Salaries of professionals will be increased to stop brain drain – Kabir Hashim

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Kabir Hashim focused attention towards the country’s most burning issue of brain drain and said steps will be taken to improve the salaries of professionals including doctors and engineers under a future SJB government.

Addressing a public meeting, MP Hashim said if salaries of professionals and other public servants are increased, they will definitely stop leaving the country for foreign employment.

Speaking extensively on the SJB’s proposed salary increase he said the salaries of all government servants will be increased by 24 percent, while the salaries of other higher grades including professionals will be increased by 50 percent.

“Considering this salary increase, the SJB invites all Sri Lankan professionals and others to come back to serve their motherland,” he said.

Meanwhile SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne valued the services of school teachers and said steps will also be taken to give them an opportunity to travel in public transport free of charge.

Speaking on the economy he said due to the Government’s poor economic policies, a large number of small and medium-scale business enterprises have closed down and thousands of people have lost their incomes.

“As a result, youngsters who are involved in these business enterprises are trying to seek foreign employment and the SJB’s objective is to revamp these business enterprises once again in order to stop our valuables assets leaving the country,” he said. He further highlighted that a group of professionals and experts have rallied round the SJB and they have the capability to develop the country’s economy to a great extent.

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