Georgetown: The Chinese Embassy responded to sections of the media on the use of foreign labour to construct the Marriott hotel, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin appealed for positive media coverage on the longstanding friendship between Guyana and China.
Ambassador Limin through his interpreter said he is willing to clarify any information the media may have on the operations of Chinese companies in Guyana, either speaking to him directly or visiting the Chinese Embassy on Mandela Avenue.
Ambassador Limin said “More and more Chinese companies are coming to Guyana to seek investment and business opportunities. There are some that are state owned companies and also some private owned companies,”
Their presence in Guyana, the Ambassador said is in keeping with the Chinese Government’s diplomacy to support social and economic development.
China’s tangible support to Guyana includes the construction of the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Liliendaal, the One Laptop Per Family Programme (OLPF), the donation of two roll-on-roll off ferry vessels, medical expertise from roving Chinese medical missions and the construction of the Skeldon Sugar Factory.
The use of Chinese labour to construct the Marriott is also added to the list but will also be remembered for the protest that it attracted which included a threat by the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) to take legal action.
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