The 9th Annual General Meeting of the SLBCJ was held at 3.30pm on 15th December 2012 at the Conference Room of the Sri Lanka Embassy. The meeting was well attended with the participation of HE Ambassador Karannnagoda, Mr.M.Somasena, Counsellor (Commercial), Mrs.Chitra Algama (PA), Mr.Dammika Kulatunge, Manager Sri Lanka Airlines, as well as many members of the SLBCJ.
The following officials were elected to serve for the year 2013;
President - Mr. Nilam Alawdeen Secretary - Mr. Prince Samuel Treasurer - Mr. Jithendra Samarawickrama
Vice Presidents:
Mr. Jagath Ramanayake(Kanagawa) Mr. Udaya Atukorala(Tokyo) Mr. Jithendra Samarawickrama(Chiba) Mr. Prince Samuel(Kansai) Mr. Priyantha Salpitikorala(Shizuoka) Mr. Chandika Perera(Saitama) Mr. Lasantha Nandasiri(Tochigi) Mr. Nishantha Meegalla(Nagoya) Mr. Velu Karunamoorthy(Shikoku) Mr. Kenichi Watanabe(Kyushu) Mr. Mohamed Nazeer(Ibaragi) Mr. Udaya Aluthgamage(Nagano)
At the meeting, suggestions were received, and a broad outline of plans and schedule for 2013 were made. After the meeting, a dinner was kindly hosted by Mr.Somasena at his residence, which allowed the members and guests to further discuss issues in an informal gathering.