Friday, October 22, 2010

Minister Faces Assembly on Migrant Work Concerns

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Thursday, 21 October 2010

More than 120,000 Cambodian workers abroad have sent some $150 million in remittances between October 2009 and October 2010, the country's labor minister told lawmakers Thursday.

Labor Minister Vong Soth told the National Assembly that remittances had become an important part of national poverty reduction, upgrading the living conditions of families in rural areas.

He was answering a set of questions prepared by lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party. However, those lawmakers boycotted the National Assembly session Thursday, saying the president of the Assembly would not allow them to ask their questions one-by-one for the record.
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