Airline will offer more China trips
Cambodia Angkor Air plans to launch chartered flights between Siem Reap and the southeastern coastal Chinese city of Xiamen next month. The national flag carrier plans to take off for China for the first time on July 11, CAA Chairman Tek Reth Samrach said yesterday, the ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566453/Business/airline-will-offer-more-china-trips.html
Bank will offer loans to farmers
Chief Cambodia Specialized Bank, a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based brokerage firm, will begin operations in Cambodia next month, its management said on Monday. Sokun Chakriya, head of marketing and sales at Chief Cambodia, said the bank aims to increase access to finance in Cambodia’s agricultural ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-will-offer-loans-farmers
Cambodia offers best practices against trafficking
Cambodia has provided examples of “best practices” in the fight against human trafficking for a forthcoming Asean convention against the trafficking of people, experts said Friday at the close of a two-day conference in Phnom Penh on irregular migration and human trafficking. The Asean region is ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-offers-best-practices-against-trafficking-53731/
Chevron offer ends Caltex station strike
Employees of Caltex petrol stations in Phnom Penh are returning to work today after management offered to raise salaries by $20 a month and not withhold pay for time missed during the strike, which started earlier this month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chevron-offer-ends-caltex-station-strike
Electricity provider to offer Wing payments
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) on Monday announced it will offer customers in Sihanoukville, Battambang and Siem Reap the option to pay their bills via mobile payment provider Wing. EdC and Wing officials signed an agreement on July 1 at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh authorising ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/electricity-provider-offer-wing-payments
Climate courses to be on offer
Cambodia is launching its first university-level climate change curriculum, according to USAID, which is supporting the pilot program. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/climate-courses-be-offer
Gov’t offers bursaries for poor
The government will provide scholarships to poor public school students in grades 1 through 12 in an effort to curb drop-out rates. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-offers-bursaries-poor
RI offers weaponry, uniforms to Cambodia
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo suggested on Tuesday that Cambodia procure weaponry and uniforms from Indonesia as part of cooperation between the two countries. ...
Jakarta Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1OEG3Fk
Fee hike reduced after med students protest
Following a huge outcry from medical students, the University of Health Sciences agreed yesterday to lower a planned rise in annual tuition for those hoping to pursue a medical specialty beyond their general degree. The students then agreed to accept the rector’s offer of $2,250, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fee-hike-reduced-after-med-students-protest
In Malaysia, maid ban met with mixed feelings
Reactions in Malaysian media to Cambodia’s Oct 15 ban on sending maids to Malaysia contain a mix of shame, indignation and a need to stress that most employers in Malaysia do not mistreat foreign domestic workers. “There are very few bad apples among us,” said an ...
Cambodia and Malaysia Swap Proposals on Maid Agreement
The negotiations between Cambodia and Malaysia over a bilateral agreement on improved working conditions for Cambodian migrant maids are slowly progressing as both governments are exchanging draft agreements, according to officials from both countries. Ministry of Labor Secretary of State Othsman Hassan said that Cambodia recently ...
Maid starved to death in Malaysia, police say
Another Cambodian maid died in Malaysia last week, and starvation by her employers is the likely cause, Malaysian police said yesterday. Speaking to the Post by phone, Penang state police chief deputy commissioner Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakob said 24-year-old domestic worker Mey Sichan’s employer had called ...
PM asks Malaysia to take more Cambodian workers
Malaysia is primed to accept an influx of Cambodian workers after Prime Minister Hun Sen entreated his Malay counterpart to receive more Cambodians during an official visit to Malaysia late last week. ...
Sen David and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-asks-malaysia-take-more-cambodian-workers
Hun Sen to join regional summits in Malaysia
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a high-level ministerial delegation to Malaysia over the weekend, to attend a number of Asean and Asian regional summits. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-to-join-regional-summits-in-malaysia/3061814.html
Namhong asks Malaysia to invest in rice mills
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong called for Malaysian businessmen to invest in rice mills and high-quality milling technology during a farewell meeting with the Malaysian ambassador to Cambodia, whose mission in the Kingdom ended yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23292/namhong-asks-malaysia-to-invest-in-rice-mills/
Malaysia-Cambodia working together on tackling human trafficking
Malaysia and Cambodia are working to conclude negotiations for an agreement on tackling human trafficking. ...
Mazwin Nik Anis
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/03/malaysia-cambodia-working-together-on-tackling-human-trafficking/
Cambodia turns to Malaysia for renewable energy boost
Cambodia and Malaysia have reached an agreement to collaborate on renewable energy and green technology, officials confirmed yesterday. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15751/cambodia-turns-to-malaysia-for-renewable-energy-boost/
Prime Minister in Malaysia for series of summits
Prime Minister Hun Sen jetted off to Kuala Lumpur on Friday morning to attend the 27th Asean Summit and hold one-on-one meetings with several heads of state. ...
The Cambodia Daily team
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-in-malaysia-for-series-of-summits-101130/
Cambodian domestic workers head to Malaysia in June
The first group of Cambodian domestic workers will be sent to Malaysia next month following the recently lifted ban between the two nations, a Malaysian news outlet reported. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38745/cambodian-domestic-workers-head-to-malaysia-in-june/
First group of maids to Malaysia in June
Cambodia will send a group of maids to work in Malaysia in early June after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in 2015.Labour Minister Ith Samheng said he had met with Malaysian Human Resources Minister Dato’ Sri Richard Riot AnakJaem three times already ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103954/first-group-of-maids-to-malaysia-in-june/