Some Garment Factories In Kampuchea Want To Evacuate Due To Higher Wage Costs.

Prime Minister Hong Sen said that although the government managed to retain it, some factories had decided to evacuate Kampuchea because of higher wage costs.

When Hong Sen presided over the opening ceremony of the 2015 to 2025 national employment policy in October 22nd, he admitted that some manufacturers had sprouted to move to other lower wage countries, and that Kampuchea workers would lose their jobs.

If the existing factories choose to move to other countries with lower labour costs, they must attract other industries with higher added value.

And pointed out that the government decided to put

And the shoemaker's (2016) minimum wage increased from $128 to $140, plus other benefits. Workers can receive at least $157 to $168 a month.

At the same time, the government is also committed to assisting workers in lighten their living load, including controlling inflation, passing the rent act, reducing the rental of workers and students, and so on.

In order to further improve and improve the living standard of workers, the Department can enjoy the fruits of economic growth.

Faced with the challenge of labour intensive factories moving away from Kampuchea, Hong Sen said that the government formulated the industrial development strategy from 2015 to 2025, and formulated strategies to attract more value-added industries to invest.

It is hoped that the engine, machinery and automobile assembly plants can be attracted to invest, so that Kampuchea can export cars to other countries.

In any case, the canal stressed that the government would not abandon labour intensive factories and would try to retain factories intended to evacuate Kampuchea.

Since 2000, the garment industry has become the "economic lifeline" of Kampuchea, which now accounts for more than 40% of GDP.

And shoes account for 58% of exports.

In addition, Hong Sen also revealed that in the budget of the Ming Dynasty, the government decided to raise salaries for civil servants two times, adjusting civil service salaries in January 2016 and April respectively.

The government plans to raise the minimum wage for civil servants to 1 million Cambodia (about 250 dollars) before the next general election in 2018.