3. General objects of the Corporation

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

(a)

to promote educational and cultural ties, mutual understanding and co-operation between the people of Sri Lanka and Japan ;

(b)

to assist Sri Lankans and Japanese to study each other’s cultures, languages and any other languages, to organize educational tours, to provide hostel facilities to those who participate in such tours and to exchange educational and cultural representatives ;

(c)

to establish and maintain libraries and to purchase, subscribe and publish books, newspapers, periodicals and other publications which the

Corporation may consider desirable for the promotion and advancement of its objects ;

(d)

to establish and award scholarships, grants and prizes to deserving Sri Lankan students and to assist them in their spiritual, philosophical, cultural, scientific and technical education ;

(e)

to join and collaborate with other local and foreign associations, societies or organizations with objects similar to those of the Corporation ;

(f)

to provide guidance and other assistance to Sri

Lankans travelling to Japan for educational and cultural purposes ; and

(g)

to promote, encourage and assist the artistic creations, skills in sports and the technical knowledge of Sri Lankan youth and children and to organize and maintain work shops, schools and institutions therefor.

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