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Tañada rejects Tulfo’s ‘lazy’ claim

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Hong Kong—Filipino workers are preferred by foreign employers here and in other places abroad because they are hardworking, senatorial candidate Erin Tañada said Sunday.

Tañada was reacting to the statement of special envoy to China, Ramon Tulfo Jr., that Chinese workers are being hired in Chinese loan projects in the Philippines because Filipinos are “tamad at mabagal magtrabaho” (lazy and slow workers).

“Filipino workers are industrious. They are not lazy. Filipino workers are preferred by foreign employers. It should not be the case that a fellow Filipino and a government official at that should be the first one to look down on Filipino workers,” he said.

“Mr. Tulfo, you should work for Filipinos. Give our countrymen, especially our overseas Filipino workers who wish to return home, decent work and job security,” Tañada added.

On Saturday, Tulfo said he will not apologize for saying Filipino workers are lazy.

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“To the Filipino construction workers: Why should I apologize to you for telling the truth that you’re basically lazy and a slowpoke? Does the truth hurt?” Tulfo said on Twitter.

Tulfo described Chinese workers as “well-disciplined and hardworking.”

“Filipino workers arrive at their job sites and that’s when they start preparing their tools, whereas the Chinese workers come prepared,” he said.

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines president Raymond Mendoza said Tulfo’s remarks were unpatriotic.

“Filipino workers are the most sought-after type of workers compared to other nationalities because of their high quality of doing their work and because of their ingenuity, diligence, creativity and hard work they put into every task they are into,” Mendoza said.

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