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Ceylinco Consolidated is one of Sri Lanka's oldest and largest business conglomerates. The original company was founded by Mr. Hugh Weerasekere and Cyril E. S. Perera QC (UNP Member Colombo North) named "Ceylon Insurance Co." listed late 1938-39. Due to the latter's political stance against the SLFP political partys divisive "Sinhala Only Act" Ceylon Insurance Co. was eventually politically persuaded to relinquish control by the then SLFP government of Mrs. Bandaranakeya to Senator Justin Kotalawela then on the board of Ceylon Insurance. Justin Kotelawala gained control of Ceylon Insurance Co. from Mrs. Alice Farmacia Perera widow of Cyril E. S. Perera and from Mrs. Violet van Dort widow of Hugh Weerasekere. Many people at the time were under the impression Ceylon Insurance Co. was not a profitable company due to what people were led to believe, when, in fact, Ceylon Insurance Co. was and still is a significant player in Sri Lanka's economy. Cyril E. S. Perera also co-founded (with the Berenger family) another significant Sri Lankan company named KANDOS, which he named after the city where they first produced chocolate bars, in combination with the Latin word for money "dos". Kandos also went under the same SLFP reformation, control eventually going into the hands of Upali Wijewardana for no monetary value. Justin Kotelawala and his son Lalith Kotelawala built the renamed CEYLINCO into a major company which includes over 500 subsidiary companies. It has more than 450 offices with a cadre of over 30000 employees. A few of the many companies incorporated are listed below. The Ceylinco conglomerate is in a crisis as it has lost the trust of the people due to the collapse of the Golden Key Credit Card Company. Financial institutions under the Ceylinco Group was in the danger of collapsing due to the withdrawal of money by depositors. Hence,the managements of the Seylan Bank and the Three Finance Companies under this institution was taken by Government institutions. ==2009== Ceylinco Consolidated is liable to repay nearly USD 200million for disgruntled 〔http://sundaytimes.lk/090503/FinancialTimes/ft327.html〕 depositors 〔http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/03/10/sri-lanka-depositors-collapsed-ceylinco-fg-asked-return-reimbursed-properties〕 of failed Golden Key credit card company,〔http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/01/24/sri-lanka%E2%80%99s-collapsed-golden-key-strikes-historic-repayment-deal〕 F&G (Finance and Guarantee) PLC, Ceylinco Shiram PLC 〔http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=672276403〕 The scandal, which erupted like a tsunami when the Ceylinco Golden Key Credit Card Company failed to honour its payments to depositors, soon spread to other institutions. it is estimated as at 2009 that a sum exceeding Rs. approx 26.5 billion approx(USD200 million) had to be paid to the 9,054 depositors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ceylinco Consolidated」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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