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Chinese Government provides $241,166 grant for the construction of statues of leaders at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$483,376
Commitment Year•2005Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2005
End (actual)
Apr 9, 2005

Geospatial footprint

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These statues are located at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH). More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sirimavo+Bandaranaike+Memorial+Exhibition+Centre/@6.9008611,79.8704321,19z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sSirimavo+Bandaranaike+Memorial+Exhibition+Centre!3m4!1s0x3ae2597fc428c18d:0xec6fce7445c8d25!8m2!3d6.8998789!4d79.872673 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/434313296 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/198138267

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sri Lanka

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides $241,166 grant for the construction of statues of leaders at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 18, 2005, the Chinese Government committed grant funding worth $241,166 grant for the construction of statues of leaders at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH). One of the statues that was erected was of the world's first woman prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike who died in 2000. This statue was reportedly under construction in 2005 by a leading ceramics firm in Beijing. A statue of Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, was also erected. A project completion ceremony took place on April 9, 2005.

Staff comments

Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH or 纪念班达拉奈克国际会议大厦) was constructed with Chinese grant funding in the 1970s. These statues are located at Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH). The exact locational coordinates of BMICH are available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bandaranayake+Memorial+International+Conference+Hall/@6.9016892,79.8733746,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xee0b9455e960eba5?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPtoetstHpAhWnoHIEHXLVBDoQ_BIwCnoECBcQCA.