Kompong Cham Factory Reopens at Partial Capacity
About 1,000 workers returned to work at Kompong Cham province’s Manhattan Quing Dao Textile Corp yesterday after last week’s four-day protest, factory representatives said. Chan Seiha, the factory’s administration chief, said that the remaining 1,000 workers were not at work yesterday because the factory currently does not have enough electricty to work at maximum capacity. “We allowed more than 1,000 workers to to go to work this morning, and the other workers we allowed to go home,” said Mr. Seiha, adding that the workers sent home would continue receiving their daily salary. He explained that the power shortage was due to last week’s protests, which prevented gasoline trucks from delivering their usual supply of gas to power generators.
