By Soeun Say
Phnom Penh Post
Chhuon Kimsuon, 18, makes shoes at Sin Chn Hong Plastics Industry Company in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone yesterday. Photo by: Heng Chivoan
THE Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone began a national recruitment drive yesterday, aiming to add workers to meet an anticipated rise in demand for labour.
Businesses are increasingly setting up in the SEZ, but finding workers has proven a challenge, according to PPSEZ Managing Director Hiroshi Uematsu.
“Demand for investment in Cambodia is so high that our partners often have trouble finding workers from varying skill levels,” he said.
The zone continues to grow and provide opportunities for unskilled and skilled workers to enter the labour market, said PPSEZ Customer Service Manager Kim Va.
“Workers no longer need to go abroad to find work, they can now have a good future near their homes,” he added.
In February, the PPSEZ announced it had begun work on its US$20 million second phase, aiming for it to be completed in two years, and cover 162 hectares.
It claimed its 141 hectare first phase has been completely booked.
The PPSEZ said it assists businesses through measures such as hosting quality on-site utilities, access to relevant government authorities, as well as support with worker requirements.
It assists in training workers who have potential but not the required skillsets, according to PPSEZ Human Resource Manager Kvach Kimsan.
“We currently have 27 companies in the PPSEZ and the number is annually increasing, so the demand for workers is also growing,” he said.
“Currently, we need thousands of workers in our economic zone.”
Kvach Kimsan added that the PPSEZ currently employs 4,915 workers, but aims to add 1,500 workers this year, 3,000 next year, and a further 4,000 by the end of 2013.
Evergreen Industries garment factory employee Pum Sreyleak said yesterday that the PPSEZ provided a good, safe working environment.
“I don’t want to work abroad as my country now provides more jobs,” the 22-year old told The Post.
“People who want jobs should come here.”
The Phnom Penh SEZ includes tenants such as Aiinomoto and Yamaha.
8 comments:
Good looking one, I'd like to marry her.
20 May 2011 11:23 PM,
Are you still single? If so, then go to Cambodia and look for her.
Put an ad with her picture in the PP Post to find her.
Make sure you are a good man and still a single man!
Good Luck!
I agree! She's good looking girl, it's kinda sad to see her working with machine like this? She deserved to be in the office's work...or waitting for me at home..!
Nak khlahan pong Thum,
Nak khlahan pong Thum,
Be nice, OK?
She's good looking. I agree she should have an office job, but there is not much job opportunities in Cambodia, so she is considered lucky to have a job.
She is hot that why I alot of guys in the U.S. they went to Cambodian got a young chicks like her to be there wife. Lot of those people that went to get a girl from Cambodian most of them they can't not find a girls or women in U.S. they have only one way to Cambodian otherwise they'll stay single the rest of these lifes.
4:35 AM
Thank you for solution from a good person to my post. I am not single so it's not possible for me to do that.
It's only possible if she is not single too.
Haha, it's just another joke,LOL.
5:59 PM, you are right in some cases, but not all. I and many of my friends are professionals who have good jobs, earning over $70,000 per year but we chose to go to Cambodia because we like the real Khmer girls, not because we can't find a wife. I can get most girls in overseas, but I most of them, Khmer or white girls, are too westernized. We want a real Khmer girl-humble and family-oriented, look like this girl in the picture.
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