Global hotel group sees profits rise 20 per cent
Intercontinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies and operator of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts – one of whose hotels is located in Phnom Penh – said first-half-of-year profits rose 20 per cent on strong gains in the Americas region.
According to a statement
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/global-hotel-group-sees-profits-rise-20-cent
Authorities, NGOs Brace For Floods
Provincial authority and humanitarian NGOs are preparing for severe flooding in Kompong Thom province as floodwaters flow south from inundated Preah Vihear province along the Stung Sen River.
Leng Vireak, senior manager for disaster response at NGO world Vision, said that the situation was stable
R’kiri floods trap thousands
The number of Ratanakkiri residents trapped in their homes by floodwater that continues to rise amid relentless rain is now estimated by provincial authorities to be at least 4,000.
Heavy rain has put five Lumphat district communes – Lbaing I, Chey Uddom, Batang, Seda and Kaleng
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r%E2%80%99kiri-floods-trap-thousands
FBI Holds Investigation Talk for Cambodian Youth
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday gave a talk to some 200 Cambodian youths in Phnom Penh, describing criminal investigation, especially in human trafficking and child prostitution.
Various youth from across nine provinces attended the discussion, where they learned how they can participate in
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fbi-holds-investigation-talk-for-cambodian-youth/1800147.html
Anti-Eviction Protesters Burn Tires, Block City Hall
About 30 anti-eviction protesters from the Boeng Kak lake community, along with 20 Buddhist monks, blocked the gates of Phnom Penh municipal hall and burned tires Monday demanding more compensation for evicted families, and calling for the removal of governor Pa Socheatvong.
During the daylong demonstration,
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-anti-eviction-protesters-burn-tires-block-city-hall-49608/
PM, Rainsy meet nailed down: gov’t
Two days after opposition calls for renewed negotiations, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith announced yesterday evening that the ruling party will sit down with its opposition counterparts on Thursday to talk election reform, though opposition leaders last night weren’t so sure.
Speaking at a gathering of journalists
Stuart White and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-rainsy-meet-nailed-down-gov%E2%80%99t
Strikers fired in Svay Rieng
Factories in Svay Rieng province’s Manhattan Special Economic Zone have fired or suspended more than 200 workers – and are pursuing legal action against some – for participating in a strike last month that saw some 30,000 walk off the job.
An accountant at Kingmaker (Cambodia)
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strikers-fired-svay-rieng
Cambodian flood destroys 4.4 pct of rice paddies this year: official
Recent Mekong River flash floods have entirely damaged 113,260 hectares of rice paddies, or 4.4 percent of the total rice-planted area of 2.56 million hectares, according to an agricultural report Tuesday. “The floods had affected 369,346 hectares of rice paddies. Of the figures, 113,260 hectares
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/29/c_132840685.htm
Ban on Cambodian maids in Malaysia to be lifted
About 1,000 maids from Cambodia are expected to be available every month in once the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Malaysia and Cambodia on the matter is signed.
The MoU, which is being finalised by both governments, would see the lifting of the ban on Cambodians
Jakarta Post News Staff
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/10/29/ban-cambodian-maids-malaysia-be-lifted.html
Cambodia's insurance industry reports 20 pct growth in 9 months
Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded a total premium of 31 million U.S. dollars in the first nine months of the year, up 20 percent compared with the same period last year, figures showed Tuesday.
It said during January-September period this year, the total amount of claims paid
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-11/12/c_132882328.htm
Putting parking reform in gear
With civil society, the opposition and even the ruling party talking more and more about the subject of electoral and judicial reforms in the wake of July’s contested national elections, some groups yesterday gathered to call for reforms in a more modest sector – parking
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/putting-parking-reform-gear
China provides agricultural engines to Cambodia for post-flood rehabilitation
China’s Yunnan province on Monday provided 200 agricultural engines to Cambodia’s northwestern Banteay Meanchey province for post-flood rehabilitation.
A handover ceremony was held here between Yu Dingcheng, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People ‘s Congress, and Oung Oeun, chief of the
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-12/02/c_132935559.htm
Asia’s forests grow, but not in Kingdom: NGO
Forest land in Asia-Pacific countries has grown overall since 2002, according to a study released last week, but Cambodia was one of only three countries surveyed to buck the trend.
Out of 14 countries included in the study by the Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC),
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asia%E2%80%99s-forests-grow-not-kingdom-ngo
After poll, deposits at microfinance institutions down
Saving deposits at microfinance institutions (MFIs) this month decreased slightly from the average monthly amount because of a rise in withdrawals, industry officials said.
Bun Mony, president of the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA), and the general manager at MFI Sathapana Limited, said many people have come
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/after-poll-deposits-microfinance-institutions-down
New lottery bets on success
Malaysian-owned company VW Win Holdings Plc launched lottery operation Camloto in the Kingdom this week, making it the second to go live in as many months.
Camloto CEO Jimmy Kong unveiled the new start-up, which will draw its first ball tonight on all major TV stations,
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-lottery-bets-success
UN Rights Officials Want Serious Rights Reforms, Opposition Says
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the international community is now pushing hard for serious human rights reforms in Cambodia.
Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was this week in Geneva, where a UN human rights review of Cambodia took place.
The UN’s Human Rights
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/un-rights-officials-want-serious-rights-reforms-opposition-says/1841074.html
Five arrested for trying to traffic women to China
Anti-human trafficking police in Phnom Penh arrested three Cambodians and two Chinese nationals after the group tried to traffic two young women—who had been promised wealthy husbands—to work as prostitutes in China, police said Monday.
Keo Thea, chief of the municipal anti-human trafficking police, said the
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-arrested-for-trying-to-traffic-women-to-china-52479/
Vietnam, Cambodia trade volume grows, but slightly
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Vietnam increased only about 3.4 per cent last year compared to 2012, data from the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh showed yesterday.
An embassy official said the sluggish growth could be attributed to the political deadlock between the Cambodian People’s Party
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnam-cambodia-trade-volume-grows-slightly
Police demolish shelters of Kratie families for second time
Police in Kratie province on Wednesday demolished the makeshift tents of about 300 families accused of squatting on public land inside a conservation area, two weeks after they forced many of the same families out of the area.
Some of the families say they have lived
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-demolish-shelters-of-kratie-families-for-second-time-53291/
National testing could widen
Cambodia may soon have new standardised exams to hold its students, teachers and education system accountable.
“Everyone agrees that the improved enrolment rates in primary school is an accomplishment; at the same time, everyone also calls for quality-control improvement [which] means better testing,” said Jan
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-testing-could-widen
