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On December 4, 2013, the Sierra Leone China Friendship Society submitted a proposal to the Chinese Embassy Sierra Leone for the construction of commuter waiting booths in in Freetown Municipality and West Rural District, out of the concern about the the level of inconveniences encountered by commuters, including school going children and other vulnerable groups such as the physically challenged, according to the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone. This request was preceded by the signing of a Project Implementation Agreement (PIA) by Alfred Bobson Sesay, Chairman of the Sierra Leone China Friendship Society and Fan Xiaodong, the Political Counsellor of the Chinese embassy on March 3, 2014. On April 10, 2014, Sierra Leone-China Friendship Society, and the Chines Embassy in Sierra Leone, officially launched the construction project of four commuter waiting booths. On August 29, 2014, the booths were completed. On September 10, 2014, the Chinese Embassy and the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Society commissioned the commuter booths which are funded by the China-Africa People-to-People Friendship Action initiative. Political Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, Fan Xiaodong, and Acting Chairperson of the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Society, Princess Kawa signed the joint communiqué on the commission. This project was also reported on by Concord Times and Sierra Express Media.