Shuttered schools, factories
With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. ...
Thousands across the capital opted out of work and school yesterday as calls for caution – including an emergency notice from the United States embassy advising US citizens to stay off the street – reverberated around the city.
Cambodian public schools don’t begin until October, but at least a dozen private schools already in session in Phnom Penh told the Post they were disrupted by the demonstration, which started on Sunday. ...
About 500 employees at Kin Tai came into work and staged a walkout yesterday, marching from the Meanchey district factory to Freedom Park, said Chheang Thida, who walked out with co-workers. ...
Sean Teehan, Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
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