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Women Workers and Health: Semiconductor Industry in Singapore and Malaysia

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Women Workers in Industrialising Asia

Part of the book series: Studies in the Economies of East and Southeast Asia ((SEESEA))

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Abstract

Since 1965, when Taiwan first set up a free trade zone (FTZ), Asian countries have vied successfully for foreign manufacturing investments. A variety of export-oriented, ‘world market’ factories were set up for the production of such commodities as toys, textiles, garments, electronics, sporting goods and footwear.

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    Amarjit Kaur (Professor of Economic History) (Professor of Economic History)

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Lin, V. (2004). Women Workers and Health: Semiconductor Industry in Singapore and Malaysia . In: Kaur, A. (eds) Women Workers in Industrialising Asia. Studies in the Economies of East and Southeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596702_9

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