Around how many Sri Lankan’s are fluent in English ? Around how many of them can be understood by us ? The way they speak, is it hard for us to understand ? What chances do they have of entering the foreign market for presenting ?

I was watching the Channel 1 (MTV Sri Lanka) english news in the morning and they have a foreign news caster.

What’s the matter with these people, we have so many capable news casters, why are is this company depriving our talent and giving it to outsiders who have so many more opportunities ?

I know this is a bit harsh, but I’m sure a lot of the capable Sri Lankan news casters who tried for that job who were maybe even more capable must be quite annoyed. Channel 1 must be paying even more to their foreign news casters, plus I’m sure the Sri Lankan public would understand more a local accent compared to a Sri Lankan accent.

Are are the Sri Lankan news casters, presenters and so on going to lose their jobs to foreign presenters, as the companies want to upgrade their staff or standards ?