Project ID: 1589

Chinese Government provides $6 million grant for the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex Renovation Project (Linked to Project ID#1627, #1557 and #53253)

Commitment amount

$ 13021400.097684896

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 13021400.1

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

Sector

Other social infrastructure and services (Code: 160)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

Yes

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2005-01-01

Planned start

2005-09-01

Actual start

2005-09-26

Planned complete

2007-07-01

Actual complete

2007-07-21

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Geography

Description

On April 23, 2004, China pledged to grant US$11 million to Liberia to repair and renovate the SKD sports complex and to rehabilitate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (#1627), according to the Agence France Presse source (captured in umbrella #1557). In February 2005, Liberian Finance Minister Lusine Kamara and Chinese Ambassador to Liberia Lin Songtian signed a contract valued at nearly US$6 million to renovate the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville. On September 26, 2005, Hunan Constructing Engineering Group began construction on SKD Stadium. Chinese sources stated the project would cost US $7.6 million. On July 21, 2007, the project was completed and the stadium was officially turned over to the Liberian Government as a special gift to its 160th anniversary of Independence. The renovation project covered the scope of repairing, reprising, upgrading and the additional building of the facilities ranging from studio contraction to digital scoreboard; public address system; core and track; lighting system; fire fighting system; monitoring system and telephone system. At capacity, the stadium can seat 35,000 persons. Chinese Ambassador Lin Songtian said the grant is a fulfillment of the Chinese Government's promise when it renewed diplomatic ties with Liberia in 2003. Funding came in the same grant as funding for Project ID #1627 foreign ministry building (umbrella project captured in #1557). In October 2013, another agreement was signed to renovate the SKD stadium again following damage to the stadium in 2009 (#53253). May also be linked to Project ID#1602.

Number of official sources

9

Number of total sources

12

Download the dataset

Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Liberia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Hunan Construction Engineering Group Co., Ltd. [State-owned Company]