We arrived here in Phnom Penh direct from Hong Kong. Chris, the local co-ordinator for Project INitiate, was at the airport to meet us and drive us to his garment factory on the outskirts of town. We're staying in the staff quarters inside the factory compound and have our own room with aircon, hot shower and 24-hour electricity - luxuries in this part of the world where a teacher gets paid about US$25 per month. We also get our meals provided in the staff canteen. We were surprised at first to be given Chinese food, but we've since realised that most of the management and office staff are from either Malaysia or mainland China - the factory is Singaporean-owned. The 3000+ factory workers are locals though, mainly girls in their twenties. They work in two shifts, 6.45 to 14.30 and 14.45 to 23.00 - short hours which indicate that this is not a third-world sweat shop. They seem happy and well looked after. At shift-changeover the factory grounds are filled with chattering and laughter as the girls come and go in their brightly coloured clothes and scarves, like flocks of pigeons.