PHOTO: New Confucius Institute for UWI
Professor Archibald McDonald (left), pro-vice chancellor and principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, leads (from second left) Senator Ruel Reid, minister of education, youth and information; Fayval Williams, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service; and Tian Qi, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of China to Jamaica, in the breaking of ground for construction of a new Confucius Institute at UWI, on Thursday. Presently spanning 1,380 square feet, the existing Confucius Institute — established to broaden exposure to Chinese history and culture while strengthening relations between China and Jamaica — has outgrown its facilities and will be relocated to facilitate expansion.