GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 9, CMC – The International Building Exposition 2024 opened here on Thursday night with the private sector saying it provides an opportunity to engage with global patterns, explore cutting-edge technologies, while the government used the occasion to highlight major expansions and development in the housing and construction sectors.
More than 500 local and international exhibitors are participating in this year’s Expo being held under the theme “Building on the Foundation of Sustainability and Unity”. It ends on Sunday.
President Irfaan Ali, addressing the opening ceremony, credited his government’s intervention in a number of areas related to the housing sector, for the expansion of the sector, saying home ownership has been made easier for thousands of Guyanese.
He told the ceremony that more than GUY$240 billion (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) has been allocated to the housing sector in the national budget over the past four years.
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