Senior Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Arthur Phillips and China’s Ambassador to Barbados, Yan Xiusheng, during their presentation of the supplies yesterday at DHL.
Work has resumed on the Sam Lord’s Castle project.
China’s Ambassador to Barbados, Yan Xiusheng, said with island’s
economic and social order moving back to normal, work has restarted on
the St. Philip hotel plant.
“With the economic and social order gradually back to normal, COMPLANT
has resumed their work according to the arrangement of the Barbados
Government, which I believe will continue to contribute to the
economic recovery and people’s employment on this beautiful island,”
he said.
Work at the Wyndham Sam Lord’s project had begun in 2016, with a
three-year construction timeline, but had been stalled for almost a
year. While a new completion date of late 2020 was then given, this
too may have to be revised due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ambassador made the disclosure while thanking Chinese company
COMPLANT – the main construction contractor of the Sam Lord’s Castle
Project for their donation of 3,000 swabs to Barbados’ health system
to aid its fight against the spread of COVID-19.
In addition, he presented the Ministry of Health and Wellness
yesterday with various medical supplies, including 10,000 N95
respirators, 20,000 surgical face masks, 500 surgical protective gowns
and 500 medical protective goggles from the Hunan Provincial People’s
Government of the People’s Republic of China.
As His Excellency President Xi Jinping stressed that public health
crises, with the current COVID-19 as an example, pose a common
challenge for humanity. Solidarity and cooperation are the most
powerful weapons to tackle them. These two batches of medical supply
donations are good examples of China-Barbados cooperation in fighting
against COVID-19 hand-in-hand, as well as good examples of
China-Barbados long-time friendship since we established our
diplomatic relations in 1977,” he added.
n hand to receive the donation, Senior Medical Officer of the
Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Arthur Phillips, expressed thanks
on behalf of the Government and the Health Ministry for the donation. (JMB)