Ip Hoi-tong has his hair shaved by Federation of Trade Unions legislator Wong Kwok-hing outside the Housing Authority headquarters in Ho Man Tin yesterday as part of a protest.
About 20 construction workers began a 24-hour sit-in ahead of the authority's building committee meeting today to discuss their plight. The former workers at Dickson Construction are protesting against the government's refusal to use their ex-employer's deposits from three public housing projects to pay wages owed to them.
The company experienced repeated delays in completing the projects, which have now been taken over by the Housing Department.
The group accused government authorities of going back on promises to pay the workers.
Mr Wong said the workers might widen their action if the Housing Authority committee backs the stance of the government, which says the deposits are public money.
Meanwhile, Dickson Construction yesterday succeeded in getting a stay of court actions brought against it by its creditors. Mr Justice Aarif Barma, in the Court of First Instance, granted the stay until March 27, to allow a winding up petition brought against the firm to be heard.
