“We will look to Japan to take the lead in the economic transformation of Sri Lanka and South East Asia.
To create a South Asian High Growth Area enabling the region to fulfill its economic potential and bring higher living standards to its people..."
In his Travels Marco Polo says ” When you leave the Island of Angamanain and sail about a thousand miles in a direction a little south of west,
you come to the Island of SEILAN, which is in good sooth the best Island of its size in the world”.