Migrant farmer workers recover 90 percent of overdue wages

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Migrant farmer workers recover 90 percent of overdue wages

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Chinese employers have paid out approximately 14.8 billion yuan (about 1.79 billion US dollars) inoverdue wages to migrant farmer workers, over 90 percent of 16 billion yuan (1.93 billion US dollars) owed in 2003, the Ministry of Construction announced Monday.

The ministry said governments and departments at all levels across the country must make the recovery of overdue pay a priority in the run-up to the Chinese lunar new year, which falls on Jan. 22,.

Employers have paid 22.89 billion yuan (2.76 billion US dollars)in overdue payment to migrant workers and construction teams in the past two months, or about 72.3 percent of the total accumulated.

In Beijing, migrant workers were owed 7.35 billion yuan (885.5 million US dollars) in 2003, and so far, nearly all the arrears have been paid.

Source: Xinhua

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