Record groups of Department of Nationa Archives

Fonds LK-NA/108.19 - Commission of Inquiry on the Working and Administration of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation

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LK-NA/108.19

Title

Commission of Inquiry on the Working and Administration of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation

Date(s)

  • 1955-1971 (Creation)

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Files 1-13, typewritten, manuscripts

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Archival history

This Commission was appointed by the Governor General on 11th October 1970, to inquire and report on the following matters.
The working and administration of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation established under the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation Act No. 37 of 1966, From the time of its establishment up to the end of May 1970, with particular reference to\
(a) The management of the corporation during the above-mentioned period
(b) Whether there has been any improper use of wastage of the resources of the corporation or any proper use of properties belonging to the corporation during the above mentioned period.

(c) The recruitment and deployment of personal during the above-mentioned period.

The measures that should be adopted in order to secure the more efficient management of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation as a nationally useful instrument of mass communication.
This commission was published as a Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1972
The Commissioners were V.C. Jayasuriya (Chairman). Euelya Fernando, M.A.de Silva

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Open

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Language of material

  • English
  • සිංහල
  • Tamil

Script of material

  • Latin

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Description identifier

LK-NA/PSO/Comm

Institution identifier

Department of National Archives

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ISAD (G)

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English
  • සිංහල
  • Tamil

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.

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