The decision to use Chinese labour to construct several Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Sub-Stations was based on the extensive skill sets of the workers and the need to get the projects completed as quickly as possible, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharat Dindyal says.
The revelation last month that foreign workers were being used to construct a sub-station at Good Hope, on the East Coast Demerara, which is part of a huge project being financed by a US$39.6M loan from China’s Export-Import Bank, alarmed the company’s workers’ union, the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE). General Secretary of NAACIE Kenneth Joseph on Tuesday said that now that its long simmering
