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Garment workers leave a factory during lunch break in scorching weather, in Phnom Penh on April 10, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Garment Workers Request for Water Mist Fans as Rising Temperatures Affect Health And Productivity

Garment workers in Phnom Penh and Kandal, Takeo and Kampong Chhnang provinces have asked their companies to install water mist fans in the factory amid rising temperatures. The call comes on the heels of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training’s directive on April 9 to factories and companies to spray water on roofs and set up enough fans to cool down.
Workers attempt to build a fence which will block the access from the houses of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune to the road, March 19, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Ampov Prey Residents Protest Against New Phnom Penh Airport Project For Erecting Poles Again

Residents of Ampov Prey community in Kandork commune, Kandal Stung district, once again protested against the work carried out by the new $1.5 billion Phnom Penh International Airport company on Tuesday. At the site, workers were attempting to erect pillars to build a fence after they filled the so-called 94 canal earlier this year. Some of the soil also ended up inside people’s houses.