AS ENGINEERS working on construction sites in Hong Kong, we find the tone of the article, ''Artist flying high at Chek Lap Kok (Sunday Morning Post, August 28) patronising and sensationalist. Admittedly women, like ourselves, are in the minority in the industry, but seeing a woman on a construction site is not the novelty that it may have been 20 years ago.
We are sure Louise Soloway would have been better portrayed for her artistic abilities rather than for the fact she dares step into the ''masculine'' world of the construction site.
Like Ms Soloway, we happen to wear a hard-hat and site boots to work every day. It is common safety policy on all construction sites.
As for feeling ''intimidated'' when walking past a site, we have yet to find a Hong Kong woman who has experienced this. Since there are construction sites all over Hong Kong, women would have a pretty tough time walking around the streets if they were subjected to harassment from construction workers.
In general, like Ms Soloway, we have found the workers to be polite, helpful and not in the least ''intimidating''.
Judging by the sexist nature of some recent site safety campaign posters, it seems that women have a long way to go before they are accepted by the construction industry as anything other than an eye-catching model in a hard hat.
