Chinese workers at The Pointe expected to return home by mid-October

Chinese workers at The Pointe expected to return home by mid-October
The Chinese embassy in The Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — More than 100 Chinese construction workers at The Pointe development will return home in mid-October, according to Counselor at the Chinese Embassy Haigang Yin.

“We are still working on that arrangement, but we are making progress,” Yin told Eyewitness News.

“I have been working with CCA (China Construction America) to realize this charter flight.

“We are considering arranging the charter flight in October.”

He continued: “We are aiming at the middle part of October.”

Protestors from The Pointe express their desire to return to China to Counselor at the Chinese Embassy Haigang Yin (file photo)

The workers demonstrated in front of the embassy earlier this month to return home as work on the downtown project neared completion.

The workers have been in The Bahamas for over six months, and in some cases more than a year.

Workers also expressed concerns about their safety amid a continued surge of cases of COVID-19 in The Bahamas

Yin said both the developer and embassy has attached a lot of importance on the protection of workers at the project.

“We had two rounds of meetings and also the embassy sent several teams to The Pointe project to help them to strengthen their protection,” he said.

“We provided instructions, as well as the headquarters of the company, provided guidelines to the project for them to protect the workers.

“The embassy assisted the company, procuring some PPEs from China to be used for all the workers.

“Also, members were distancing with each other as well as distancing between the Chinese workers and the Bahamian workers.

“We’re quite confident that the protection of the Chinese workers and the construction site is quite good.

COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China, in December, but the country has since largely returned to normal having reigned in the spread of the virus.

Cases of COVID-19 have continued to surge daily in The Bahamas, particularly in New Providence, though there has been a downward trend in recent days.

As of Thursday, there were 3,177 cases in The Bahamas.

About Royston Jones Jr.

Royston Jones Jr. is a senior digital reporter and occasional TV news anchor at Eyewitness News. Since joining Eyewitness News as a digital reporter in 2018, he has done both digital and broadcast reporting, notably providing the electoral analysis for Eyewitness News’ inaugural election night coverage, “Decision Now 2021”.

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