Too good to be true, indeed

The labour ministry’s plan to revise wages for employees of the Build Bhutan Project has been shelved.  It is being reviewed, but most likely will never happen.  It was, like some of the workers said, too good to be true. The raise announced was from 25 percent to more than 100 percent depending on skills.  […]

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