Ratio of Guyanese workers on airport expansion project in keeping with contract

The ratio of Guyanese to Chinese workers on the US$138 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project is in line with what is stipulated in the contract, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson said yesterday.

He stressed that Guyanese were not being side-lined for jobs at the site noting that there was a ratio stipulated in the contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) the contractor for the project.

Patterson told members of the media during a press briefing that there were currently 76 Guyanese