2833/’12
Hon. Eran Wickramaratne,— To ask the Minister of Finance and Planning,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) as to when the building in New York referred to the Monetary Board Advisory Audit Committee Report in the Central Bank Annual Report, 2011, was purchased;
(ii) the person who authorized the aforesaid purchase and the purpose of buying;
(iii) the address, number of floors, floor area of the building and the cost incurred on purchase;
(iv) whether it was a joint venture or a single investment; and
(v) if it was a joint venture, the names of the parties involved and percentage owned by each party separately?
(b) Will he state —
(i) in whose name the building was registered;
(ii) whether the said building has been sold or rented out now;
(iii) if it was sold, name of the buyer; the price, and the date of sale; and
(iv) if it was rented, the names of the tenants, the rent, and the period of lease?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2012-11-26
Asked by
Hon. Eran Wickramaratne, M.P.
Ministry
Finance and Planning
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
ගරු (ආචාර්ය) සරත් අමුණුගම මහතා (ජාත්යන්තර මූල්ය සහයෝගිතා අමාත්ය සහ මුදල් හා ක්රමසම්පාදන නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යතුමා)
(மாண்புமிகு கலாநிதி சரத் அமுனுகம - சர்வதேச நிதிய கூட்டிணைப்பு அமைச்சரும் நிதி, திட்டமிடல் பிரதி அமைச்சரும்)
(The Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama - Minister of International Monetary Co-operation and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning)
ගරු නියෝජ්ය කථානායකතුමනි, එම ප්රශ්නයට පිළිතුර මෙසේයි.
(අ) (i) 2011 අගෝස්තු මස 30වන දින.
(ii) ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලය විසින් මෙම දේපොළ මිල දී ගැනීමට අනුමතිය දෙන ලදී. මෙම දේපොළ මිල දී ගනු ලැබූවේ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ අනාගත මෙහෙයුම් කටයුතු සඳහා ප්රයෝජනයට ගැනීම පිණිසය.
මෙම ගරු මන්ත්රීතුමාගේ සහ මෙම ගරු සභාවේ දැන ගැනීම සඳහා මම විස්තරයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන්නට කැමැතියි. මම එය ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් කරන්නම්.
The functions of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has been significantly expanding during the recent years due mainly to the issue of sovereign bonds, increased international reserves and investor promotions for Government securities.
Further expansion of the functions due to emerging economic activities and foreign exchange liberalization was envisaged and the need for opening offices in selected international cities was expected.
Accordingly, the CBSL, in 2010, sought legal opinion of the Attorney General on the possibility of purchasing premises abroad. The Monetary Board, at the meeting held on 10.01.2011, having considered the views of the Attorney General and the reduced property prices now prevailing, approved the purchase of building properties suitable for offices in selected international cities on a case-by-case basis with the prior approval of the Monetary Board. The Monetary Board also approved the renting out of such building properties to the Diplomatic Missions of Sri Lanka at market rates until such time the CBSL requires these buildings for its own use.
A team consisting of the Chief Government Valuer and senior officers from the Ministry of External Affairs and the CBSL inspected several buildings in New York City and recommended the purchase of the second floor of the Diplomat Centre Condominium Building, No. 820, 2nd Avenue, New York at US Dollars 5,250,000. After negotiations with the owner, the purchase price was reduced to US Dollars 5,075,000. The Monetary Board, at the meeting held on 25th April, 2011, approved the purchase of this property at a cost of US Dollars 5,075,000.
This property was purchased by the Central Bank on 30th August, 2011. The complete details of this purchase were notified to the Cabinet of Ministers by Cabinet Paper No. 11/2076/504/171 dated 18th October, 2011 by the Minister of Finance and Planning.
The property was rented out to the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of Sri Lanka through an agreement dated 28th May, 2012 for three years from 1st June, 2012 at a monthly rental of US Dollars 68,000 payable in Sri Lankan Rupees.
(iii) දෙවන මහල,
ඩිප්ලොමැට් සෙන්ටර් කොන්ඩෝනියම් ගොඩනැඟිල්ල,
අංක 820,
දෙවන මාවත,
නිව්යෝර්ක්,
ඇමෙරිකා එක්සත් ජනපදය.
මිලදී ගත් මහල් ගණන - එකකි.
(දෙවන මහල සම්පූර්ණයෙන්)
බිම් වර්ග ප්රමාණය - වර්ග අඩි 12,000
මිලදී ගත් මුදල - ඇමෙරිකන් ඩොලර් 5,075,000.00
(iv) මෙම දේපළෙහි තනි හිමිකරු ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලයයි.
(v) පැන නොනඟී.
(ආ) (i) ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ මුදල් මණ්ඩලය නමින් ලියාපදිංචි කර ඇත.
(ii) කුලියට දී ඇත.
(iii) පැන නොනඟී.
(iv) ශ්රී ලංකා ජන රජයේ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශයට කුලියට දී ඇත.
අය කරනු ලබන මාසික කුලිය - ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් 68,000.00කට සමාන ශ්රී ලංකා රුපියල් ප්රමාණයකි.
බදු කාල සීමාව - 2012 ජුනි මස 01 දින සිට අවුරුදු තුනකි.
(ඇ) පැන නොනඟී.
Answered Date
2012-11-26
Answered by
Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama, M.P.
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