Youth
Empowerment – gobbledygook of two newspapers! FT and Mirror!
The same article though different
versions appeared in the FT and Daily Mirror yesterday, 22nd April
2016. I attach the links to the two articles, one has the authors name in the
Daily Mirror and the other in the FT does NOT! In the printed version of the FT
however the authors names are also in the FT! However when one reads through
both there are significant differences in the body of the articles, and it is
possible that the FT article suffered severe Editorial changes, which
necessitated the removal of the authors name. This is only speculative on my
part.
What is particularly interesting is that
the references to the Ministry of Finance is only in the FT article where it
goes to say as follows about this Ministry:
“Its
high-handed arrogance, inexperience, incapability and autocratic
interpretations to suit its pettiness have created unprecedented issues for the
Government. Could that lead to distrust, apathy and the destruction of the
present Government?”
Please tell me how this ties into the
National Youth Empowerment Policy!
The paragraph below appears in the Daily
Mirror and NOT in the FT
“Due to
numerous welfare schemes that had been in operation, Sri Lankans are by nature
lazy. They need quick money and do not like hard-earned money. They prefer
joining the public sector thinking that they could make ill-gotten money and
take life easy to improve their living standards.”
In short
both articles need a re-wording and change of subject matter, though both end
up saying we need a Youth Empowerment Policy. I COMPLETELY disagree. We need to
empower our youth, but not by a National Policy, but by educational practices,
that relate the real world to the make believe world their parents appear to
feed them with.
I sincerely request the Editors of both newspapers to read the articles as
published in their papers and determine if the author was having a bad hair day
or worse!
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