Brewery answers PM’s call for product exports
Khmer Brewery (KB), a locally owned company that produces Cambodia Beer, has made its first export to Japan, partly in response to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call in mid-May for local food and beverage producers to push their products abroad.
KB public-relations manager Sok Chantha said
Vendors Protest Market Rebuilding at Appeal Court
About 200 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Tomnup Market gathered in front of the Appeal Court yesterday morning to protest an earlier ruling by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court that paved the way for the market’s reconstruction. In 2011, the market’s owner, New Rich Cambodia
CSX wants more trading sessions
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has requested adding four trading sessions in the hopes of increasing trade volumes.
The request, if approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, could see new sessions added within a month.
The CSX has seen low trading volumes over the
Hun Sen wants more Australian investors
The Prime Minister appealed Wednesday to Australian investors to increase their investments in Cambodia, especially in the agriculture and the tourism sectors.
The comments were made during a meeting with the outgoing Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Penny Richards, at the Peace Palace.
He said, because of
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Blackouts to end soon: EdC
Blackouts in Phnom Penh will no longer be a problem after an energy source near Sihanoukville starts providing an extra 50 megawatts of coal-fired power to the city next month, the director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said.
Keo Rottanak said by mid-June at the latest
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Authorities Deny Abuses at Thai Plantation Tied To CPP Senator
Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses.
The deputy
Polling stations set for soldiers at Preah Vihear
Soldiers stationed around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border on Election Day won’t have to forgo the opportunity to vote, military officials in Preah Vihear province said.
Men Sophea, a military official posted at Phnom Trop, several kilometres away from the temple complex, said
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Camko City’s potential seen
Property experts say the Camko City project has a great deal of potential, after visiting and studying the satellite city last week.
Kim Heang, general manager of Khmer Real Estate Co, said that he is very interested in Camko City because he has seen that it
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Illegal migration ticking up
llegall migration is on the rise, but human trafficking cases appear to be declining, according to the government’s annual labor migration report, released yesterday.
Speaking at the start of a three-day workshop held at the Ministry of Interior that involving embassies, NGOs and government officials, Chou
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Tax collection in Cambodia up 24 pct in 5 months
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation unveiled on Friday that the country collected 395 million U.S. dollars of tax in the first five months of this year, up 24 percent year on year.
In May alone, the department collected 73 million U.S. dollars, up 4 percent
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Cambodia host to Malaysia's ICT conference, expo
Cambodia was host to a two-day information and communication technology conference and expo held by the The National ICT Association of Malaysia on Friday.
By 2012, 19.1 million SIM cards for mobile phones have been sold while on the internet side, around 2.7 million people
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Kingdom’s hoofed species need conservation: WWF
Diminishing populations of hoofed animals in Southeast Asia have hit Cambodia hard, with numbers of one of the Kingdom’s indigenous species dropping by 90 per cent.
The current banteng census shows an 80 per cent drop in the world’s banteng population and a 90 per
Sean Teehan
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Muhibbah JV bags RM276m projects for Cambodia’s airports
Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and its joint venture partner has secured two contracts valued at US$87mil (RM276mil) to build and expand two airports in Cambodia.
Muhibbah has a 30% stake in SCA [Societe Concessionnaire de L’Aeroport]. The duration for the Phnom Penh Airport and Siem
The Star Online News Staff
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Canada's Angkor Gold completes initial exploration in Ratankiri
Canada’s Angkor Gold Corp announced Wednesday the completion of preliminary exploration on its Blue Lizard prospect in the South Oyadao exploration lease in Ratanakiri province.
A statement said termite-sampling crews encountered the prospect as artisanal workings and that the company had collected and analyzed more than
The Cambodia Herald Staff
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CAMBODIA: Better Factories goes mobile with labour law app
The Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) monitoring and reporting scheme is launching a mobile app next month to help improve knowledge of the country’s labour law for those working in the industry.
Partially funded by Adidas, the ‘Cambodian Labour Law Guide’ app will be available to download
Leonie Barrie
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Japan Provides Almost US$800,000 for Mine Clearance in Battambang Province
The Government of Japan has decided to provide a total of US$791,720 to Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to improve mine clearance in Battambang province in 2013.
The grant contract was signed here last Friday at the Embassy of Japan between H.E. Kumamaru Yuji, Japanese Ambassador
C. Nika
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Unionists to await trial from jail cell
Eight unionists charged with incitement after a strike at Kampong Speu province’s Sabrina Garment factory will remain in custody after the Supreme Court yesterday denied their request for bail.
Presiding Judge Cheum Rithy yesterday said the court is nearly finished questioning witnesses, and that the
Mom Kunthear, P.3
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China's Exim Bank lends $121m to Cambodia for irrigation, power grid
The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) on Wednesday signed up to provide a concessional loan of $121 million to Cambodia for irrigation system and power transmission line development.
The agreement was inked between Cambodian Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth and visiting Chairman of the Exim
Global Times News Staff
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Collusion alleged in logging
Ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district have accused border officials of not only allowing illegal Vietnamese loggers to cross the border unimpeded, but also of taking their side in negotiations with a community forest patrol.
Members of the patrol in Paknhai commune’s Lam village said
Phak Seangly
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Hun Sen leaves for Laos
Prime Minister Hun Sen left on Thursday for two-day visit to Laos.
The delegation accompanying Hun Sen included Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Cabinet Minister Sok An and other members of the Royal Government.
A number of agreements will be signed during his visit. The Ministry of Foreign
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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