Yatawara (second from right) and Gunatilaka (right) at the gift voucher handover ceremony to staff representatives.
KUALA LUMPUR:: Perodua has sent aid to the staff of its distributor, Unimo Enterprises Limited, in Sri Lanka as the island nation struggles to recover from a financial crisis which has seen a freeze in imports since 2020.
This import ban has effectively halted the sale of Perodua vehicles in Sri Lanka, which was previously the compact carmaker’s largest CBU export market.
Perodua gave shopping vouchers to 171 Unimo employees as a way to help them through the difficult period.
“We chose shopping vouchers as this is the most effective way to assist Unimo staff to get daily essentials and hope that the situation there improves,” said Perodua president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
“The financial crisis in Sri Lanka has also led to livelihood difficulties and we are thankful that we are now able to extend a helping hand to our partners there.”
As at the end of 2019, Perodua’s best-selling model in Sri Lanka was the Bezza 1.0L.
United Motors Lanka Plc group CEO Chanaka Yatawara and Unimo Enterprises CEO Mahesh Gunatilaka were present at the ceremony to distribute the vouchers.
Unimo Enterprises, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Motors Lanka, has been the Perodua distributor in Sri Lanka since 1995.
