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Approximately 7% of the allocated land in Israel is privately owned. The rest, i.e., 93%, is owned by the State and is known as “Israeli Land”. Israel’s Basic Law on real estate states that Israel’s land is jointly owned by the State (69%), the Development Authority (12%), and the Jewish National Fund (12%).
Colombo Land and Development Company PLC (CLDC) is a Sri Lankan property development and holding company involved in mixed development projects in the real estate and retail sector. Established on 8 December 1981, CLDC was subsequently listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange on 19 March 1986.
The land in Sri Lanka is very important because it has led to many different wars among different countries. [3] In the 1830s, coffee was introduced into Sri Lanka, a crop which flourishes in high altitudes, and grown on the land taken from the peasants.
Sinhalese were settled in traditionally Tamil land, given land, money to build homes and security provided by the Special Task Force. [10] As a result, the demographics of the region had been significantly altered and a new division called the Weli Oya Divisional Secretariat (the Sinhalese equivalent of the Tamil term "Manal Aru") was carved in ...
Port City Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ වරාය නගරය, romanized: Koḷam̆ba Warāya Nagaraya) is a multi-services special economic zone located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which is currently under construction on reclaimed land adjacent to the Galle Face Green. The land reclamation work had been
The Hambantota International Port [a] is a deep water port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, notable for its 99-year lease to China Merchant Ports. Opened in 2010, it is Sri Lanka's second largest port, after Colombo. In 2020, the port handled 1.8 million tonnes of cargo. [3] Construction of the port commenced in January 2008.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 14 September 2001: Minister of Lands, Irrigation and Power [28] [29] Jeewan Kumaranatunga: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 28 January 2007: Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Land and Land Development [30] [31] [32] Janaka Bandara Tennakoon: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 23 April 2010: Minister of Lands and Land Development [33] [34 ...
The government paid some compensation to the owners of land taken over under both the 1972 and 1975 laws. In early 1988, the state-owned plantations were managed by one of two types of entities, the Janatha Estates Development Board, or the Sri Lanka State Plantation Corporation. [14]