Kantha Bopha gifted royal residence
The King and Queen Mother have awarded a royal residence in Koh Kong province to the director of the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals in a bid to relieve the financial burden on the facilities, which offer free treatment to all patients. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-gifted-royal-residence
Tax revenue continues to surge
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected almost $212.49 million in tax revenue in the first two months of this year, up 14.49 percent over the same period last year, thanks to strong growth across all segments, according to official data. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22733/tax-revenue-continues-to-surge/
Sihanoukville beaches get public access
All beaches in Sihanoukville must be fully open to public access, including the currently guest-only beach in front of the Sokha Beach Resort, the National Committee for Cambodia Bay Management and Development decided at a meeting on Monday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beaches-get-public-access-112666/
Minister puts neo-natal intensive care on agenda
Health Minister Mam Bun Heng has issued a directive for all private maternity clinics and hospitals to establish neo-natal intensive care units – which treat seriously ill newborns and premature infants – in order to further reduce maternal and child deaths in the Kingdom. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-puts-neo-natal-intensive-care-agenda
Typhoon Tembin to bring heavy rain next week
All provinces, especiAlly those along the border with Vietnam, will be affected by heavy rain when Typhoon Tembin hits next week. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology announced that Tembin appeared in the Pacific Ocean yesterday and is currently in the Philippines. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097622/typhoon-tembin-bring-heavy-rain-next-week/
Lack of sufficient stocks of AstraZeneca vaccines may impede third dose for all, says PM Hun Sen
Prime Minister Hun Sen said no third or booster dose will be administered for those who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine yet. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912645/lack-of-sufficient-stocks-of-astrazeneca-vaccines-may-impede-third-dose-for-all-says-pm-hun-sen/
Australia helps safer roads in Cambodia
H.E. Tram Iv Tek, Minister for Pulic Works and Transport this week hosted a ceremony in Kampong Chhnang to inaugurate the completion on 87 kilometers of maintenance on National Road 5 between Phnom Penh and Kampong Chhnang under the joing Road Asset Management Project. The ...
Cambodia Far From Intellectual Property Targets
Cambodia is still a way off implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on intellectual property rights, despite a deadline to do so in just over a month. At the end of June, the group of the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), including Cambodia, run out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-far-from-intellectual-property-targets-26805/
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia returns from reverse trade mission in U.S.
U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, William E. Todd returned from a reverse trade mission in the United States to promote trade and investment opportunities in Cambodia. Around 50 Cambodian business representatives accompanied Mr. Todd in meetings with several U.S. businesses, investors, and trade associations in Long Beach, ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MTZjMjQxMDAzOGI
Final poll results confirm first single-party Assembly
In an unprecedented situation In Cambodian politics, the official results of the July 29 national elections have declared that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will take all 125 seats In the National Assembly on the back of it receivIng 76 per cent of the votes. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-poll-results-confirm-first-single-party-assembly-0
‘Pandemic fuels demand for management of property’
The pandemic has increased pressure on building operators, resulting in an all-time high in demand for property management, US-based commercial real estate and service and investment firm CBRE – the largest in the world – said yesterday. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50826486/pandemic-fuels-demand-for-management-of-property/
Malaysia to sign MOUs with kingdom
Malaysia may soon cooperate more closely with a number of the Kingdom’s ministries if all goes according to plan after this week’s 25th World Economic Forum on Asean (WEF) in Kuala Lumpur. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25674/malaysia-to-sign-mous-with-kingdom/
Kandal families allege official intimidation
Sixteen families in Kandal have accused a purported interior Ministry official of sending soldiers to intimidate them to take their land, though the official denied the claims and said no such dispute existed at all. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-families-allege-official-intimidation
PM touts free bus tickets for New Year
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that all people can ride the public bus for free in Phnom Penh, and from the capital to the provinces along National Roads 1 and 5, for Khmer New Year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298150/pm-touts-free-bus-tickets-for-new-year/
Hun Sen presses local officials to ‘facilitate’ the poll process
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a speech on Monday, ordered officials to “facilitate” the campaign process for all political parties, including the opposition, a seeming about-face, as they had recently reported being hindered and harassed. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-presses-local-officials-facilitate-poll-process
Hun Sen appeals for normal transport prices over New Year
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked all taxi drivers and transportation companies to not increase prices during the Khmer New Year and said public buses in Phnom Penh would be free for citizens during that time. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202110/hun-sen-appeals-for-normal-transport-prices-over-new-year/
Stop harassing forest activists, gov’t told
A network of community activists protecting Prey Lang forest has appealed to the government to prevent all forms of intimidation against its members by courts, police and soldiers as well as local officials involved in the timber business. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18714/stop-harassing-forest-activists--gov---t-told/
Police raid 3 Ratanakkiri gold mines
Police on Thursday raided three illegal gold mines in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district believed to have been operated by undocumented Vietnamese migrants, but made no arrests as all the camps had been abandoned, possibly just hours earlier. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-3-ratanakkiri-gold-mines-95428/
EU pulls NEC support, saying elections ‘cannot be seen as legitimate’ after CNRP dissolution
The European Union announced yesterday that it is suspending all support for Cambodia’s National Election Committee, calling credible elections impossible in light of the government’s dissolution of the ruling party’s only legitimate competitor. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eu-pulls-nec-support-saying-elections-cannot-be-seen-legitimate-after-cnrp
Factories to be moved out of Phnom Penh to ease traffic
A Phnom Penh city official told The Post on Monday that all warehouses and factories will be relocated along the capital’s new third ring road once it is completed in 2021. This will prevent heavy goods vehicles causing congestion and accidents in the city. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factories-be-moved-out-phnom-penh-ease-traffic