However, British Gov. William Manning actively encouraged the concept of "communal representation" and created the Colombo town seat in 1920, which dangled between the Tamils and the Sinhalese.
然而，英國總督威廉‧曼寧（William Manning）積極鼓勵「公有代表」（communal representation）的概念，並於1920年在可倫坡鎮（the Colombo town）設立，此影響了泰米爾人與僧伽羅人。