Cambodia-China tourism pact
A tourism development agreement was signed last week between Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism and China’s Shanghai Spring International Travel Service Group to boost the influx of Chinese tourists to the Kingdom. In announcing the agreement on Saturday, Minister of Tourism Thong Khon said: “The memorandum
Chea Vannak and Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30853/cambodia-china-tourism-pact/
NGO to target PM, ACU head
The NGO preparing to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against two opposition officials will also file complaints against Prime Minister Hun Sen and the ACU president after voter registration is finished, he announced yesterday. Ros Sarom, the director of the Victory Intelligent Standard
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30980/ngo-to-target-pm--acu-head/
NGO: development hurting residents
An NGO is taking aim at development companies in a new report detailing the troubling tactics of construction companies forcibly evicting residents of Phnom Penh. The study, released yesterday, showed that among 77 sites since 2011 throughout Phnom Penh where residents were evicted so their building
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33111/ngo--development-hurting-residents/
Stork nest discoveries celebrated
Government officials and environmental groups yesterday celebrated the discovery of 121 lesser adjutant stork nests in Preah Vihear province, chalking the success up to a joint programme to hire locals to guard the nests. Environment Ministry rangers and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) workers started counting
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stork-nest-discoveries-celebrated
Koh Kong probing filling in of mangrove forest
The illegal filling of a mangrove forest in Peam Krasaop Wildlife Sanctuary is being investigated, Koh Kong provincial authorities said yesterday, though officials say they still don’t know who is behind the crime. Sok Sothy, deputy provincial governor, said the sand dredging and filling in of
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-probing-filling-mangrove-forest
$3 billion in reserve ahead of possible EBA withdrawal
The government has reserved around $3 billion to cope with a possible suspension of the Kingdom’s access to the EU’s preferential “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement.
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/3-billion-reserve-ahead-possible-eba-withdrawal
Sumimoto Mitsui sins agreement with Acleda
One of Japan’s biggest banks, Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed agreement with Acleda Bank to share market data and banking services.
The deal will give Japanese investors information on the economy and offer other banking services and is aimed at improving bilateral trade and investment.
The deal would
Bridge to Be Built Over Flooded Road in B Meanchey
Amid flooding caused by heavy rain in Thailand, Banteay Meanchey provincial officials have commissioned the construction of a steel bridge over an inundated section of road on the outskirts of Poipet City, officials said yesterday.
Flooding in Preah Vihear province, which started last week following heavy
CIMBT expands intra-Asean ATM service
CIMB Bank Thai (CIMBT) clients will one day able to use ATMs for financial transactions anywhere in Asean.
The regional linkage of ATMs is aimed at improving service and cost efficiency as a part of the CIMB Group’s regional strategy.
Executive vice-president Dusanee Klewpatinontha said Cambodia has
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/312275/cimbt-expands-intra-asean-atm-service
Border trade 'to double' under AEC
Thailand’s border trade with neighbouring countries is targeted to double to Bt2 trillion by 2015, thanks to the seamless market brought by the Asean Economic Community.
“Cross-border trade continues to play a more important role for Thailand with closer economic cooperation ahead of the AEC,” Olarn
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Border-trade-to-double-under-AEC-30190599.html
Cambodia's food service industry gains new player
Triasia Group, headed by Japanese CEO Yokoi Tomoyuki, will open its first Kiriya café in November, with plans already in place to open six more along with some Japanese and European restaurants and a coffee bean manufacturing and export operation.
Triasia Group also aims at being
Workers 'beaten unconscious'
Four garment workers, three of them female, were injured yesterday morning when company and police officials clashed with protesters, union representatives said yesterday.
During the demonstrations for the reinstatement of fired workers and back pay, authorities beat two workers unconscious at a protest in front of
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122760502/National/garment-workers-beaten-unconscious.html
Garment worker protest builds over severance
More than 1,000 workers protested in front of the soon-to-be-closed Svay Rieng Cambodia Garment factory yesterday to demand better severance benefits, and nearly half of them then marched to the provincial hall to seek help from government officials, workers said yesterday.
Worker representative Pang Tra said
Hundreds of strikers block road in Phnom Penh
More than 700 workers from the International Royal Fashion garment factory, in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, blocked the Veng Sreng road yesterday for about four hours to show their dissatisfaction with their employer’s failure to respond to their demands.
An International Royal Fashion official,
Rights Group Denounces Gag Order on Lawyers Before Election
New York-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Cambodian Bar Association of trying to silence potential government critics ahead of July’s national elections by imposing restrictions on lawyers making public statements.
The Bar Association and the Information Ministry have both issued edicts that
Loran Imex to launch $2m rice mill in 2013
Loran Import-Export Co Ltd, Cambodia’s largest milled-rice exporter, is scheduled to start construction on a new rice mill this month worth more than US$2 million, according to the company’s General Director Lim Bunheng.
The mill will help reduce the flow of Cambodia’s paddy rice into neighbouring
Mondulkiri villagers face eviction deadline
Authorities set a May 25 deadline yesterday for residents of Mondulkiri province’s Rayum commune in Koh Nhek district to leave their homes, prompting the deployment of additional provincial forces to the area.
Villager Seng Channy, 52, said that the coalition of about 300 police, soldiers and
Role small, memory cloudy, former KRouge banker tells court
For six hours yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, Sar Kimlomouth, who served as deputy director general of the state bank, consistently downplayed both his level of authority within the department and his ability to recall information from so long ago.
Throughout the day’s proceedings, lawyers
National Electricity Provider Warns of Dry-Season Power Cuts
The national electricity provider has warned residents in Phnom Penh and in Kompong Speu and Kandal provinces to expect power outages in the coming months as supply would likely fall short of demand throughout the dry season.
In a statement issued Friday, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC)
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-electricity-provider-warns-of-dry-season-power-cuts-6384/
MoU to strengthen co-operation between Cambodia and India
The Federation of Associations of Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) today to strengthen the co-operation on human resource training and quality control, an insider said.
The Sokha, deputy director
