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Sri Lanka mulls future of ex-leader's white elephants
Published Sun, Feb 22, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Hambantota
FROM a multi-million dollar airport ignored by airlines to a lavish cricket stadium rejected by players, Sri Lanka's new government is mulling the future of a string of white elephants.
Former president Mahinda Rajapakse ordered the state-of-the-art facilities built in his southern home town of Hambantota in extensive efforts to turn his rural constituency into a regional business hub.
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