(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) Cambodian Chinese company bosses and 3,000 Cambodian employees are fighting the epidemic: there can be no “slight slack” in prevention and control
China News Agency, Phnom Penh, April 19: Question: Cambodian Chinese enterprise bosses and 3,000 Cambodian employees are fighting the epidemic: there can be no "slight slack" in prevention and control
China News Agency reporter Huang Yaohui
One of Wei Siyu's important tasks every day is to pay attention to whether every employee who enters the factory wears a mask and wash his hands with disinfectant. Wei Siyu told the China News Agency reporter on the 19th that in March, he had eaten and lived in the factory area. "Prevention and control of the epidemic has become a big thing, and I dare not relax."
"Chunxue (Cambodia) Cashmere Textile Company" is well-known in Cambodia and has more than 3,000 employees, of which only 50 are technical managers from China. Wei Siyu, who is the general manager of the company, said that in February, the company began to purchase imported hoods, alcohol, disinfectants and other anti-epidemic materials in the factory area for free. In the morning and evening, ensure that 100% of employees in and out of the factory are subject to body temperature testing. Temperature detection and requirements to maintain social distance, etc.
Wei Siyu said that at this stage, the prevention and control of the epidemic is a big issue for the company. There are many Cambodian employees in the factory, and the suspension of production will affect the livelihood of the employees. As long as the factory's machinery is not stopped, employees can see hope.
The 34-year-old warehouse manager Heng Sovannary, the mother of three children, has been employed since 2016. She told reporters that she had never seen such strict requirements in the factory. It wasn't until the children's school at home had a holiday in advance that she knew that the epidemic was terrible. If she became ill, she could infect her family, and she would be quarantined for 14 days before seeing her family and children. She said, "I believe that the Chinese boss is for their good."
Wei Siyu, who started his business in 2001 from Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, China, was the president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce in Jiangxi. He founded the first textile factory in 2006 and experienced the hardship of working in a foreign country. The emergence of the epidemic, he first worried about the safety of employees. Wei Siyu said that at first the Cambodian employees did not understand, and could only post anti-epidemic propaganda posters through Chinese and Cambodian texts, freely distribute masks and provide hand sanitizers to the employees, and the factory fully implemented disinfection and sterilization spray every 5 days. Every employee should not underestimate the prevention and control of the epidemic.
The Khmer nationality is a people who can sing and dance. Every holiday factory organizes festivals and parties. April 13-16 is the Cambodian New Year's holiday, Wei Siyu said that the Cambodian government has issued a notice to cancel the Cambodian New Year holiday and strictly prevent the intensive movement of people. Wei Siyu told reporters that the government has solved the company's concerns. In order to cooperate with the government's epidemic prevention and control, the company encourages employees to work normally, does not visit relatives and friends, does not attend parties, and not only promptly encourages employees to perform well during the epidemic, but also issues Masks and other epidemic prevention materials are used as material rewards and considered as a condition for priority promotion in the future.
Lorn Navy, 33, worked as a "shirt checker" in the factory. She told reporters that originally planned to bring children and parents to Thailand to play during the New Year in Cambodia. As a result of the epidemic, Thailand could not "close the country", and the government also canceled the party without holidays, not allowed to go around and asked to return to the factory to work. She understood the government's approach and praised the company's approach.
Mang Chengda, who joined the same year as Lorn Navy, was a "provocation man" in the factory. Mang Chengda said that the Chinese boss is very good, and she cherishes the employment opportunities. Although the factory wears masks and the workers do not see a smile when they meet, I believe that the epidemic will always pass, and the factory will certainly reproduce the laughter of the workers.
According to the Cambodian Ministry of Health's early report on the 19th, there have been no new confirmed cases in Cambodia for 7 consecutive days. As the epidemic situation stabilized, as the company's epidemic prevention commander, Wei Siyu has calculated how to return to normal as soon as possible after the epidemic situation, expand production, assume more social responsibilities, and provide more employment opportunities for the local area. Wei Siyu repeatedly told reporters that in the face of the global epidemic, the company and every employee are going through hardships together. (Finish)