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South China Morning Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong contractor ‘promises to settle HK$9 million in unpaid wages next week'
A Hong Kong contractor has promised to pay part of the HK$13 million (US$1.67 million) in wages it owes to 250 construction workers next week after some of the labourers held a protest at a construction site, a union has said. Advertisement On Wednesday morning, several dozen workers gathered at the Lohas Park Phase 12 construction site in Tseung Kwan O to demand payment from Gammon Construction, the project's main contractor. Images shared by the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union showed the entrance to the site had been blocked off with barriers, including some marked with slogans, while workers sat on the nearby walkways. Gammon told the Post that it had earlier agreed to pay the wages by the end of May, but the workers, who had been hired by a subcontractor, on Tuesday had 'unexpectedly' demanded the date be brought forward. Ryan Ng Wai-leung, the union's rights and complaints officer, said 250 workers had not received their wages for between January and April, amounting to HK$13 million in total. Advertisement He said the labourers had held a protest to put pressure on the contractor.
South China Morning Post
22-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong airport project subcontractor charged by ICAC for allegedly exploiting workers
Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency has charged an airport expansion project subcontractor for allegedly exploiting 21 imported workers by collecting part of their salaries worth more than HK$1 million (US$128,850). Advertisement The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday laid a count of 'conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages' against Chan Sin-tai, director and shareholder of Full Spirit Marble Factory. According to the commission, Chan's company was involved in recruiting mainland Chinese workers while Gammon Construction, the main contractor of the airport terminal two expansion project, applied for imported labour for its subcontractors. With a daily wage of HK$1,350 for imported workers, the main contractor would pay them HK$29,700 for working 22 days every month. The commission's investigation found that Chan had allegedly informed the imported workers through their team leader that they only earned between HK$780 and HK$1,150 daily. Advertisement '[He allegedly] requested they return the difference between the daily wage according to the contract and the actual daily wage to Full Spirit, totalling over HK$1 million,' the commission said. Between January and October last year, Chan was suspected of conspiring with a team leader of imported workers to accept bribes from 21 imported workers to secure employment.
