There are 48 different sites throughout
the country, including those in Arusha, Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma,
Morogoro, Kigoma, Kagera, and Coastal region. The projects cover a total
area of 470,804 square metres and so far, the first three phases
covering 285,678 square metres (equivalent to 70 per cent), have been
completed.
A total of 280 labourers working on the
sites in which Shanghai Construction Group is building staff houses for
members of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces have been awarded with
outstanding accomplishment accolades and prizes.
Speaking at one of the sites (the
Sokoine Barracks in Monduli District), a representative from the Chinese
Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Mr Xu Jingchun, pointed out that it has been
two years since the commencement of the Energy–Saving and Eco- Housing
Projects for TPDF.
Most of the works have been
accomplished. The army housing projects being executed in nine regions
of the Mainland took off on July 16, 2013 under the Shanghai
Construction Group which has rewarded 280 local members of staff working
on their projects, for outstanding performance.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
of Defence and National Service, Mr Job Masima, and a Senior colonel, Mr
Chen Deman, took turns to present the prizes, awards and certificates
to the winners during a ceremony held at the Sokoine Army Barracks in
Monduli District.
Assistant Project Manager Xu Ping
explained that the Shanghai Construction Group’s project office through
its principle of “being open, being just and fair,” had arranged for 400
local staff to participate in a competition which took 25 days starting
from last August.
A Chinese Embassy representative, Mr Xu
Jingchun, said that the third phase of the military housing projects has
been accomplished and the houses will soon be handed over to the
government. “The fourth section is also proceeding well.
Calculations indicate that we have
completed a construction area of 285,678 square metres, which covers
over 70 per cent of the total area,” he said. Mr Xu Jingchun explained
that, with more than 3,000 people working at different construction
sites in the country, the projects have been a good source of employment
among Tanzanians and it was heart-warming to see nearly 300 of them
being exclusively awarded for their added efforts.
“Many of the local staff have been
working with us for two years now, since the inception of the initial
construction project at Lugalo Barracks in Dar es Salaam,” he said.
“After two years of the workplace training these employees, may have
started as casual labourers but throughout the time many developed into
skilled technicians who can be trusted and relied upon.
“They can handle large projects on their
own. These now form the solid foundation of our staff team and the
project cannot succeed without them,” said Mr Jingchun.
He said that these welltrained
carpenters, masons, plumbers, electricians, plasters and other
technicians have learnt and gained abilities that can support them in
future even after the projects have been completed and the army housing
work finished.
He was also of the view that the army
houses project did not only provide modern residential units for members
of the armed forces but also played a major role in cementing the
friendship between China and Tanzania.
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