SUDAN: PRESIDENT NIMEIRY OPENS NEW CULTURAL CENTRE BUILT WITH MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
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230618
SUDAN: PRESIDENT NIMEIRY OPENS NEW CULTURAL CENTRE BUILT WITH MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
- Title: SUDAN: PRESIDENT NIMEIRY OPENS NEW CULTURAL CENTRE BUILT WITH MAJOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
- Date: 24th May 1976
- Summary: 1. GV PAN ACROSS Friendship Hall. 0.10 2. SV President Nimeiry arriving in motorcade 0.13 3. SVS Chinese delegation (2 shots) 0.22 4. SVS Nimeiry taking salute as band plays (2 shots) 0.30 5. SV Nimeiry with two Chinese flower-girls 0.37 6. MV Nimeiry and Chinese delegation walk towards opening ceremony plaque. (2 shots) 0.51 7. SV Nimeiry and Chinese delegation unveil plaque 0.56 Initials RH/1914 RH/GD/JB/1930 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 8th June 1976 13:00
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- Location: KHARTOUM, SUDAN
- Country: Sudan
- Reuters ID: LVA8985AXM9JCN2HRYRHGPM83JXI
- Story Text: In Khartoum, Sudan on Sunday (23 May), President Jafaar El Nimeiry opened the recently-completed Friendship Hall, a cultural centre built with substantial aid from The People's Republic of China. The centre was opened as part of the Seventh Anniversary celebrations of Sudan's ruling Revolutionary Council.
China loaned 'GBP' 3,000,000 sterling (5,400,000 U.S. dollars) and 300 construction experts to build the hall. The centre is one of three projects being built in Sudan with Chinese help. The other projects are a 'GBP' 4,000,000 (7,200,000 U.S. dollars) textile factory being opened this week, and a major all-weather road.
The centre contains a theatre, a reference library, a banquet hall, and an international conference complex. The theatre, with 1230 seats, can be converted to a cinema. Additional facilities at the Friendship Hall include a shopping area, four secondary conference hall, a cafeteria and a roof garden.
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