A loan scheme for cinema artistes will be introduced for their welfare, said presidential advisor on economic affairs Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga.
At a meeting with cinema artistes on 02 April, he requested them to submit their proposals to the government for the upliftment of local cinema.
Samaratunga said the matter of a pension for artistes would be raised as well, since the one introduced in 1993 has been disappointing.
Presidential director general on trade union affairs Saman Ratnapriya said at the meeting that a medical insurance scheme for artistes would be introduced by Sri Lanka Insurance.
Among those present were Film Corporation chairman Deepal Chandraratne and artistes Sugath Samarakoon, Padmasiri Kodikara, Raj Ranasinghe, Arjuna Kamalanath, Wasantha Kumarawila and Nadeeka Gunasekara.
