Strikers told they have it good
About 4,000 workers from two garment factories protested in Phnom Penh yesterday for better working conditions – but bosses told them their 7.5 hour working days and free meals meant they had it pretty good. The workers from SL Garment Processing (Cambodia)’s SL1 and SL2 factories ...
Thai soldiers kill 3 Cambodian loggers
Thai soldiers have shot dead three Cambodian men for illegally cutting rosewood on the frontier of Thai territory He [Prach Chan, governor of Cambodia’ s Battambang province] said the Thai side claimed that the men illegally entered Thai territory for logging purposes on Saturday, in an ...
Next Apparel factory sues employees for damage
Next Apparel has filed a lawsuit against its workers for damaging factory property during their ongoing strike. More than 200 workers smashed windows, bikes, cupboards, flower pots and other items in the factory last Saturday. “We demand that the court find justice for the company,” Chea Sovann ...
Electronic banking to ‘Help fight corruption’
Civil servants living in Phnom Penh will have wages paid into Canadia Bank accounts starting this week, Moth Kiev, secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs, said on Friday. The children of retired and disabled civil servants who have died will receive payments directly from ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electronic-banking-%E2%80%98help-fight-corruption%E2%80%99
Opposition Senators To Boycott Budget Debate
Eleven senators supporting the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party say they will not take part in a Senate session on Thursday scheduled to debate the 2014 budget. Opposition senators say they will not endorse a budget that did not go through proper parliamentary procedure and ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-senators-to-boycott-budget-debate/1794206.html
Chinese Armed Police Force delegation visits Cambodia
Tea Banh, deputy prime minister and defense minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, met with Yu Jianwei, deputy political commissar of the Chinese Armed Police Force (APF), in Phnom Penh on Monday. The two sides exchanged views on issues of enhancing communication and cooperation between ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/military/2014/04-30/111844.shtml
No party defections during election: CPP
A ruling party lawmaker yesterday dismissed days of claims by the opposition that this year’s council elections will see a number of secret defections when it comes to the polls. Chheang Vun, a lawmaker with the Cambodian People’s Party, said opposition leader Sam Rainsy had been ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-party-defections-during-election-cpp
China's police chief meets Cambodian deputy PM
China’s minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun Tuesday held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng on boosting security cooperation. Guo, also a state councilor, said China and Cambodia have conducted fruitful cooperation on combating telecom fraud, hunting for those who have ...
English People Daily News Staff
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/n/2014/0604/c90883-8736346.html
Opposition leaders ask supporters not to abandon the party
The opposition party leaders appealed to their supporters not to abandon the party after reaching political agreements with ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and agreeing to take seats in the National Assembly, local media reported Monday. The CNRP leaders made the appeal as some of their ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NWQzMTQ4NTUzMDc
Mixed results for local dealerships
The new year has brought with it a mixed outlook for the vehicle market, as dealers post both positive and negative sales figures for 2013. Pily Wong, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen distributor Hung Hiep (Cambodia), said sales had been seriously affected by the Kingdom’s ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mixed-results-local-dealerships
Labor union asks workers not to go on strike
Trade Union Workers Federation of Progress Democracy (TUWFPD) on Sunday appealed to workers in garment sector not to attend strikes called by other union leaders, saying that the strikes would adversely affect the workers themselves. The strikes are scheduled for March 12. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWQ1MjNlZTBhZDl
Mobile network operators ordered to halt free SIM delivery, or face legal punishment
Authority has asked all mobile network operators in Cambodia to stop delivering free Sim Cards without getting a copy of identification card from their clients, warning that they would face legal action if they disobey the order. The warning was made during a meeting on Thursday ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWE1NmIwNWIzMmN
Hong Kong's Pacnet expands to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
Hong Kong technology company Pacnet says it’s expanding its virtual private network (VPN) services to Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. In a statement released Wednesday, the company said the expansion involved global internet protocol VPN services based on multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OTg3YWUwNmRhYWJ
Taiwan's bike makers shrug off challenge from Cambodia
Giant Bicycles founder and chairman King Liu said on March 5 that Taiwan’s bicycle manufacturers are still competitive, despite the challenge from Cambodian competitors becoming stronger due to the country’s favorable tax policy. Bicycles exports from Taiwan were down 11.49% year-on-year in 2013, while exports ...
Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140311000004&cid=1206
Cambodia: UN expert concerned over curbs affecting human rights, democratic processes
The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, expressed concern today that the country’s National Assembly held its second session last week without the opposition representatives taking up their seat, and urged the legislature to upkeep the key principles of ...
UN News Center Staff
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47525&Cr=cambodia&Cr1=
Clock ticks on C.CAWDU bail bid
Embattled union leader Ath Thorn yesterday said that he had begun a fundraising effort, trying to come up with $25,000 in bail money by the end of the week. Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union (C.CAWDU), said union members would begin ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clock-ticks-ccawdu-bail-bid
Gov’t says female officers wanted at protests
Council of Ministers secretary of state Keo Remy wants to see female police officers controlling female protesters at future demonstrations, he said at a press conference on Friday. Mr. Remy said female protesters have adopted a new “style” of demonstration under the direction of NGOs who ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-female-officers-wanted-at-protests-60713/
Cambodian, Thai companies ink deal to build 50 mln USD rice mill
Cambodia’s Soma Group and Thailand’s C.P. Intertrade on Thursday signed a joint-venture agreement to build a sophisticated rice milling and refining factory in the western Kampong Speu province of Cambodia. The deal was inked between Sok Puthyvuth, chief executive officer of Soma Group, and Prasit Damrongchietanon, ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=225245
Embassy asked to intervene
Boeung Kak residents delivered a petition to the Singaporean Embassy yesterday, calling on it to pressure Singapore-listed HLH Group to halt dealings with a controversial development project at the site until a land row is settled. HLH Group entered a $14.9 million purchase deal in June ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/embassy-asked-intervene
ACU chief applauds teachers, threatens jail time at 2nd exam
Anti-corruption czar Om Yentieng on Wednesday applauded high school teachers for overseeing the nation’s cleanest-ever national exam earlier this month, but warned that jail time awaited anyone who is found to be corrupt at the second round of exams in October. ...
Phann Ana
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-chief-applauds-teachers-threatens-jail-time-at-2nd-exam-67248/