Tea industry gets tough over moves to tamper with Global Promotion Fund
All stakeholders of the tea industry yesterday expressed their unmitigated and resolute opposition to the intention, as reported in the media, of the Ministry of Finance to appropriate the funds accumulated by the Sri Lanka Tea Board which had been collected from the industry for global tea promotion.
A joint statement to this effect was issued by The Colombo Tea Traders’ Association, The Tea Exporters’ Association, Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners’ Association, The P