Arthur Chung Conference Centre

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Arthur Chung Conference Centre
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Location within Guyana
General information
Town or city Georgetown
Country Guyana Guyana
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Completed 2006[1]
Renovated 8 June 2018[2]
Cost US$ 7.1 million (renovation)

The Arthur Chung Conference Centre is a convention and exhibition centre in Georgetown, Guyana. It is located next to the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community.[3]

Overview

The convention centre was constructed in 2006, and was initially named Guyana International Conference Centre.[4] The convention centre is a gift from the People's Republic of China, and became the preferred location for venues,[4] and was often used by CARICOM for conferences.[5]

In 2015, the centre was renamed to Arthur Chung Conference Centre in honour of Arthur Chung, the first president of Guyana who was of Chinese (Hakka Han) ethnicity.[4][6]

The Chinese Government had offered a 10-year agreement for repairs. In 2016, the centre closed for repairs and reconstruction.[4] It reopened on 8 June 2018 with a 500-seat main hall, an eastern conference room of 220 people and a western conference room of 120. The main halls has been fitted with sliding walls to allow the creation of up to five smaller rooms.[1] The renovation was carried out by the China Railway Group Limited.[3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21, the centre was temporarily used by the National Assembly in order to meet physical distance requirements.[7]

References

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