kdk also manufactured in china.

KDK became part of the Matsushita Conglomerate in 1956. Matsushita Seiko as it was known is no longer headquartered in Osaka, Japan; manufacturing for KDK and Panasonic Ventilating products was transferred from Selangor, Malaysia to mainland China in 2001. All manufacturing is done at the Shenzhen Panasonic Air Works Co., Ltd. factory in Shenzhen, China.

well it depends on what you want, you want more quality stuff, you pay more, you want cheaper stuff, you pay less but quality is a question mark.

according to statistic. This is the average working hours per person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_count...ual_labor_hours


Cambodia 2,455.55 2,475
Myanmar 2,437.86 2,447
Mexico 2,255.00 2,137
Malaysia 2,238.27 2,197
Singapore 2,255.73 2,330
Bangladesh 2,232.35 2,419
Costa Rica 2,212.38 2,069
South Africa 2,209.09 2,191
Hong Kong 2,185.58 2,148
Thailand 2,185.45 2,093
China 2,174.35 2,169
Vietnam 2,169.59 2,132

on working hours, malaysia aint that much different from china or other asia countries.

asia country as a whole are usually working longer working hours compare to western ccountries.

it is the only way asia countries can try to catch up to western countries.