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The first governor of the Eastern province of Sri Lanka has sought more assistance from the Central government to establish the newly de-merged province. The Governor is not provided with enough financial assistance and resources to establish the new Provincial authority, Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama told BBC Sandeshaya. Resources of the North Eastern Provincial Council has been divided into two provinces as a temporary measure, Governor Wijewickrama said. All the regional ministries of the new administration will be based in Trincomalee, he added. Wijewickrama handed over official appointment letters to Captain Patrick Jayasinghe and S Amirthalingam as Secretaries to the Governor in the Eastern and Northern provinces respectively. The Sri Lanka Navy official sworn in as the Governor of the Eastern province and the acting Governor of the Northern province on 22 December. | LOCAL LINKS  TULF slams North East de-merger01 January, 2007 | Sandeshaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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