Chinese Ask To Work Around The
Clock To Build New Stadium
The 600 Chinese workers that will be building the new stadium in the
Sabana park want to work on a 24 hour basis, if the Ministerio de
Trabajo (Labour Ministry) will let them, was the word of a
delegation of workers and technicians that are in Costa Rica to
program the work.
The advance team made up fo some 30 workers that include engineers
and technicians, are already in Costa Rica to lay the ground work
for the construction of the new modern stadium with a capacity of
40.000 people.
Chen Shoncang todl the media that his group has submitted the
request to Labour officials for the team of construction workers to
work around the clock in 3 hour shifts.
The idea is to work at full steam to complete a major part of the
stadium before the start of the rainy season.
The stadium who construction is financed by the government of China,
will be the most modern in Central America. The total cost of the
work is expected to be about us$80 million dollars which is being
donated to Costa Rica by China following Costa Rica's establishing
diplomatic relations with China after dumping a long standing
relation with the government of Taiwan in June 2007.
The new stadium, located on the northwest end of the Parque
Metropolitana La Sabana, replaces the old stadium that was
demolished last year.
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