Dockers drive home the message to Li Ka-shing
Striking workers try to get billionaire's attention chanting and waving placards outside his house
Striking dock workers wanted to make sure their "ultimate boss" heard their calls yesterday, shifting their protest from outside billionaire Li Ka-shing's headquarters to his home.
The usually sleepy corner of Deep Water Bay was overtaken by about 60 dockers, their families and unionists, who spent the morning chanting slogans. Some waved placards, reading: "Grandpa Ka-shing, where are you? Pay us!"
Some of the protesters said they were hoping Li would respond directly to their demands.
But it was not to be - Li had earlier been spotted playing golf nearby.
Asia's richest man, Li is the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa, the parent company of Kwai Tsing port operator Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), whose contractors employ the 450 striking dockers.
Strike organiser Stanley Ho Wai-hong, of the Union of Hong Kong Dockers, called for Li to be a "boss with a conscience" and put an end to the dispute which began on March 28.
The union wants a 17 to 24 per cent pay rise for all workers.
