The Hon. (Ms.) Ambika Samivel

¶ 01 Alright.

¶ 02 We are also starting mini-government service centres enabling them to undertake needed industries. We are preparing programmes to uplift their lives and ensure a dignified life. Tapping rubber for latex is also a profession; it should not be belittled. We will develop it as a profession, and from the tourism side as well as industrial development, we will uplift living standards in every way. We now have a Government that treats these people as it does all others. Through national programmes, the Hill Country people, alongside all people, are treated equally. This is the true freedom; the real victory the Hill Country people have gained. If we can implement so many large projects and programmes in one and a half years, in four more years by the end of five years, they will rise as a people who secured victory, attained freedom, and enjoyed that freedom. Their representatives will also emerge in Parliament, local authorities and every political institution. With those pathways opened, I conclude. Thank you.