Hotel workers want back pay

SHANGHAI: Construction workers for the city's two unfinished premium hotels, which are partially backed by Dubai investors, are demanding overdue payments that they fear might evaporate amid widespread speculation over the financial crisis there.

Several representative workers who had worked on the twin hotels located in the city's high-end Xintiandi area visited the developer's office yesterday and demanded to be paid. Work has been suspended since the beginning of the year.

A China Daily reporter also went to the developer's office yesterday, but company officials asked the reporter to leave.