Browns Investments signs MoU with CHEC for $1bn mixed development project in port city December, 17, 2020 LOLC Holdings PLC's strategic investment arm, Browns Investments PLC announced today (17) that it has entered into momentous memorandum of understanding (MoU) to partner with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited ( CHEC) to commence the Colombo International Finance Center (CIFC) mixed development project in the Colombo Port City (CPC). "China and Sri Lanka have long established and enduring relationship characterized by economic cooperation and societal collaboration and hence, this partnership further underlines the confidence and the commitment to development in the country through the combination of a world-renowned Sri Lankan conglomerate and a distinguished Chinese enterprise," the company said in a stock exchange filing.