Heatwave to hit before rainy season: Ministry
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology is expecting temperatures to hit highs in some parts of the country until early May as a health official warns against entailing ailments.
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700020/heatwave-to-hit-before-rainy-season-ministry
Leading Malaysian insurer to bring “Fast & Easy” insurance to the local market
Malaysia’s leading Insurance and Takaful Company Etiqa has started operations in Cambodia, allowing the local people to experience a fast and easy way to get insured. Etiqa has entered the Kingdom upon seeing the vast potential the local market has to offer, with 97% of
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700680/leading-malaysian-insurer-to-bring-fast-easy-insurance-to-the-local-market
The CDC approves investment projects worth $13.9 Million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four investment projects with a combined capital investment valued at $13.9 million and expected to create 3,315 jobs.
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/711874/the-cdc-approves-investment-projects-worth-13-9-million/
Japan, Cambodia boost bilateral ties
Foreign Affairs Ministry undersecretary of state Chea Kimtha and Japanese director-general for Southeast Asian Affairs Hiroshi Ishikawa held a meeting yesterday to bolster cooperation between the two countries.
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702465/japan-cambodia-boost-bilateral-ties/
‘Plenty of food’ for Cambodians during uncertain COVID times
A government ministry has reassured the public that there is no need to panic over potential food shortages amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50707165/plenty-of-food-for-cambodians-during-uncertain-covid-times/
Green light for $161M Kandal brewery
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) last week approved a $160.6 million brewery in Chhak Chhoeu Neang commune’s Trapaing Veng village in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/green-light-161m-kandal-brewery
Gov’t set to finalise antitrust, competition draft law
The government will soon finalise a draft law on antitrust and competition, and submit it to the National Assembly for approval, Ministry of Commerce senior official told The Post on Wednesday.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-set-finalise-antitrust-competition-draft-law
Nearly $175 million in new investments flow in but can’t keep pace with increasing unemployment
Five more investment projects worth $174.8 million have been approved, according to a press release of the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued on May 22.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726183/nearly-175-million-in-new-investments-flow-in-but-cant-keep-pace-with-increasing-unemployment/
Move to make smallholder markets bigger, better
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and local private company K.C.C.V Plantation Co Ltd have announced cooperation to develop a safety agricultural production chain and value in order to accelerate markets for smallholders.
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50727797/move-to-make-smallholder-markets-bigger-better/
Government creates committee to find Kingdom’s unique talents
The government has established a Living Inheritance Committee (LIM) to look for gifted individuals or groups with extraordinary talent.
Soth Koemsoeun
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/government-creates-committee-find-kingdoms-unique-talents
Two land brokers arrested for forest encroachment
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Military Police on Sunday arrested two men who allegedly cleared and encroached on a protected flooded forest area without approval from relevant authorities.
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717786/two-land-brokers-arrested-for-forest-encroachment/
Kratie military police seize lorries, trailers and timber
A three-day operation by the Kratie provincial Military Police ended in the seizure of three lorries, two trailers and about four cubic meters of timber. The suspects escaped.
Soth Koemsoeun
https://bit.ly/2KCNPXI
Koh Kong airport confirmed to begin construction in early 2018
The international airport to be built in Koh Kong province will kick off construction in January next year, according to a spokesman from the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA).
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/koh-kong-airport-confirmed-begin-construction-early-2018
Select schools to reopen in August
A Senior Education Ministry official announced yesterday the ministry will request Prime Minister Hun Sen to allow some high-safety standard schools to reopen next month.
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743353/select-schools-to-reopen-in-august/
South Korea says may sign FTA next month
South Korean officials have expressed their intention to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Cambodia next month to boost bilateral trade, news hailed by local businessmen.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korea-says-may-sign-fta-next-month
Pressure to export several food products to China simultaneously
Cambodia wants China to have a full fruit package deal in negotiations concerning sanitary and phytosanitary issues to export agricultural products to the Chinese market.
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734350/pressure-to-export-several-food-products-to-china-simultaneously/
Dozens of officials in four ministries have to vacate posts
Advisors, assistants, secretaries and other officials with equivalent positions at four ministries will lose their positions, according to a sub-decree obtained by Khmer Times yesterday.
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734717/dozens-of-officials-in-four-ministries-have-to-vacate-posts/
Hungary reopens embassy office in Cambodia after 25 years
Hungary has officially reopened its Embassy office in the Kingdom after 25 years of closure in a bid to boost cooperation and ties between the two countries.
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50779350/hungary-reopens-embassy-office-in-cambodia-after-25-years/
Ministry rejects NGOs claim of media oppression
The Ministry of Information issued a statement yesterday to address the concerns of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) regarding press freedom in Cambodia, saying they are trying to mislead the public.
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50779352/ministry-rejects-ngos-claim-of-media-oppression/
National Assembly endorses six draft laws
The National Assembly (NA) has unanimously approved six important draft laws to strengthen and expand the cooperation with foreign countries, according to a press release of the NA General Secretariat.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778945/national-assembly-endorses-six-draft-laws/
