Arthur C Clarke Celebrated His 90th Birthday With the President of Sri Lanka

The President of Sri Lanka assured Sir Arthur C Clarke that his administration would do everything within its power to seek to make one of his three wishes “a lasting pace in Sri Lanka,” come true. President Mahinda Rajapaksa spoke at a ceremony to honor the authors 90th birthday today in Colombo.

“We in Sri Lanka, his adopted land, know him as the most famous non-national to call Sri Lanka his home. He has lived among us for over half a century since 1956, and has made enormous intellectual, cultural and scientific contributions to Sri Lanka’s development through much of its post-independent period.”

“Sir Arthur’s passion for his adopted home has been displayed in abundance by various facets of activity in which he has made a lasting impact. To my mind, there is none more telling, than his response in the aftermath of the tsunami which hit Sri Lanka on 26 December 2004, as people the world over expressed concern for his safety and whether he would continue to live here, he assured them that he would and focused international attention on the need for a tsunami warning system,” President Rajapaksa added.

Renowned scientists Dr. Alex Linov, Dr. Sarath Gunapala, Dr. Micheal Zolnesky, Prof. U.A. Rao and Dr. Sajid Mizra were also present at the occasion.

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