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The volume of Cambodian garment, footwear and travel goods exports dipped 10 per cent in the first 10 months of 2020 over the corresponding period in the previous year. POST STAFF
Asia apparel groups push for better buyers
Thu, 21 January 2021
In a show of solidarity, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) joined forces with eight competing Asian textile and garment lobby groups to demand better purchasing practices in an industry wrestling with Covid-19 production and supply chain disruptions.
The Sustainable Textile of the Asian Region (STAR) Network is the first inter-Asian network of producer associations of the textile and garment industry, which came together on January 12, marking the start of a new initiative, STAR Network said in a January 18 press statement.
Labour minister Ith Sam Heng revealed the plan in his Facebook post on December 30.
He said the four strategies are developing and improving educational infrastructure, equipping tools and materials necessary for training, strengthening capacity of management and relevant civil officials, hiring technical trainers, as well as increasing the quantity and quality of skills and vocations.
The five-year master plan will see total spending of $493.1 million, with more than $102 million to be spent on constructing 26 educational facilities with 1,116 classrooms and $54.6 million on 28 trainee dormitories.
Another $49.6 million will be spent on building 248 workshops, $186 million for equipping them with training tools and materials, $2.25 million for building the capacity of management and technical trainers, and $93.1 million for training more than 392,000 trainees.