Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right, seated), signs the agreement for the Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). Also signing are President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left, seated), and Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Chairman, Norman Brown (right, seated). The project is being implemented at a cost of $9.5 billion under a joint venture partnership between the HAJ and CHEC. Other participants include Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left seated); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell (right, standing); and Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi (second right, standing).

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