Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul yesterday defended the use of non-national Chinese labour for the Marriott Hotel construction, saying that at this stage the contractor is using highly technical and advanced construction methods and it will be some time before the Guyanese workers acquire the competencies to use that technology.
“I would like to see a mixture of Guyanese and Chinese workers,” said Gopaul, who also disclosed that local workers will be properly employed at the site before the end of the construction phase.
Gopaul, who made his first visit to the site yesterday shortly after he spoke with Stabroek News, was unsure