Chinese laborers try to get Apia Park up to scratch

Dozens of Chinese laborers have been flown into Samoa to spend all day in the heat, every day, getting once ramshackle Apia Park fit for an All Black test later this year.While a Manu Samoa vs All Blacks rugby test on July 8 is an emotional high-point for the Polynesian nation, like much else in the country it's being paid for with Chinese aid money.The Samoa Observer reported that a multi-million dollar facelift is being carried out by Beijing state-owned Shanghai Construction Company.It has flown 100 Chinese workers and hired 40 locals in what project official Hong Liang Da says is a race against time.\The workers had to sacrifice their holidays to make sure our work is on schedule