Sri Lanka, Jan. 15 -- Chairman of the Philip Gunawardena Commemorative Society, Geethanjana Gunawardena presented two volumes of the Parliamentary speeches made by Philip Gunawarden from 1960 to 1964 to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, at Temple Tees on Monday.

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and publisher S. Godage were present on the occasion.

Former Minister Dr Sarath Amunugama in his Foreward to the book said that Philip Gunawardena belonged to an age of giants that included the likes of S.W.R. D. Bandaranaike, N.M. Perera, Dudley Senanayake, G.G. Ponnambalam, Colvin R. de Silva, Pieter Keuneman, and J.R. Jayewardene and "Philip was among the brightest of the lot."

Dr Amunugama added that some passages in Philip's speeches are...