By Steve A. Morrell ‘Going back to traditional tea markets and continuous adherence to such requirements is not a viable alternative to look for other markets. There are many other countries who would drink Ceylon Tea. I note the tea industry did experience its lean times and times of profit in the past. Its current […]
Gone are the days of ‘hire and fire’ By Steve A. Morrell Way back in 1965 /1966, Ranjan Wijeratne, the then Chairman of Ceylon Planters’ Society, (CPS), writing to the 50th anniversary publication in 1986, had this to say: “Time was when there was no union of planters and the terms and conditions of employment […]
By Steve A. Morrell Ceylon Tea is no more the world product leader. Our task is to see that it gets back its prestige as being the best in the world. It was at the top. But now others have pushed us back. Our job is to ensure we are back on top , says […]
By Steve A. Morrell The Ceylon Planters’ Society (CPS) since about 1936 had its nerve center at ‘Daytona’ in Ampitiya, Kandy. That was where CPS history was made, where planters mapped their strategies to joust with and sometimes overwhelm their managers ensconced in the Colombo Fort offices of the so-called Agency Houses. Daytona was a […]
By Steve A. Morrell The Ceylon Planters’ Society (CPS) Golden Jubilee chronicler, Walter Lodewyke, recorded in the Golden Jubilee publication, of 1986, that on or about 23rd November 1936, the CPS was born. That memorable day was recorded by ‘The Times of Ceylon’, and nearly an ad verbatim account of that day, gave graphical cover […]
Taming incessant slopes of the Western Hills. By Steve A. Morrell The Ceylon Planters’ Society (CPS) turns 72 this year. By any yardstick an achievement of tenacious survival amidst the various vicissitudes faced by Planters. Some have scoffed at its traditional approach to advances in technology, but it can not be gainsaid that the contribution […]
