Thousands strike over pay at Kompong Cham garment factory
More than 5,000 workers from a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province went on strike Monday, calling on factory management to increase their benefits.
The lively crowd rallied outside the Taiwanese-owned Juhui Footwear factory in Choeung Prey district, dancing to music pumped out of loudspeakers as
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-strike-over-pay-at-kompong-cham-garment-factory-67397/
Councillor for CNRP arrested
An opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party district councillor in Phnom Penh was arrested yesterday in connection with a CNRP-led protest at Freedom Park on July 15 that turned violent.
At least 15 CNRP members or supporters have been charged in connection with the violence, which saw
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/councillor-cnrp-arrested
Land concessions cancelled
The government has seized back more than 12,000 hectares of land previously awarded to seven companies as economic land concessions (ELCs), according to a letter from the Council of Ministers.
It explains that licences awarded from 2006 to 2011 for eight ELCs in the provinces
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/land-concessions-cancelled
PM’s sister officially out of job
After issuing an extraordinarily public resignation announcement on her Facebook page last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s sister Hun Sinath has officially left her job at the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection.
According to a Royal Decree that was signed on Monday, King
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pm%E2%80%99s-sister-officially-out-job
Sar Kheng to be Natl Assembly majority leader
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng has been appointed majority leader in the National Assembly, meaning he and opposition leader Sam Rainsy will engage directly in dialogue over legislative issues.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodia National Rescue Party president Rainsy agreed in late
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-be-natl-assembly-majority-leader
Justice still sought for Vichea
On the 11th anniversary of labour leader Chea Vichea’s assassination yesterday, about 200 people attended a memorial service as many continued to call on authorities to find and arrest those responsible for Vichea’s 2004 murder.
Opposition party leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, along with the
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/justice-still-sought-vichea
New Year sees tourism boost
Cambodia’s beaches and temples saw an increase in local and foreign tourists during the three-day Lunar New Year celebrations, according to figures released by provincial officials.
Siem Reap, home to the world-renowned Angkor Archaeological Park and a major tourist destination, received around 69,200 visitors, an increase
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-year-sees-tourism-boost
City Hall meets evictees to discuss compensation
Phnom Penh city officials on Tuesday for the first time met face to face with former residents from the Borei Keila neighborhood, who have regularly protested since their forced evictions in 2012.
Phnom Penh Governor Khun Sreng said the forum will work toward sorting out “real
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/city-hall-meets-evictees-to-discuss-compensation/2410789.html
Telecom law grants ‘police powers’
Private-sector representatives today are to conclude a two-day consultation forum with the government over the controversial new draft telecommunications law.
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications’ (MPT) yet-to-be-approved draft law includes provisions that grant the ministry judicial powers to indict telecom service-related operators and even everyday
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecom-law-grants-%E2%80%98police-powers%E2%80%99
Sam Rainsy Assures Supporters of Opposition’s Dedication
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told supporters Friday that the goal of his party remains the same: to change the current regime.
The president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party has worked to assure his supporters that the party is working for change, following a political deal
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/sam-rainsy-assures-supporters-of-opposition-dedication/2414505.html
Cambodia newest airline ready December
Cambodia Bayon Airlines says it is getting closer to a launch date for its domestic services.
The airline’s parent company, Bayon Holdings Limited ‘svice president, Taing Chung Leang, told local media that Cambodia Bayon Airlines plans its launch by the end of the year.
“Bayon will sign
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/08/cambodia-newest-airline-ready-this-december/
Kem Sokha says CNRP supports term limits for Prime Ministers
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha, who was on Tuesday elected National Assembly vice president, told reporters that the opposition party supports recent calls to impose limits on the number of terms a person can serve as prime minister.
The issue has been in the local news
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-says-cnrp-supports-term-limits-for-prime-ministers-67208/
UN address focuses less on Cambodia than international issues
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong addressed the UN’s General Assembly on Monday, in a speech that focused more on the threat of the Islamic State and international conflicts than it did on Cambodian issues.
Hor Namhong told the Assembly that Cambodia supports joint international efforts to
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-address-focuses-less-on-cambodia-than-international-issues/2467446.html
Poverty line $120, gov’t says
Workers in Cambodia’s capital earning less than $120 per month are living below the poverty line, according to the Ministry of Planning’s own calculation.
At a September 17 workshop on the garment industry minimum wage, International Labor Organization Cambodia national director Tun Sophorn cited Ministry of
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/poverty-line-120-gov%E2%80%99t-says
No boycott: Union meet could decide wage today
Independent labour unions will take part in the Ministry of Labour’s Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) meeting today, possibly making their decision on next year’s minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector.
NIFTUC and the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU) considered boycotting the LAC
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-boycott-union-meet-could-decide-wage-today
Stocking up for the low season
Three months after it began buying up rice stock, the Cambodia Rice Bank (CRB) has acquired about 20,000 tonnes of paddy and 7,000 tonnes of milled rice, a representative from the bank said on Friday.
According to Phou Puy, chairman and CEO of the CRB, the
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/stocking-low-season
Civil society leaders blast plan to ban election commentary
Civil society leaders on Sunday called on the country’s two major political parties to scrap plans to ban them from giving media interviews during election campaigns and from issuing statements that “insult” any party.
CPP Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin and senior CNRP official Kuoy Bunroeun,
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-society-leaders-blast-plan-to-ban-election-commentary-76359/
Cleaners at airport to get salary bump
A monday walk-out by cleaners at Phnom Penh International Airport has resulted in the company the airport enlists for sanitary services agreeing to hike employees’ monthly salaries by $20 yesterday.
More than 30 employees at HCC Co, the airport’s cleaning service, walked off the job, demanding
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cleaners-airport-get-salary-bump
Without citizenship, Vietnamese remain adrift
Though they live in floating houses moored to the banks of the Tonle Sap river, few of the nearly 2,500 ethnic Vietnamese villagers here can truly call Cambodia home.
Thousands built floating homes on the Tonle Sap, a cheaper and more attainable alternative to settling
Chris Mueller and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/without-citizenship-vietnamese-remain-adrift-77344/
Construction ends, resumes near White Building
The “temporary suspension” of construction works widely believed to have damaged Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building was officially lifted on the same day it was announced, according to a government notice.
Large cracks appeared across the southern part of the historic apartment block on Sunday evening,
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-ends-resumes-near-white-building
