The three-run project with an investment of 141.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, of which the "Airport Three-run Project—Extending the Foundation and Dungeon Project of Passenger Terminal 2" was undertaken by the contractor Leighton-Jun Wo Joint Venture. The contract had to be "leaved" due to the expiration of the contract.
Some workers said that the company began to default on the construction fees of the second contract since July this year, totaling at least 50 million yuan. This morning (16th) about 50 workers and representatives of four second contract companies sat in protest outside the AA Administration Building, demanding The AA stood up for the workers and forced Leighton to pay off the debt.
Most of the 50 workers are South Asians. This morning they brought the same slogans, "Why don't the workers sweat and don't pay for their food?", "The AA ignores them", "Bullying without food, it makes sense." During the period, many second judges were sentenced. The contractor arrived, and Mr. Deng, the representative of the company responsible for the installation of the roof, said that since July, Leighton began to default on the construction fee, and only 60% of the 1 million construction fee was paid. The food was given to the workers, and the pressure exploded: "He (Leighton) owes me 6.7 million tails. If we drag it down, we won’t be able to stop.” Deng suspected that Leighton’s contract expired, and Leighton was about to “leave the market” in arrears. The project cost, urged the AA to intervene, forcing Leighton to "pay the bill."
Sub-contractor representative Tang Shipeng once contacted Leighton, and the other party blamed it for failing to receive the AA's construction fee for the second contract. Tang said that it is roughly estimated that Leighton defaulted on the second contract a total of 50 million yuan in construction costs, and more than 300 workers were affected. He hoped that the AA, as the boss of the entire project, would take the lead in recovering the arrears of the project fees for them.
However, when Leighton did not send a representative to meet the workers this morning, the AA sent staff to the scene to ask the workers to leave and warn the workers to violate the bureau's bylaws.
01News