

May 07^th, 2014

World Conference on Youth 2014

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According to the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs, Population Division, the number of young people aged 15-29 are expected to rise during the period 2015 to 2030. With young being a critical population for the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the increase will be in the less developed and least developing regions, whereas a decrease is expected in more developed regions. At present 62 percent of the World’s youth live in Asia and 17 percent (the next largest proportion) live in Africa, with the total being 960 million. Approximately 64percent of youth in Africa and 84 percent in Asia live in countries where at least one third of the population subsists on less than US$2.00 per day. The youth population of Sri Lanka is 26 percent of its 22 million people. Sri Lanka can share good practices in addressing youth in issues such as peace and security. In this regard ensuring their access to education, health and productive employment remain critical. The Government of Sri Lanka I committed to undertake the responsibility in organizing the ground work for the global process with global ownership enabling young people to contribute to the decision making process for post 2015 Development Agenda. In this context Government of Sri Lanka is in great pleasure to host the World Conference on Youth 2014. This conference will be held from May 06 to 10 at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall. Opening Ceremony will be at the Magama Ruhunupura International Convention Hall (MRICC) at 11.00 hrs on 06 May 2014 and the closing at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall - Colombo on 09 May 2014 at 20.00 hrs. Furthermore, the outcomes of the said World Conference on Youth, including the “Colombo Declaration” will be extensively shared at national, regional and global meetings including the ECOSOC Youth Forum and also it will be presented to the, 69the Session of the UN General Assembly by His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa the President of Sri Lanka. This World Conference of Youth 2014 is organized by an international youth task force (IYTF) comprising 20 young global leaders from around the world (10 members from Sri Lanka) along with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development in Sri Lanka.

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Ho Chi Minh

Stamp Bulletin No. 843 Commemorative Issue

April 28^th, 2014

Ho Chi Minh

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Nguyen Tat Thanh, later known as Nguyen Ai Quoc was born into a family of patriotic Confucian scholars, and grew up in a locality that had a patriotic tradition of valorous fighting against aggression. Living in a country under the yoke of French colonialists, in his childhood and youth, he witnessed the suffering of his compatriots and the movement against the aggressors. With immense love for the people, in 1911, he left the fatherland to go to the West to find the way of national liberation. From 1912 to 1917, Nguyen Tat Thanh came to many countries in Asia, Europe, the America and Africa and lived among the working class. At the end of 1917, he left Britain to return to France to continue activities for the movement of the overseas Vietnamese and French workers. Under the influence of the October Revolution in 1917 and after reading Lenin’s Theses on the Nation and Colonial Questions, in December 1920, Nguyen Ai Quoc participated in the 18th Congress of the French Socialist Party, and became one of the founders of the French Communist Party. In November 1924, Nguyen Ai Quoc came to Guangzhou, China to select a number of young patriots living there to open a Political Cadres Training School. His lectures were compiled into the book “Duong Kach menh” (The Revolutionary Path) - an important theoretical document and idea basis for the revolutionary direction of Vietnam. On 28th January 1941, he returned to the homeland after more than thirty years of activity abroad. He was deeply moved by the scene of his beloved country when passing the border. In August 1942, taking the name of Ho Chi Minh, representing the Vietnam Independence league and the Vietnam, branch of the International Anti-aggression Association, he came to China to search for an international alliance coordinating anti-fascist actions on the Indochina battlefield. In August 1945, he led the people to rise up in a general insurrection to seize power in the whole country. In September, 1945 Ho Chi Minh solemnly proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and he became the first President. Under his leadership the historical victory at Dien Bien Phu (1954) which completely liberated the North of Vietnam. In 1964, US imperialists started their war against the North. Then Ho Chi Minh said: “The war may last five, ten, twenty or more years, but the Vietnamese people will not be intimidated.” From 1965 to 1969, together with the party central committee, president Ho Chi Minh continued to construct and protect the North, and struggle to liberate the South for country’s reunification. Before passing away president Ho Chi Minh left the Vietnamese people with the historical Testament. He wrote; “My ultimate wish is that our entire Party and people, by closely joining their efforts, will build a peaceful, reunified, independent, democratic and prosperous Vietnam, and make a worthy contribution to the world revolution”. The Paris agreement of January 27, 1973, ended the aggressive war and the Vietnamese people fulfilled total liberation of the South, reunification of the country, and realized the sacred wish of President Ho Chi Minh, in 1975. President Ho Chi Minh was a great leader of the Vietnamese people. He had creatively applied and developed Marxism-Leninism for the specific condition of Vietnam and founded the Vietnam National United Front, Vietnam People’s Armed Forces and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam). In 1987, President Ho Chi Minh was revered as a national liberation hero and a world cultural celebrity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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