China Harbour cleared to resume airport expansion works

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was on Tuesday allowed to resume operations at the site of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project after labour department officials were satisfied that some safety violations were corrected.

Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes says the company still has a lot of work to do to rectify violations, which were discovered after the recent death of a worker.

On September 17th, 23-year-old Lui Li, a Chinese national, died at the project site at Timehri after he became trapped in a