Port City

Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave?

by |17 January 202218 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on BBC News "An economic game changer" is how officials describe Colombo Port City, a shiny metropolis soaring out of the water along the Sri Lankan capital's seafront. Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand...

Port City – What Next?

by |27 May 202114 October 2021|Verité in the News

Published on Colombo Telegraph There may be differences in semicolons and adjectives but broadly speaking the SJB of Sajith P and the UNP (still loyal to Ranil?) have very similar positions on the Port City Act. They are in agreement that many...

China Harbour Engineering Company to respond to discussion on environmental impact of Port City Project

by |08 September 201919 September 2019|Press Release

Verité Research will be hosting the seminar “Colombo Port City Project: The Environmental Narrative” this week, featuring guest speaker Professor Naazima Kamardeen from the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo. The seminar will highlight the gap in public...

Next Hambantota? Welcome to the Chinese-funded US$1.4 billion Port City Colombo in Sri Lanka

by |16 May 201916 May 2019|Verité in the News

Taken from - Sunday China Morning Post When the sun goes down, Galle Face Green – the seaside urban park south of the financial district of Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital – fills up with life. As makeshift stalls selling everything...