Sok An: 300,000 added to the job market each year

07 May 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Vice-Prime Minister Sok An said that the number of new jobseekers in Cambodia increases by 300,000 each year. In a speech given at a seminar for the promotion of jobs in Cambodia, Sok An said that about 300,000 new jobseekers are added each year in Cambodia, among these new jobseekers, about 16,000 of them are recently graduate students. The jobseekers are looking for work both inside and outside of Cambodia.

Beginning of 2007: 9 garment factories closed

19 April 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

During the first trimester of 2007, 9 garment factories were closed due to lack of orders, end of contracts, and bankruptcy. In Khemara, director of the department of labor, told Rasmei Kampuchea on Wednesday that the closing of these garment factories affect 4,003 jobs, 3,587 of which involving women. Also, in the first trimester of 2007, 4 factories have suspended a number of jobs. This affects the jobs of 3,720 workers, 3,500 of whom are women. In the meantime, 3 new garment factories have been opened. They provided factory jobs to 419 workers.