Balinese workers claim they've been left jobless after their hotel was shut down to build Donald Trump's new six-star resort… but construction still hasn't started 18 months later Donald Trump's company is building a huge resort in Bali near Tanah Lot Temple Pan Pacific Nirwana, where 800 locals worked was knocked down to make room They were promised jobs at the new hotel but construction hasn't started Many are now broke and the local economy is suffering without the hotel there By Nic White For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:09 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 05:43 GMT, 4 March 2019 Viewcomments Hundreds of Balinese workers are out of a job after the hotel they worked at was bulldozed to make way for a Trump resort. Donald Trump's company knocked down the Pan Pacific Nirwana, near the popular Tanah Lot Temple, to make way for the six-star resort 18 months ago. However, construction has not yet started on the luxury golf club and hotel and the 108-hectare site is just a patch of grass and dirt. Donald Trump's company plans to build a luxury golf club and six-star resort in Bali Ketut Sujana, 54, said he and more than 800 workers who were employed at the old hotel claimed they were promised jobs at the Trump resort and are now broke More than 800 workers who were employed at the old hotel claimed they were promised jobs at the Trump International Hotel and Bali Tower and are now broke. 'I lost my job without any plan for the next picture... two years already there's nothing activities there, everything there flat,' Ketut Sujana, 54, told 9 News. Without the promised job he has had to dip into his pension, sell his car, and borrow money from family and friends to make ends meet. Restaurant worker Ketut Juliariani said without the hotel, other local businesses were struggling as it was the main employer in the neighbourhood. Construction has not yet started on the luxury golf club and hotel and the 108-hectare site is just a patch of grass and dirt President Trump's business partner appeared to confirm the hotel was still a way off and the land would continue to look like this for some time The old Pan Pacific Nirwana (pictured) was bulldozed to make room for Trump's new hotel President Trump's business partner, billionaire Indonesian businessman and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, appeared to confirm the hotel was still a way off. 'At the moment, we are still in the early development stage and won't be able to share any information and do interviews yet,' his company MNC Land said. Beraban Village traditional affairs chief Made Sumawa called on President Trump and the developers to hurry up and begin construction. 'The people, Bereban village, support to build Trump hotel because the people want the job in hotel,' he said. The new project is nearby the famed Tanah Lot Temple were thousands of tourists flock Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility