Airport deals in the spotlight
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay has requested the government release its concession arrangement with the French company that controls Cambodia’s three international airports, alleging the Kingdom might be getting ripped off under the deal. Following a site visit to Phnom Penh International Airport two weeks ago, Chhay, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-deals-spotlight
Leprosy Hospital Expands as Cases Increase
About 20 leprosy patients have been treated at a rehabilitated and expanded wing of the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital, the second hospital to offer professional treatment for leprosy patients in Cambodia. “We have two doctors and one nurse who specialize in leprosy treatment, and in the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/leprosy-hospital-expands-as-cases-increase-46778/
More Than 30 Garment Workers Faint in Factory
More than 30 garment workers fainted at H&L AppareL in Pur Senchey district’s Kakab commune, management at the factory said. &Ldquo;There were 32 workers who fainted, one of the was maLe, and we too them to Preak Kossomak HospitaL yesterday afternoon,” factory administrator Phen Bora said. Mr. Bora Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
City to airport rail link
A railway linking Phnom Penh to its international airport is being planned, with passengers getting the chance to check in baggage and get boarding passes before they get on the train. The line would join the Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk track which runs past the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32780/city-to-airport-rail-link/
Muhibbah JV bags RM276m projects for Cambodia’s airports
Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and its joint venture partner has secured two contracts valued at US$87mil (RM276mil) to build and expand two airports in Cambodia. Muhibbah has a 30% stake in SCA [Societe Concessionnaire de l’Aeroport]. The duration for the Phnom Penh Airport and Siem lass='cambodia-color'>...
The Star Online News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/11/06/Muhibbah-JV-bags-RM276m-projects-for-Cambodia-airports.aspx
AEON tenants target Cambodia’s middle class
An ice-skating rink, bowling alley, seven-screen cinema and a proverbial catwalk of high-end European and US labels will start vying for a slice of Cambodia’s rising middle class inside the soon-to-open AEON Mall, management with the firm overseeing it confirmed on Saturday. The Japanese-owned shopping centre’s lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay and Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/aeon-tenants-target-cambodia%E2%80%99s-middle-class
Singaporean Startup to Install Streetlamps in Rural Villages
A Singaporean startup is planning to install streetlamps in three villages in Kompong Chhnang province later this year in an effort to enhance safety for people making their way home at night. Fosera lighting is raising money through an online campaign to construct 75 solar-powered streetlights lass='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers in Land Disputes With Firm Don't Show for Questioning
Villagers accused of incitement in a long-running land dispute with a company owned by the wife of a government minister did not show up for scheduled questioning yesterday at the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court, officials said. On September 17, KDC Development company, owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Minister of Industry, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Workers Pledge to Continue Strike Action in Phnom Penh
Garment factory workers on Saturday blocked Street 371 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district for the second day and said they will continue their strike today unless factory managers give in to their demands. During Saturday’s strike action, more than 3,000 workers from the S.l. Garment Factory lass='cambodia-color'>...
Delays continue to constrain launch of Cambodia Airlines
For Cambodians aspiring to a career in aviation, this weekend looks promising. Almost seven months after its formal establishment, Cambodia Airlines is hosting a career fair in Phnom Penh. The airline is moving forward by looking for staff – from captains, first officers and cabin crew lass='cambodia-color'>...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delays-continue-constrain-launch-cambodia-airlines
Project Aims to Make Subsistence Farms Profitable
BATI DISTRICT, Takeo province – At a farming school here last week, 150 poor agricultural workers gathered to celebrate graduating a two-month training course. The new group of educators will now set out with their newly acquired skills to help transform the country’s poorest rural lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-make-subsistence-farms-profitable-39081/
EU Under Fire for Policy Linked to Land Grabbing in Cambodia
KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE— Three years ago, Pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants. Pao lass='cambodia-color'>...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine Staff
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/44202
Nat'l Assembly Approves UN Conventions
National Assembly voted Friday to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the U.N. Rotterdam Convention, which promotes the responsible labeling nd export of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. The assembly also voted in favor of an agreement with Qatar to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Int’l trips fuel CNRP machine
As opposition party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha returned from separate overseas trips yesterday, the party said it had more than enough cash to finance continuous mass demonstrations, with the bulk of funds coming from Cambodians living abroad. Today’s demonstrations in Phnom Penh and Siem lass='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/int%E2%80%99l-trips-fuel-cnrp-machine
Drought highlights Int'l Water Day
As officials and development agencies marked International Water Day yesterday, thousands of families in Kampong Cham province went without a drop – some reportedly for the sixth day in a row. The local authorities and rights workers made desperate pleas for aid as reports emerged that lass='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/drought-highlights-intl-water-day
The Grain of Rice That Could Help Cambodia Grow
SAMRAONG TONG DISTRICT, Kompong Speu Province – Laughing, Ouch Samnang jumped back and forth over a skipping rope heLd by his cLassmates. The 13-year-oLd goes to schooL in a smaLL viLLage in Kompong Speu province, he has friends, five sibLings and Loving parents. OveraLL, he Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/the-grain-of-rice-that-could-help-cambodia-grow-32650/
Thai company shelves Kampot cement project
Thailand’s second-largest cement company has suspended a cement-plant project valued at about $200 million in Kampot province because of political uncertainty and better investment opportunities in Myanmar, according to a senior executive. Philippe Arto, the managing director of Siam City Cement Public Company limited (SCCC), said lass='cambodia-color'>...
Rann Reuy and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-company-shelves-kampot-cement-project
Villagers Fight Evictions Near Int'l Airport
More than 250 families ordered to leave their homes next to Phnom Penh International Airport to make way for expansion plans yesterday with City Hall to fight the eviction. The 256 families living in three villages in Pur Senchey district’s Choam Chao commune are demanding compensation lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia hosts int'l vaccine, immunization meeting
The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) Board meeting was held here on Thursday to decide which new vaccines will be added to the organization’s portfolio. The two-day meeting brought together 160 people who are representatives of donors and developing countries, civil society organizations, vaccine lass='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/21/c_132906783.htm
MoL to consider ratifying maids’ rights convention
The Ministry of Labour has said it wiLL consider the Independent Democracy of InformaL Economy Association (IDEA)’s request to ratify an InternationaL Labour Organization convention on domestic workers’ rights. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mol-consider-ratifying-maids-rights-convention