19 February, 2017
Conference of Sri Lankan Malays (COSLAM) will mark the 127th birth anniversary of educationist, statesman, diplomat and a national hero, Al Haj Dr. T.B. Jayah, at a public meeting, today, February 19 at the New Town Hall, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7 commencing 9.30 a.m.
Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, Malaysian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka
will be the chief guest while Dr. Ameena Cassim, Senior Lecturer, University of Peradeniya will deliver the Dr. T.B. Jayah Oration.
COSLAM will also felicitate Edward Chandrasiri for the yeoman services rendered by him to the Malay community, by authoring the treatise “Malaywarunge Abhimanya” and for numerous articles published in the national newspapers.