Cambodia’s new casino bill faces likely delay: report
A bill to regulate the management of Cambodia’s casino industry could be approved by the country’s National Assembly (pictured) in the first quarter of 2016, reported the Khmer Times newspaper, quoting an official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/cambodias-new-casino-bill-faces-likely-delay-report/
Highland project launches land sales
The Highland De’ Canal project on the northern outskirts of the capital has launched its land sales on its 100 hectare side, with the first phase of sales offering 36 hectares at $80 to $90 per square meter, Khing Vannak, a major shareholder in the ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21603/highland-project-launches-land-sales/
Voters give government mixed marks
Just a quarter of Cambodian voters are fully satisfied with the government’s efforts to deliver on its promises thus far in the fifth mandate, though more than half rated themselves partly so, according to the results of a nationwide survey conducted by election watchdog Comfrel. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voters-give-government-mixed-marks
Gov’t to revoke public servants’ service passports
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that all Cambodian public servants will have their service passports revoked once their missions abroad have been completed, in what appears to be an attempt to halt the practice of officials selling their documents to citizens attempting to ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22408/gov---t-to-revoke-public-servants----service-passports/
Court releases activist, former capitol tours bus driver on bail
Former Capitol Tours bus driver Nan Vanna and labor activist Ros Siphay were released on bail Wednesday, nearly two months after they were arrested for taking part in a demonstration against the company during which protesters were attacked by a mob of angry tuk-tuk drivers. ...
Border troops on standby after threat from Laos
Cambodian soldiers in Stung Treng province have been placed on standby following threats of violence by Laotian authorities due to a dispute over Laos’ attempt to construct a military base near a stretch of undemarcated border, a spokesman for the provincial government said on Friday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/border-troops-on-standby-after-threat-from-laos-111057/
NGOs targeted over mistress’ lies
Police will investigate a number of NGO workers who government officials say were involved in the false testimony of Khom Chandaraty, the alleged mistress of opposition acting president Khem Sokha, after Ms. Chandaraty published an open letter accusing the officials of encouraging her to lie ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24168/ngos-targeted-over-mistress----lies/
School budgets to be used to buy water
In an attempt to solve the water shortages plaguing schools across the country, the Minister for Education advised all schools to use money from their own budgets to buy water, despite some schools saying they do not have the funds to do so. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24540/school-budgets-to-be-used-to-buy-water/
Tension builds before next ‘black Monday’
Security forces including riot police were deployed to Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila neighborhood on Tuesday to keep a watchful eye over activists in the area, as rights groups, undeterred by arrests of eight protesters on “Black Monday,” began planning next week’s demonstration. ...
Ben Sokhean and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tension-builds-before-next-black-monday-112432/
Ministry explains tax hikes on heavy transportation vehicles
The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday sought to explain a recent hefty increase in taxes imposed on heavy transportation vehicles, saying it was prompted by a need to support infrastructure maintenance expenditures and cover the elimination of taxes on vehicles smaller than 150cc. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-explains-tax-hikes-heavy-transportation-vehicles
Centre eyes potatoes for a changing diet
Cambodia’s first experimental farm and research centre for potato cultivation opened yesterday as experts confirmed that the Kingdom’s soils are suitable for the starchy tuber – raising hopes that local crops could one day satisfy the fast-food cravings that have put potatoes in high demand. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/centre-eyes-potatoes-changing-diet
Cambodia aims to reduce Dollarization
Cambodia has designed strategies to give the Riel a boost to reduce dollarization, which represents about 80 percent of currencies circulated in the country, the Central Bank’s senior officials said Tuesday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16274/cambodia-aims-to-reduce-dollarization/
Firm offers to find jobs for cheated migrants
A recruitment company has offered to help find employment in Thailand for a group of migrant workers who have accused another firm of cheating them out of hundreds of dollars each and leaving them at the Thai border last week, the company’s director said Wednesday. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-offers-to-find-jobs-for-cheated-migrants-96050/
Loan discussed, deals inked with Medvedev
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace yesterday morning where the duo discussed an outstanding Soviet Union-era debt and signed off on deals ranging from cooperation in nuclear power to exchanging information on money laundering. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/loan-discussed-deals-inked-medvedev
Grow Asia eyes Cambodian farms
Grow Asia, a multi-stakeholder partnership focused on sustainable and inclusive agriculture in the ASEAN region, is seeking to expand to Cambodia by 2016 to help small-scale farming develop into commercial agriculture and to strengthen the agriculture sector, a senior executive from Grow Asia said. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18303/grow-asia-eyes-cambodian-farms/
Cambodia: a generation gap divides a struggling nation
Surveys are rare in Cambodia and opinion polls indicating which way the electorate intends to vote are even rarer. That partially explains why so many other commentators failed to predict the hefty swing against Prime Minister Hun Sen at the last national poll. ...
Luke Hunt
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/cambodia-a-generation-gap-divides-a-struggling-nation/
Cambodia, Vietnam celebrate new border posts
Nearing the end of a year that has seen tension over Cambodia’s border with Vietnam often dominate domestic political discourse, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday appeared alongside Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to inaugurate two new border posts in Ratanakkiri and Takeo provinces. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-vietnam-celebrate-new-border-posts-104005/
Consulting Facebook, PM changes traffic law
Despite starting with a bang just a week ago, the Land Traffic Law has already been subject to two amendments from Prime Minister Hun Sen in direct response to a public outcry on Facebook, a stark contrast to the premier’s usual attitude toward online criticism. ...
Kuch Naren and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/consulting-facebook-pm-changes-traffic-law-104778/
CNRP appeals to supporters to refrain from online insults
With social media increasingly becoming the focal point of political discourse in the country, and the prime minister threatening to take legal action against those who insult him online, the opposition CNRP has issued an appeal to its supporters urging them not to publicly insult ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp%E2%80%88appeals-to-supporters-to-refrain-from-online-insults-105484/
Cambodia ‘invited to join TPP
Cambodia has been invited to join the Washington-brokered Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP), which has been described as a deal that will create the largest free-trade zone in the world if it is implemented, a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance said. ...
Vincent MacIsaac
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20054/cambodia----invited-to-join-tpp---/