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Mr PERERA (Cranbourne) -- I rise to congratulate the Lak
Handa -- or Voice of Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankan community radio program, which
celebrated its fourth birthday on 14 October.
Lak Handa goes to air every Sunday from 10.00 a.m. to midday from the 3MDR
station on 97.15 FM, which is in Emerald. This fantastic program is much loved
by the Victorian Sri Lankan community. Lak Handa covers local and Sri Lankan
news and current affairs, music, a children's program, community
announcements, talkback radio and a variety of things without fear or favour.
As soon as last year's tsunami devastation took place on Boxing Day, LakHanda
was in the forefront to broadcast first-hand information directly from Sri
Lanka, and since then it has been very active in working with the Victorian
Sri Lankan community to raise funds for the victims. I have found this radio
station to be a very reliable source to communicate with the Sri Lankan
community across Victoria.
Lak Handa always maintains an unbiased approach when allocating spots to
community organisations. Lak Handa is well and truly representative of the
aspirations of members of the local community of Sri Lankan origin. The
program producer and host, Mr Gamini Fonseka, is a well-known and experienced
journalist as well as a broadcaster in Victoria and back in Sri Lanka. Gamini
is very much involved with the local Sri Lankan community --
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The ACTING SPEAKER (Mr Ingram) -- Order!
The honourable member's time has expired.
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