Facility in an East Asian Country

BUSN310-1203B-05

UNIT 5 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This paper will look at the possibilities of locating a facility in an East Asian country. It will look at countries in terms of environmental legislation and laws regarding wages and hours.

Environmental legislation in Malaysia has been around since 1974. Malaysia enacted its first environmental legislation in the form of the Environmental Quality Act 1974. When it passed this act it was bound and determined to a commitment to control industrial pollution, including wastewater, air pollution from factories, and solid waste problems. The Department of Environment (DOE) was set up to handle the environmental administration. They update and revise their plan every five years to handle any new issues that may arise that were not previously covered under the old plan. This seems to be working for them; the objectives of the Malaysia's national environmental policies are to achieve a clean, safe, and healthy living environment for current and future generation. (Overview of Environmental Issues and Environmental Conservation Practices in Malaysia, n.d.)

In Thailand, the newest version of any environmental act is The Enhancement and Conservation of the National Environmental Quality Act B.E. 2535 (NEQA 1992). This is meant to reform and improve the law on enhancement and conservation of national environmental quality in Thailand. It pertains to several issues that they deem necessary to monitor. The issues that they watch are water quality for rivers, canals, swamps, marsh; they also have water quality standards for coastal and estuarine water areas. They also have ground water quality standards, along with atmospheric ambient air standards. They also have two that are rather different than other that have some environmental acts, one deal with noise and vibrations, the other deals with environmental quality standard for other matters. This could mean several different issues that may come up at later dates.

In Thailand, they have labor regulations that pertain to the rate of pay depending on which province that you may be living in at the time. They have a maximum number of work hours they are allowed to work each day and per week, and overtime compensation regulations. The minimum rate of pay in US$ 3.43 and up to US$ 4.38 in Bangkok, again, this is just the minimum it does not have to be the norm.

Laws regarding wages and hours in Malaysia are real simple, the minimum age is 14, they have no minimum wage, maximum hours per week are 48 with a maximum days per week of 6, and overtime pay of 1.5 times normal hourly wage.

In regards to the environmental regulations being sufficient,