Sri Lanka's finance minister, Ravi Karunanayake said hotels and holiday homes run by the military and state agencies will be consolidated under one corporate entity.
Suggesting this would better guide such investments, Mr Karunanayake added the current administration plans to sell-off non-strategic investments, including hotels.
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