The children who live, play, and sometimes work at construction sites in Phnom Penh.
By Alex Consiglio
emotive headline for a pretty slim piece of writing about the boom in construction
'full' story http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/the-worl ... #postImageIn a 2016 report, real estate firm CBRE estimates that Phnom Penh’s supply of condo units will see a massive jump of 806 percent by 2018 as the booming high-rise construction sector continues to grow.
But the International Labor Organization says occupational health and safety (OSH) standards on the sites are not keeping pace with the boom.
“Particularly serious weaknesses exist in the OSH framework for the construction sector,” the ILO notes in its 2016 to 2018 Decent Work Country Program for Cambodia. “No comprehensive prakas (ministerial regulations) cover typically dangerous work on high places.”