City Hall considering relocating warehouses
Speaking at a pagoda inauguration on Saturday, Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong said City Hall is looking to move warehouses and automobile repair shops out of the city centre to the outskirts to reduce pollution and traffic congestion – a move Hun Sen’s sister Hun ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-considering-relocating-warehouses
Don’t intimidate, law enforcement warned
The Interior MInistry and the National Election Committee have banned all forms of law enforcement from usIng their power to Intimidate or threaten voters durIng the commune election campaign period.In a joInt announcement, the NEC and the mInistry said that it was crucial for the ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38748/don---t-intimidate--law-enforcement-warned/
Hun Sen says Cambodia Daily must pay its $6.3M tax bill or ‘pack up’
Prime Minister Hun Sen escalated the government’s attacks on media outlets and NGOs yesterday, reiterating in a speech that the Cambodia Daily would have to “pack up their things and leave” if they failed to pay a $6.3 million tax bill, while at the same ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-says-cambodia-daily-must-pay-its-63m-tax-bill-or-pack
Concerns over Cambodia’s HIV funding
A group of anonymous civil society organisations, people living with HIV and others has raised “grave” concerns regarding funding from the Global Fund, the largest donor to the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria in the Kingdom – as well as Cambodia’s allocation process to ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concerns-over-cambodias-hiv-funding
Cop’s dredging outfit closed
Following several warnings, officials in Prey Veng province’s Peamro district yesterday shuttered an illegal sand-dredging operation being run by a provincial police officer.Chum Chea, Prek Khsay Khor commune chief, said more than 10 officers on Wednesday halted the operation and confiscated machinery, with the operation ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-dredging-outfit-closed
China eyes stronger ties with Mekong countries
China eyes stronger ties with the other five countries along the Lancang-Mekong river, pledging new loans, medical aids and scholarships to its neighbors. At the second Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders’ meeting on Jan 10, Premier Li Keqiang announced that China will provide another 7 billion ...
Mu Xuequan
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-01/12/c_136889090.htm
CPP inner circle expands, now dwarfing China’s and Vietnam’s
The Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee yesterday added more than 300 members to its ranks, the largest-ever class of inductees from government, civil society and law enforcement. The new members, which bring the committee’s ranks to more than 800, were sworn in to conclude a three-day ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-inner-circle-expands-now-dwarfing-chinas-and-vietnams
South Korea to help build bridge across Mekong
The government of South Korea will help to build a Cambodia-Korea Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River in the future, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry yesterday. The announcement came after a meeting on Friday between Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and newly-appointed ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113678/south-korea-to-help-build-bridge-across-mekong/
Rights protests at Asean-Australia summit as leaders discuss cooperation
An Asean special summit with Australia wrapped up on Sunday, with regional leaders declaring a “new era” of increasingly close relations, following two days of protests in Sydney against the rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen. An estimated 300 protesters gathered on Friday, the majority ...
Erin Handley and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-protests-asean-australia-summit-leaders-discuss-cooperation
Areng community office forced to relocate
The Chumnoab commune authority in Koh Kong province’s Thmar Baing district yesterday ordered Areng Valley residents to move their community office to a new location to make way for its new office. According to a letter released yesterday by Chumnoab commune, commune officials asked Areng residents ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50115265/areng-community-office-forced-to-relocate/
Ministry says economic growth has benefitted people equitably
The strong economic growth Cambodia has experienced in the last few decades has benefitted everyone and created opportunities for all, a high-ranking government official said yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665228/ministry-says-economic-growth-has-benefitted-people-equitably/
Institute unveils project to tackle waste crisis
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) yesterday held a presentation In front of local authorities on a project that aims to tackle the waste crisis Cambodia is facIng. ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665270/institute-unveils-project-to-tackle-waste-crisis/
South Korea pledges to support Kingdom’s ongoing development
The government yesterday highlighted the success of regional summits in South Korea, noting its government pledged to support the Kingdom’s socio-economic development. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665349/south-korea-pledges-to-support-kingdoms-ongoing-development/
Australia remains committed to aiding Kingdom
The Australian government is committed to continue aiding the Kingdom’s development, having already provided about $1 billion in funds from 1992 until last year. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50665348/australia-remains-committed-to-aiding-kingdom/
Patrick Murphy praises ministry for expanding BFC programme
United States Ambassador Patrick Murphy has lauded the Kingdom’s efforts in strengthening labour conditions by expanding the Better Factories Cambodia programme to also cover travel goods production. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667606/patrick-murphy-praises-ministry-for-expanding-bfc-programme/
Human Rights Day celebration to focus on the role of youths
The United Nation Human Rights in Cambodia will mark this year’s Human Rights Day by focusing on the leadership roles of youths, which some civil society claim remains restricted. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667615/human-rights-day-celebration-to-focus-on-the-role-of-youths/
Cambodia, Dubai Sign Deal to Start Direct Flights
Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding to establish direct flights between the two countries, said Tith Chantha, director general of Tourism Ministry. Tourism Minister Thong Khon inked the deal to establish flights from Dubai to an unspecified destination in Cambodia during ...
Cambodian PM: Poverty reduction target may hit 2 years earlier
Cambodia is expected to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in poverty reduction two years earlier than the UN-imposed target, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday. According to the UN MDG, Cambodia is set the target to reduce poverty rate to 19.4 percent by 2015, meaning ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-09/21/c_131865877.htm
AOS to extend reach with Cambodia, Singapore offices
MALAYSIA’S leading inbound tour operator Asian Overland Services (AOS) Tours & Travel has unveiled plans to expand regionally to provide customer support for its online B2B portal, aosclick.com, which has been recording double-digit growth since its 2009 launch. Two overseas offices will be established in Cambodia ...
Phnom Penh Port Cargo Up 15 Percent on Last Year
The amount of cargo entering Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased 14.92 percent over the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period in 2011, a port official said yesterday. “We are seeing that the major imports are construction equipment ...