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Sammy Heung

Hong Kong’s Airport Authority has instructed one of the city’s major contractors in charge of a construction project at its second terminal building to address complaints over unpaid salaries after workers staged a protest.
In a reply to the Post, the Airport Authority said dozens of construction workers gathered near the Airport South Interchange on Friday morning carrying placards demanding they be paid.
“[The authority] immediately deployed staff to the scene and reported it to police. Due to the incident, traffic near the interchange was affected,” its spokesman said, adding bus companies were informed and traffic diversions arranged.
“Traffic on the relevant roads resumed to normal from 10.15am.”
The authority said it would closely monitor the follow-up actions by the main contractor.
“[The authority] is highly concerned about the incident and demanded that Gammon Construction, the main contractor, should settle the issue promptly and properly, and ensure that all the workers receive their wages accordingly,” it said.
A video posted online shows a group of workers holding signs with slogans and walking on a road, forcing some cars to stop and move backwards.
The Labour Department told the Post on Saturday it had registered the information of the workers and was following up on the case with the main contractor and the employer to provide appropriate assistance to the labourers.
According to the Employment Ordinance, employers are required to pay wages within seven days of the expiry of the wage period. If a construction worker is owed salary, the main contractor is responsible for paying the amount for the first two months on behalf of the subcontractor.
In a reply to the Post on Tuesday the following week, Gammon Construction said the third-tier subcontractor had failed to pay wages on time, while the second-tier subcontractor was in contact with the Labour Department to find a resolution.
Gammon Construction said it would closely monitor the situation, stay in contact with the tier-two subcontractor and offer support to the affected workers.
It said it had “consistently adhered to the contractual terms that payments to subcontractors are paid as stipulated under the subcontract”.

Chiu Kin-keung, vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union, said the protest was over wages related to the glass curtain wall installation project of the Terminal 2 building.
He said the subcontractor, which was another company, had failed to pay the wages of 107 workers from last December to February this year, totalling more than HK$6 million (US$772,000).
“The subcontractors had stopped asking some workers to work after failing to pay the wages, but did not say when they would pay them back,” he said.
“The workers could not find the boss at all so they decided to take action today.”
Chiu said two coaches were arranged to take the workers to the Labour Department offices in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung to file their complaints after the protest.
He said the union would help the workers pursue their claim.
Another prominent construction firm, Paul Y Engineering Group, recently applied to a court to appoint provisional liquidators for five of its subsidiaries to address debt issues and formulate a restructuring plan. The government said 13 public works projects would be affected.
Industry veterans said earlier that while Paul Y had its own financial problems, construction work activity in the private sector had greatly decreased owing to the lackluster economy and warned more contractors could close down.


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Dozens of construction workers gather near Airport South Interchange over labour dispute involving Gammon Construction


Dozens of construction workers gather near Airport South Interchange over labour dispute involving Gammon Construction.


Workers protest over unpaid wages at Hong Kong airport totalling HK$6 million

Dozens of construction workers gather near Airport South Interchange over labour dispute involving Gammon Construction

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