Donaco’s Poipet gamble pays off
Casino operator Donaco International ltd posted a seven-fold increase in revenue in its first full-year financial filing since acquiring the Star Vegas Resort and Club in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet commune, according to the company’s audited annual report, released yesterday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donacos-poipet-gamble-pays
Union claims casino labour abuse
The Collective Union of Movement of Workers has sent a letter to the Ministry of labour seeking intervention over abusive working conditions for staffers at a casino in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099378/union-claims-casino-labour-abuse/
Australian firm pulls out of Roxy Casino deal
A Sydney-listed company has pulled out of a share purchase deal to acquire the Roxy Casino in Bavet City, citing slack company procedures that suggest the Casino “is not currently ready for public company life,” a filing to the stock exchange says. lass='cambodia-color'>...
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/australian-firm-pulls-out-of-roxy-casino-deal-69548/
Construction comeback- After an overheated rise and thundering crash, the building sector returns to stable growth
Back in 2007 and 2008, Phnom Penh was positively abuzz with the sound of drills, hammers and cranes. Construction sites were found all over the city and it seemed that every day new projects were being announced in the media—a skyscraper here, a retail development lass='cambodia-color'>...
ACU presses charges against Koh Rong officials, seizes assets
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Friday said the land dispute between disgraced tycoon Sok Bun and 42 families on Koh Rong Island in Preah Sihanouk province was made up in an attempt to take over state land. During a press conference on Friday, ACU president lass='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-presses-charges-against-koh-rong-officials-seizes-assets
Gov’t halts building of Koh Rong island port
A Sihanoukville provincial coastal working group has ordered tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group to stop building a port on Koh Rong, saying the development was illegal. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-halts-building-koh-rong-island-port
Koh Rong land hard titles released to fasttrack Island Development Plan
After the government confirmed legal land titles to residents of Koh Rong and ends conflict and uncertainty between land of residents and land of companies on 14 July 2017, it is highly likely that land prices will skyrocket and Koh Rong will change its new lass='cambodia-color'>...
New committee created to protect Koh Kong Krao
Prime Minister Hun Sen has created a committee tasked with monitoring Koh Kong SEZ Co Ltd’s deveLopment of Koh Kong Krao isLand in Koh Kong province’s Koh Kapi commune. The CounciL of Ministers first announced the deveLopment project on June 14, 2019, according to Hun Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-committee-created-protect-koh-kong-krao
Two companies to invest $40 million in Cambodian islands
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved two investment projects worth nearly $40 million to develop two islands in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/two-companies-to-invest-40-million-in-cambodian-islands
Aeon starts building Cambodia mall
Japanese mall operator Aeon Co. broke ground Monday on Cambodia’s first foreign-financed mall. “We are happy to contribute to the development of the local economy because it will create more than 2,000 jobs and we want to stay deeply rooted in Cambodia and we want to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Japan diversifies Cambodia investments
While more Japanese companies are flocking to Cambodia for investments in recent years, they are more diversified, ranging from restaurants to manufacturing industries and electronics. Yoshihito Katsuo, first secretary in charge of trade at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh, told Kyodo News on Friday that lass='cambodia-color'>...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/396322/japanese-firms-diversify-investments-in-cambodia
Japan consular office launches in Siem Reap
A Japanese consular office yesterday opened in Siem Reap town in a ceremony attended by Japanese and Cambodian dignitaries. Attending the events were Sieng Nam, CPP lawmaker for Siem Reap province, Chhay Sinarith, deputy National Police commissioner, and Nakane Kazuyuki, the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104958/japan-consular-office-launches-in-siem-reap/
Poipet Casino Grand Opening set for Next Month
U.S. listed gambling firm Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA) will next month hold a grand opening for its second casino on the Thai-Cambodia border, the company said. In a statement issued on Monday from Hong Kong, it said that Dreamworld Club in Poipet, which has been lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/poipet-casino-grand-opening-set-for-next-month-19965/
Japan funds outreach activities for Legal Documentation Center
The Japanese government has approved more than $250,000 to support the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s legal Documentation Centre to conduct its outreach activities. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/658534/japan-funds-outreach-activities-for-legal-documentation-center/
Japan to donate 140 buses
Japan will donate more than 100 buses to the Cambodian government over the next two years, according to City Hall. City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said the Japanese government was donating 140 buses, the first 80 of which would arrive in April. He said the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101012/japan-donate-140-buses/
Japanese FDI flows in roads, bridges it built
Japanese investors have sunk over $800 million into the Cambodian economy over the past two decades, with much of this investment coming on the back of concessional aid directed to develop and strengthen the country’s trade and industry capacities, according to data provided on Friday lass='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-fdi-flows-roads-bridges-it-built
Japan provides grant and commends police officer
The Japanese government has approved a grant of $187,682 for two recipient organisations in Cambodia under the Grant Assistance for Grassroot Human Security Project, which is also known as the KUSANONE grant. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804431/japan-provides-grant-and-commends-police-officer/
Japan to provide more than $200,000 worth of fire engines
The Japanese government has agreed to provide $227,736 worth of second-hand fire engines to Phnom Penh Administration to help improve Cambodia’s firefighting capability. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50804743/japan-to-provide-more-than-200000-worth-of-fire-engines/
Japan funds project to end violence against children amid C-19
The Government of Japan has provided more than $3 million to UNICEF Cambodia to launch a new project aimed at ending violence against children in the Kingdom. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50828171/japan-funds-project-to-end-violence-against-children-amid-c-19/
Japan donates vehicles and office equipment to Cambodia
Japan has provided the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) with vehicles and office equipment, equivalent to 300 million Japanese Yen (about $2,780,000), for Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN 2022. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50963288/japan-donates-vehicles-and-office-equipment-to-cambodia/