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Collapses raise concerns over emergency training
- 14 June 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources
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When a bridge and kiosk collapsed into a pond at a Phnom Penh garment factory last month, injuring more than 20 workers, the Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit and police rushed to scour the murky water for survivors. Some hours later, those forces remained unsure whether any ...
Standards Building Up Safety Fears
- 22 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Industries / Labor / Manufacturing / Real estate
- Alassane Sow / Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia / Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUFC) / Building Safety Regulations / BWTUFC / Cambodia / construction / construction standards / Department of Land Management / Department of Land Management Deputy Director / Factories / Factory collapse / Garment factories / Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia / garment workers / GMAC / health and safety / health and safety regulations / illegal construction / Inspectors / Ken Loo / Ministry of Land Management / Ministry of Land Management Inspectors / Ministry of Social Affairs / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh City Hall / Regulations / safety / safety measures / Sar Bamnong / Sen Sok district / Shoddy Construction / Shoe factories / shoes / Structural Failure / Subcontractors / Top World / Top World Garment (Cambodia) Ltd. / Van Thol / Wing Star Shoe factory / Wing Star Shoes / Wing Star Shoes Co Ltd / World Bank / World Bank Country Manager Alassane Sow
When a 100-metre-long section of a Phnom Penh garment factory crumpled in on itself like a cheap pup tent, Sen Sok district officials promised an investigation. The results of that investigation, which was to have taken place more than a year ago, in March 2012, ...
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