 ug and theatre guild receive donation of 375 chairs ug and theatre guild receive donation of 375 chairs ug and theatre guild receive donation of 375 chairs webmaster thu 9212017 532 dpi guyana wednesday september 20 2017 minister of public telecommunications catherine hughes today donated a number of chairs to the university of guyana and theatre guild the chairs were taken from the arthur chung conference centre accc which is currently being renovated minister hughes said that with the ongoing rehabilitation of the accc the ministry decided to donate the chairs that would no longer be needed at the centre we decided that we would donate those chairs to two organisations the minister explained that a committee working closely with the administration of the conference centre to monitor the progress of the repairs initiated the idea of donating the chairs to the university and the theatre guild minister hughes further added that the work on the conference centre is going very well and we are down to reopen by may of 2018 275 chairs which will be used to upgrade the student s lounge it was explained that some will be installed in classrooms that will allow for stationary chairs and the rest will be placed in centre for communications studies vicechancellor and principal of the university of guyana professor dr ivelaw griffith received the chairs while deputy vicechancellor of philanthropy alumni and civic engagement dr paloma mohamed thanked minister hughes for the donation they both noted that the areas designated for the installation of the chairs are in need of an upgrade and that the contribution is a timely one professor griffith also thanked director of business dereck cummings director of the conference center nandkumar and staff of the university additionally 100 chairs were donated to the theatre guild board member of the guild malcolm de freitas observed that the chairs will improve their capacity to host events and give the playhouse a new ambience article adapted from  http ginagovgy ugandtheatreguildreceivedonationof375chairs  ministry of public telecommunications donation 