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(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) Colombo, September 9
(<a href="http://newsin.asia">newsin.asia</a>): Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka has indicated that it has no
plans to change its policy on the languages used in the packaging of its
milk products in Sri Lanka. Reacting to scathing comments and
threatened governmental action for violating the country's language
policy, Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka said that it has a uniform policy in
regard to the language used in the packaging throughout a East and South
East Asia. "Whilst our Anchor Butter Product Packaging is fully
compliant with the packaging regulations of Sri Lanka, we understand and
empathise with the recent concerns regarding the languages used on the
pack. To clarify, Anchor Butter is made, packaged and exported from New
Zealand to multiple countries in East and South East Asia. The same pack
is made available to Sri Lanka. Hence, the product packaging includes
the commonly spoken language in these respective countries. We reiterate
that the languages on the pack are not a reflection of our respect for
diversity and the value we place on all our customers." But this does
not explain why they left out Tamil which is the second most used
language in Sri Lanka which has to be used in public communication by
law in Sri Lanka. It also does not explain why Chinese is used and that
with precedence over Sinhalese which is the dominant local language.
Meanwhile the Minister of National Languages Mano Ganeshan said that
government has initiated action against Fonterra Brands in Sri Lanka for
breaching the national language policy. </p><p>MENAFN1009201801910000ID1097409986</p></div>
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>