Honourable Dallas Alahapperuma, Minister of Youth Affairs,

His Excellency Mr. Mahbub Uzzaman, the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka,

Ms. Hasini Gunasekera, Chief Editor,

Ms. Pornnipa Damnoi, world champion hairdresser representing the edidor of Hair & Beauty Magazine of Thailand,

Distinguished Guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

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          I would like to begin by thanking Hair Flair Fashion Release for inviting me to such a special event. It is indeed an honour to be invited to participate in your new hair and beauty magazine launch tonight.

        “Hair Flair” Hair & Beauty Educational Magazine is a new phenomenon for the Sri Lankan hair and beauty industry because it is Sri Lanka’s first dedicated educational magazine for hair and beauty.

        Moreover, it is also the fruits of the joint collaboration with its Thai counterpart, the Hair and Beauty Magazine of Thailand, which is the number one leading magazine in the hair and beauty industry of Thailand.

        In fact, hair and beauty industry has been well established in Thailand. Therefore, this new magazine will expose Sri Lanka to the pioneering hair and beauty professional in Thailand, as well as other countries, through various local and international articles in the magazine.

        I am confident that the Sri Lankan hair and beauty industry will benefit from the easy access to the latest information on global hair and beauty industry. This will help the hair and beauty industry in this country to continue to develop to its full potential and to be on a par with the international trends, or even to set the trends in the future.

        Finally, I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate and express my best wishes to the Hair Flair Fashion Release team and its Thai partner, for being able to jointly launch this hair and beauty educational magazine with great success. This can also be seen as a showcase of another successful joint effort between peoples of our two countries. I hope that this magazine will continue to thrive in the Sri Lankan hair and beauty industry for years to come.

        Thank you.