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Need for Chinese skills explained

Mar 01, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
A few weeks ago I bought a nice shiny new Chinese tyre pump – the kind you pump up and down to inflate your tyre. I was very pleased with it and when one of my tyres was soft one morning a week later, I proudly connected it and started pumping.
Wow! The air flew into the tyre and it started to inflate but – suddenly – after no more than five or six pumps – bladang! – off flew the pipe from the pump! I had obviously not used it properly.
Last week I needed some belts for my belt sander and bought some nice Chinese 150 grade belts from a local store. They were lovely and much newer than the old one I had used for the past three or four months and I looked forward with pleasure at sanding up some wood for some project or other.
And indeed I did, with a nice fine dusting of wood coming out of the back of the sander, cutting into the wood and producing a beautiful grain finish. It was so satisfying until – suddenly – bladang! – the belt broke right across the part where it is glued together. I was heart-broken – I’d only used it for a few minutes.
Obviously there is some knack in using these belts which I haven’t quite grasped.
So I can quite understand why we need to have Chinese workers to build the Marriott Hotel. If they are using their own tools and equipment then clearly their experience and expertise is needed since no Guyanese could possibly get much work done with the Chinese items we are presented with in Georgetown.
Peter Bouchard

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