Phnom Penh SEZ plans to list on Stock Exchange
The operator of Cambodia’s largest industrial park, the Phnom Penh SEZ, plans to list on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) next year in an attempt to raise $15 million to set up another economic zone in Poipet City, according to the company and media reports. ...
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/phnom-penh-sez-plans-to-list-on-stock-exchange-74433/
Ministry, TV stations agree on locally made programming block
In an effort to boost Cambodia’s entertainment industry, local television broadcasters will soon dedicate an hour of prime time programming to airing Cambodian-produced shows and films. During a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Monday, TV station representatives agreed to broadcast locally produced films and ...
Sarah Taguiam and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-tv-stations-agree-locally-made-programming-block
Construction on two condominiums to begin in Q1
Cambodia’s growing condominium sector shows no signs of slowing down, with construction on two new condominiums set to begin in the first quarter of this year. According to real estate firm CB Richard Ellis’ December market view report, released Wednesday, work will begin on Sky Villa ...
George Styllis
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/construction-on-two-condominiums-to-begin-in-q1-75719/
Apsara order: Locals on ‘state land’ told to move
Some Siem Reap families are balking at the Apsara Authority’s order for them to leave their homes – which were allegedly constructed illegally – and move to a government-provided settlement by Friday. ...
Sen David and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-order-locals-state-land-told-move
Chinese President Xi's book on governance captivates Cambodian readers
Hundreds of Cambodian students, academics and senior officials on Monday attended the launching ceremony of a book written by Chinese President Xi Jinping on governance. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/chinese-president-xis-book-on-governance-captivates-cambodian-readers-8145
Electoral reform talks stuck on issue of Assembly seats
The CPP and CNRP again returned to the issue of the number of National Assembly seats in their twice-weekly reform talks on Friday, but appeared to be further apart than ever, with the ruling party demanding that parliament continue to have 123 seats “forever.” ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electoral-reform-talks-stuck-on-issue-of-assembly-seats-77550/
Parties sign off on final draft of election law
The country’s two major political parties signed off on the final draft of a revised and highly controversial election law on Friday, with civil society groups arguing that the bill is unconstitutional due to a provision that restricts their activity during the election campaign period. ...
Colin Meyn and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-sign-off-on-final-draft-of-election-law-79243/
Public announcement on imported fertilizers mixing with leftover cigarettes
Recently, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery has been informed of the imported fertilizers mixing with leftover cigarettes into the Kingdom of Cambodia. Therefore, the ministry decided to nullify the license of imports and exports for agricultural fertilizer issued to Bern Lem Trading Group, and ...
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
National police chief calls for crackdown on petty criminals
National Police Commissioner Neth Savoeun on Tuesday called on Phnom Penh’s police forces to increase arrest rates in the city to 75 percent of reported crimes and also asked municipal judges to grant bail less frequently. . ...
Cambodia publicly endorses China position on South China Sea
Cambodia’s leader has publicly endorsed China’s position that territorial disputes in the South China Sea cannot be solved through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday the issue should be solved by the countries directly affected by ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://bit.ly/1FITTH9
New nomination of the 9th candidate on NEC
On 29 March 2015, following the cOnversatiOn through the phOnes between Sam Rainsy, president of Cambodia NatiOnal Rescue Party (CNRP), and Hun Sen, deputy president of Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), both parties agreed to nominate Hang Puthea, executive director of the Neutral and Impartial Committee ...
Cambodian People's Party
Ministry official rejects NGO report on city’s slums
A government official rejected calls from a pair of NGOs on Tuesday to do more for Phnom Penh’s slums amid what they described as an opaque land-titling system that has routinely failed poor communities. In a joint report, “The Exclusion of Urban Poor Communities From Systematic ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-official-rejects-ngo-report-on-citys-slums-81606/
Asylum seekers on fast track to Cambodia, group says
As many as five of the hundreds of asylum seekers Australia is holding on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru have agreed to be the first to take up an offer from Cambodia to resettle here, according to a refugee advocacy group. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/asylum-seekers-on-fast-track-to-cambodia-group-says-82208/
Appeal court delays decision on Doroshenko’s bail request
Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko, who was jailed in March on fraud charges relating to a dispute with his former investment partner, Sergei Polonsky, will on Monday receive a decision from the Appeal Court about his latest request to be freed on bail. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/appeal-court-delays-decision-on-doroshenkos-bail-request-82552/
Opposing Unions compete for international support on draft law
Two opposing camps of unions representing a large share of the country’s roughly 700,000 garment workers handed in petitions this week to the U.S. Embassy and others asking for their support on a controversial draft union law during a visit to the country from a ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposing-unions-compete-for-international-support-on-draft-law-84873/
US official for labor, rights on two-day visit
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby, who heads the Bureau of Democracy, Human rights and Labor, is on a two-day trip to Cambodia. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1AKBJ6x
Defense minister flies to Russia today on official visit
Mam Sonando, a prominent radio station director and government critic, announced Friday that he would resign from his position as head of the Association of Democrats, an NGO he founded in 2010, in order to create a new political party to stand in the upcoming ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mam-sonando-to-register-new-political-party-85504/
Opposition compliments gov’t on reaction to alleged encroachment
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday extended a rare compliment to Cambodia’s foreign minister, who has sent two missives since Friday to Vietnam, accusing the government allowing encroachment in Ratanakkiri province. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-compliments-govt-on-reaction-to-alleged-encroachment/2822319.html
For labor leaders, Law on Unions remains a concern
Labor leaders say they are concerned that a number of unions would be shuttered if a new law to govern them is passed. Labor Minister Ith Samheng said the law will not “put pressure” on unions. “We take unions and other vocational organizations as our ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-labor-leaders-law-on-unions-remains-a-concern/2824664.html
Bus company seeks to delay talks on crash payments
The bus company involved in a road accident last month that killed 19 people in Svay Rieng province has requested that the provincial court delay negotiations for compensation to the victims, a court official said Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bus-company-seeks-to-delay-talks-on-crash-payments-86325/