Beeline Appoints Second Boss in Three Months
Mobile operator Beeline announced Friday the appointment of the company’s second new general-director in less than three months. Said Abbadi, who formerly worked as CEO of newroz Telecom in Kurdistan, started as Beeline Cambodia’s new boss on July 17, the company said in a statement. The ...
Groups appeal to gov’t to pass traffic law
The Cambodia Red Cross, NGOs and traffic accident victims Thursday marked annual road safety week by appealing to the government to quickly pass a new traffic law in an effort to reduce road accidents. The Ministry of Justice must still review the new traffic law ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/groups-appeal-to-govt-to-pass-traffic-law-56448/
Atmospheric hole discovered
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in the skies above Southeast Asia: a huge, invisible hole in the atmosphere’s lowest layer that may exacerbate the effects of Cambodia’s climate change. The hole – roughly twice the length of new Zealand and concentrated just east of the ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/atmospheric-hole-discovered
Hun Sen demands bus lines
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used the inauguration of the Stung Meanchey overpass to call for the speedy formation of a government bus authority, as the capital eyes two new planned routes and 18 by 2020. During his speech at the site of the approximately $19 ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-demands-bus-lines
Parties yet to agree on part of NEC draft law
Hopes that the ruling and opposition parties would finally reach full accord on a new National Election Committee draft law were dashed yesterday as talks foundered on the qualifications the secretary-general of the new institution must possess. After a meeting that lasted more than two hours, ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-yet-agree-part-nec-draft-law
Kids to get schooled on Traffic Law
High school and university students, considered particularly at risk of road accidents, may soon be taking lessons on the new traffic law if a proposal from the Transport Ministry comes to fruition. Tram Iv Tek, minister of public works and transport, yesterday said that the government ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/kids-get-schooled-traffic-law
Government's critic applies to be NEC member
Government’s outspoken critic has applied to be a member of a new National Election Committee (NEC). The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly will hold a meeting on 7 April to examine the list of candidates applying to be members of new National Election Committee ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1FetoUz
Gate’s design blamed in arson
A decorative gate erected in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park for the upcoming Khmer New Year festivities was burned down in the early hours of yesterday morning, following a backlash against its so-called Vietnamese design. Siem Reap Deputy Governor Bun Tharith said the gate – ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gates-design-blamed-arson
CRF looks to prop up milled rice sales to US
Cambodia is set to embark on a new drive to boost exports of fragrant and organic milled rice to the US, after the apex industry body gained new insights into the huge potential of the market, according to its chief. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crf-looks-prop-milled-rice-sales-us
$5.5 Mn of investments in new apparel projects ‘will create 1,200 jobs’
Two new investment projects worth a combined $5.5 million have been approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC). ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917469/5-5-mn-of-investments-in-new-apparel-projects-will-create-1200-jobs/
More than two million tourists traversed the country during the New Year weekend
The Ministry of Tourism has reported that that the three days of the Global New Year holiday and weekend from December 31, 2021 to January 2, 2022 brought 2,002,298 domestic tourists out to traverse the country and take in the tourism sites of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000354/more-than-two-million-tourists-traversed-the-country-during-the-new-year-weekend/
Deal to deliver Cambodia’s new logistics complex, promote regional connectivity and integration
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a new agreement with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) for a logistics complex in Preah Sihanouk province to assist Cambodia in meeting its goal of becoming a new regional logistics ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501276371/deal-to-deliver-cambodias-new-logistics-complex-promote-regional-connectivity-and-integration/
Run Ta Ek residents hope for jobs from the new govt
FacebookTwitterEmailShareFormer squatters who agreed to leave the Angkor Archaeological Park area for relocation to the Run Ta Ek development site in Siem Reap province want to see the new government help to create jobs because the location is new and far from the urban area ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332639/run-ta-ek-residents-hope-for-jobs-from-the-new-govt/
Cambodia’s students to get schooled in tourism
Young Cambodians will now learn about tourism in grades 11 and 12, according to the new curriculum for public education that was launched yesterday. The development is aimed at enhancing quality in the tourism sector, officials said during a press conference. The new curriculum covers the ...
Cambodia revising gambling laws to attract investment
The Cambodian government is in the process of amending its gaming laws in a bid to draw major casino operators, industry sources have confirmed to GGRAsia. Earlier on Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Post reported that the new draft of the national casino law could be finalised ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/cambodia-revising-gambling-laws-to-attract-investment/
Net keeps telcos on their toes
Pressure is mounting on the Kingdom’s telecommunications industry to stay ahead of the game as the demand for data and mobile internet becomes a top priority for Cambodian consumers. As global smartphone manufacturers saturate Cambodia’s market in an effort to meet the demand for new technology, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/net-keeps-telcos-their-toes
China gives $2 billion for roads, bridge
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping last week resulted in loan agreements worth almost $2 billion for road infrastructure development in Cambodia, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said on Friday. According to Transport Minister Sun Chanthol, the money will be used to ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30849/china-gives--2-billion-for-roads--bridge/
Cambodian PM to visit China to advance bilateral ties
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that he will pay an official visit to China early next month to meet with new Chinese leaders for talks on further enhancing bilateral relations. “I hope that new Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/25/c_132260956.htm
IPU Finds Assembly Has Little Loans Oversight
Cambodia’s National Assembly is lacking, compared to other countries’ parliaments, in the oversight it exercises over new loans taken out by the government from international financial institutions, according to a new report. The study, published Tuesday by Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Bank, found ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/ipu-finds-assembly-has-little-loans-oversight-36432/
South Korea Nat’l Assembly applaud gov’t, NA mandates
Kim Jin-pyo, president of the South Korean National Assembly (NA), has lauded Cambodia’s new government and NA, describing the new mandates as full of youthful energy and ready to develop the Kingdom. ...
Vong Daravady
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/south-korea-natl-assembly-applaud-govt-na-mandates