The 8th annual dinner/dance held on Oct 21st 2000 at Eastown Restaurant and Banquet hall was a great success. More than 300 Guests attended this function.

Mr. M. Karunakaran, one of the oldest old boy living in Canda was the chief guest.

At the dinner, appreciation awards were give to the following centralites for their valuable voluntary contributions to the assocation:

• S. Perinpananthan
• T. Tharmarajah
• R. Chelvaratnam
• M. S. Rameez
• T. Sripathy