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Phnom Penh is currently home to 9,314 factories and other manufacturing enterprises that employ 660,000 workers, including 340,000 hired at 727 “garment” plants who churn out merchandise exported to the EU, the US, Canada, Japan and other markets
Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor is implementing a scheme to provide financial allowances for workers impacted by the economic crisis.
Labor minister pledges support, but workers say they feel abandoned by their government.
The new wage is still too low, labor leaders said, and may not stem to flow of workers to other countries.
Talks have begun to discuss an increase in the minimum wage for garment workers in Cambodia, according to the country's labour body.