Sri Lanka doctors strike to demand tax-free cars

AFP, COLOMBO: Thousands of doctors in Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals went on strike Thursday to demand the government reinstate their right to import tax-free cars after withdrawing the perk in the latest budget. Sri Lanka imposes import taxes of between 200 and 300 percent on cars, but government workers have always been able to buy them at concessionary rates—a privilege withdrawn in the 2016 budget. “We are maintaining only emergency services,” said Nalinda Herath, secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of the one-day strike.

 

Sri Lanka doctors strike to demand tax-free cars

AFP, COLOMBO: Thousands of doctors in Sri Lankas state-run hospitals went on strike Thursday to demand the government reinstate their right to import tax-free cars after withdrawing the perk in the latest budget. Sri Lanka imposes import taxes of between 200 and 300 percent on cars, but government workers have always been able to buy them at concessionary ratesa privilege withdrawn in the 2016 budget. We are maintaining only emergency services, said Nalinda Herath, secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) of the one-day strike.