… Plans continue for multipurpose facility

THE Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Management Committee on Thursday met with representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Foreign Affairs Ministry & International Cooperation and the Chinese Embassy.
The meeting was a site visit of Linden’s main sports facility regarding an offer from the Government of Guyana to have it become the multipurpose facility in Region 10.
The team from the ministry included Kashif Muhammad, representing the Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Mr Charles Ransom (Jr.) MP, Assistant Director of Sport Ms Melissa Richardson and architect Orin Boyce.

This follows an overture made by the Minister of Sport, who first met with the MSC Management Committee which is led by its president Avery Trim.
Coming out of the first visit by Minister Ramson last year, a second was done by the designing team, led by Orin Boyce. Thursday’s third visit was aimed to move the process forward, as the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Chinese Embassy officials had a first-hand look at the venue.
The Chinese team came since this will be a bilateral arrangement between Guyana and the People’s Republic of China.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry, through the Department of International Cooperation, was there to assess the nature of this project to help determine the terms of conditions and protocols, which will be thorough, inclusive of the technical element of this project.
The Government of the People’s Republic of China is committed to the three projects that government has identified to be multi-purpose facilities across the country, namely in Regions Two, Six and 10.

At present, work is on the architectural design for the new Mackenzie Sports Club and when completed will be presented to the MSC Management Committee for approval.
While there is a concept design, in the end this has to be agreed upon before a final design is arrived at.
It was also noted that the facility remains the Mackenzie Sports Club. Some elements will be retained, even though holistically a massive new development project will be built.
The representative team of the MSC Management Committee included Linden Mayor Ms Waneka Arrindell who represented the Linden Mayor and Council which has a representative sitting on the MSC Management Committee, while the Regional Democratic Council’s representative was Councillor Mark Goring.