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Truck Carrying Garment Workers Crashes in Cambodia, 54 Hurt

Submitted by webmaster on 11 October 2016

Source: abc news

A truck transporting Cambodian garment workers to their factory flipped over at a curve Tuesday, injuring 54 of them, including seven who are in critical condition, police said.

The driver, who fled the scene, appeared to have been going too fast and crashed at a bend in the road in the eastern Svay Rieng province, police Gen. Roth Ron Veasna said.

He said it was raining and the road was slippery. The driver was unhurt while all the passengers were injured.

Garment shopping picks up momentum

Submitted by webmaster on 9 October 2016

9/10/2016


Source: New Indian Express


ROURKELA: After a slow start, the fashion garment sales has picked up pace in the last few days. A release of ex gratia to public sector steel workers for Durga Puja is adding to the festive shopping spree. Around `10,000 each was released to nearly 12,500 senior employees while `8,000 each was released to around 1,500 new joinees of RSP on Friday. Similarly, a sizeable number of South Eastern Railways Group B and C workers received `17,951 each.

Garment exports to US on the rise

Submitted by webmaster on 5 September 2016

5/9/2016


Source: Bangkok Post


With increased shipments of garment, overall exports to the US rose 1.12 percent to $3.6 billion in the first seven months of this year, according to data from the US Department of Commerce.


Between January and July, manufacturers exported $3.36 billion of garment products to the US, Bangladesh's single largest export destination. The number is a 0.87 percent rise year-on-year.

Cambodia garment factories close amid political uncertainty

Submitted by webmaster on 23 August 2016

23/8/2016


Source: Bangkok Post


Political uncertainty in Cambodia has forced the garment and footwear industry to look to alternative countries to meet production needs, forcing more than 70 factories to close and a sharp drop in orders, a senior official from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said.