Investment In Cambodia's Construction Sector Up 5 Per Cent In Q1
Cambodia’s construction sector attracted a total investment of US$342 million in the first three months of 2012, a 5-percent increase from US$324 million from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v6/newsworld.php?id=666207
Flooding damage escalates
Flooding has affected close to 287,000 hectares of rice fields, with about 27,800 considered damaged beyond repair, according to government statistics released on Monday. The data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reveal that rising waters have affected about 11 per cent of the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flooding-damage-escalates
Cambodians warned of bad weather
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology appeals to the Cambodian people to be careful as Cambodia is currently experiencing bad weather which can harm lives of people and animals. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MzZiMzRhMmMwNDE
Illegal fishing battle heats up
When authorities in Kampong Chhnang province on Friday encountered and pursued the boat of alleged illegal fisherman Chieb Ou, they couldn’t have expected to find themselves being chased instead. But that’s precisely what happened when, rather than surrendering, the 42-year-old suspect turned his boat towards the ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-battle-heats
Cambodia's fisheries production rises 6.7 pct in 2013
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ouk Rabun said Tuesday that Cambodia’s fisheries production rose 6.7 percent from a year earlier to 728,000 tonnes last year. Speaking at a National Fish Day ceremony at Kdol Reservoir in Peam commune in Samaki Meanchey district in Kampong Chhnang province, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDdkYzhiNTdlYzQ
Cambodian youths urged to help preserve culture
A national seminar on youth and cultural development was held here Monday with an aim to encourage young people to help safeguard, preserve and develop national culture, officials said. The two-day event brought together 700 participants, including culture officials, artists, archeologists, historians, and youths, said Culture ...
ASEAN-China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-08/26/c_133585294.htm
Expert urges gov’t to save site
An archaeologist is pleading the government to save an Angkorian-era canal before the work of brick makers completely erases the site. Built nearly 1,000 years ago, the 120-kilometre stone channel was used to transport building materials from a quarry to Angkor Wat, according to archaeologist Thuy ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/expert-urges-gov%E2%80%99t-save-site
‘Scales are needed to stop road damage’
Following a directive by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to improve their monitoring of overloaded vehicles, a ministry official said they will build more vehicle scales. ...
Sean Teehan and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/scales-are-needed-stop-road-damage
MEF sets target for tax revenue
The Cambodian government is aiming to increase its revenue collection to $3.78 billion for 2015, on the back of strong tax and customs income. A directive signed by Monaster of Economy and Finance Aun Porn Moniroth on Monday says $2.75 billion will be collected via current ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mef-sets-target-tax-revenue
Round two: Thousands sign up for final re-test
More than 68,000 grade 12 students have signed up for a second and final shot at the high stakes national exam next Monday, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport reported. That’s all of the students who failed – and most who failed to show ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/round-two-thousands-sign-final-re-test
Maid MoU drawing near
Cambodia and Malaysia expect to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the end of the year that would reopen the pipeline of local maids being sent to work there, officials said on the sidelines of a final round of discussions yesterday between the countries. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-mou-drawing-near
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will investigate religious ceremonies by Vietnamese on Bokor Mountain
The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts will investigate on a scene where religious rituals have held by the Vietnamese on the Bokor Mountain, in Kampot province. This measure happened simultaneously after the Seventh Commission of the National Assembly summoned the minister to clarify on ...
Prach Chev
http://www.rfa.org/khmer/news/social-economy/ministry-of-culture-11272014000916.html
Ministry to curb illegal checkpoints
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport called on the directors of public works in Phnom Penh and the provinces to crack down on fraudulent truck-weighing checkpoints around the country. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-curb-illegal-checkpoints
New plan for low-cost housing
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is in the initial phase of a project to build affordable housing for the Kingdom’s low-income population. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-plan-low-cost-housing
New standard? Singapore lends hand for electrics
Cambodia will implement new standards for its electricity system – modelled after Singapore – in order to reduce the risk of electrical fires, officials said. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-standard-singapore-lends-hand-electrics
Fishing busts up, penalties lag
The first half of 2015 has seen a nearly 50 per cent increase in illegal fishing busts, though the vast majority resulted in no punishment for offenders, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shows. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fishing-busts-penalties-lag
Construction permits slow in 2015, while total investment remains unclear
The amount of companies granted construction permits from the government are slowly decreased in 2015 compared to previous years while the government attempts to reform construction laws and regulations. ...
Crop inundation feared
As talk of El Niño-inspired droughts shaped much of the conversation ahead of this year’s late-blooming rainy season, recent torrential rains in some areas of the Kingdom have given way to new fears of crop inundation and damage. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crop-inundation-feared
New climate plan launched
The Environment Ministry in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday launched a $5 million, five-year plan to mitigate the effects of climate change on rural communities in four Cambodian provinces. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-climate-plan-launched
Drought batters 13 provinces
Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows. ...
Sen David and Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drought-batters-13-provinces