Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes hands over the chairs to Dr Ivelaw Griffith, Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Guyana
– taken from Arthur Chung Conference Centre
Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes on Wednesday donated a number of chairs to the University of Guyana and the Theatre Guild.
The chairs were taken from the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), which is currently being renovated.
Minister Hughes said that with the ongoing rehabilitation of the ACCC, the Ministry decided to donate the chairs that would no longer be needed at the Centre. “We decided that we would donate those chairs to two organisations.”
The Minister explained that a committee working closely with the administration of the Conference Centre to monitor the progress of the repairs, initiated the idea of donating the chairs to the University and the Theatre Guild.
Minister Hughes further added that the work on the Conference Centre “is going very well and we are down to reopen by May of 2018”.
According to the Department of Public Information, 275 of the chairs will be used to upgrade the student’s lounge at UG. Some will be installed in classrooms that will allow for stationary chairs and the rest will be placed in the Centre for Communications Studies.
Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes hands over chairs to Board Members of the Theatre Guild
Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Guyana, Dr Ivelaw Griffith received the chairs while Deputy Vice Chancellor of Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement, Dr Paloma Mohamed, thanked Minister Hughes for the donation. They both noted that the areas designated for the installation of the chairs were in need of an upgrade and the contribution was a timely one.
Professor Griffith also thanked Director of Business, Dereck Cummings; Director of the Conference Centre, Nandkumar and staff of the University.
Additionally, 100 chairs were donated to the Theatre Guild. Board Member of the Guild, Malcolm De Freitas observed that the chairs would improve the facility’s capacity to host events and give the playhouse a new ambience.
