Protecting a rare species
In recent years, there has been a declining trend in the number of sarus cranes observed throughout Cambodia. The seasonally flooded grasslands of the Northern Plains, one of the few locations in Cambodia where the birds breed, are threatened by agricultural conversion to rice paddies.
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099251/protecting-rare-species/
Constructing a safer industry
Construction worker Samnang (not his real name), spent weeks confined to a hospital bed after piles of cement crashed down on him while he toiled without a hard hat.
During the ensuing weeks of recovery at his home, the 28-year-old nursed head injuries and a broken
Hanging by a Thread
Cambodia’s tradition of silk production is one that dates back as far as the 13th century. A long-standing symbol of status for the rich and the country, ancient Angkorian silk producing Cambodia bore unique weaving and reeling techniques that have been passed down from generation
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/320823/hanging-by-a-thread
Passport Posts A Go
Cambodia is making plans to open passport offices along its border with Thailand in a bid to cut down on illegal migration, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday.
Speaking at the close of a migration workshop, Kheng said that officials are already preparing to open a
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964787/National/passport-posts-a-go.html
A big thumbs-down
A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations.
Residents in Daun Penh and Tuol Kork districts told the Post
A lesson in caution
After nearly 50 garment workers were killed last year while travelling to or from their respective factories, the Ministry of Labour has urged truck drivers who cram dozens into the back of vehicles each day to take more care on the roads.
In an information session
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lesson-caution
CNRP calls a timeout
After garment workers swelled turnout at the opposition’s ongoing demonstrations yesterday to what some estimated to be double the number seen at any previous rally, party leadership announced a weeklong moratorium on the marches.
Demonstrators will continue to assemble at Freedom Park each day, said Cambodia
Mom Kunthear, Sean Teehan and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-calls-timeout
Flooding takes a toll
Ten days ago, Loun Somaly, 33, left his house to deliver a deposit to the glass workers he hired to replace a window on his rickety sheet metal-panelled house.
Ly Sophal, Somaly’s tenacious three-year-old son, followed him outside, asking if he could join. But with floodwater
A big thumbs-down
A Phnom Penh municipal official said yesterday that they would investigate mounting complaints that authorities have been forcing the capital’s residents to thumbprint letters supporting the preliminary election results and promising not to join demonstrations.
Residents in Daun Penh and Tuol Kork districts told the Post
Reforestry Claim ‘A Stretch’
The government reforested 80,693 hectares of land between 2008 and 2012 as part of its efforts to combat deforestation, a recent agriculture ministry report says, but these seemingly impressive statistics were reached by counting rubber trees and other agricultural crops as adequate replacements for forests.
The
May Titthara and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/reforestry-claim-%E2%80%98-stretch%E2%80%99
A burden to bear
Among the exotic wildlife that prowls Cambodia’s forests are large furry creatures that may be far more familiar to European and North American visitors than the ever-dwindling populations of large cats and beastly elephants. The Kingdom’s bears climb trees and devour honey just like their
Bennett Murray
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/burden-bear
A recipe for disaster
Small plastic packets filled with a mix of pills of various sizes, shapes and colours sit piled on the counter of a pharmacy in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, home to several large garment factories.
At 2,000 riel a pop, about 50 cents, these packs are sold
Kevin Ponniah and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recipe-disaster
A failure to communicate
At the beginning of the school year, Mony Vutha was handed a new, mandatory addition to the grade four curriculum that neither he nor any of his colleagues were trained to teach: English.
Vutha’s two years of English lessons more than a decade ago made him
Laignee Barron and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failure-communicate
Dam ‘redesign’ a mystery
Amid a lawsuit and a chorus of dissent, developers of the first lower Mekong mainstream hydropower project, the massive Xayaburi dam, have quietly submitted a long-anticipated, multimillion-dollar redesign plan, the Post has learned.
What exactly has been changed about the 1,260-megawatt dam, which environmentalists contend will
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-%E2%80%98redesign%E2%80%99-mystery
Cambodia bond a possibility
The launch of an unrated Laotian government bond on Thailand’s bond market could pave the way for Cambodia to issue its own government bond denominated in Thai baht.
The Bangkok Post reported yesterday that Thailand’s Finance Ministry and Public Debt Management Office had allowed Cambodia, Vietnam
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-bond-possibility
A road changes course
The rules of Sothearos Boulevard are once again shifting.
After recently converting the road to a one-way street – a move that was largely ignored by the motos and cars that use the busy thoroughfare – the Phnom Penh Municipality released a new statement on Saturday
Rice competitiveness a worry
The executive committee of the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) will meet with two ministries today to explore the possibility of reducing the logistical and energy costs of transporting rice, a key factor to keeping Cambodian rice exports competitive compared to neighbouring countries, a CRF official
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-competitiveness-worry
A prisoner’s heartbreak
Holding her husband’s hand through prison bars yesterday, Tith Narin delivered the heartbreaking news – their eldest son was dead.Narin’s husband, Ouk Pich Samnang, was one of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists convicted on Tuesday for his alleged role in a protest that turned
Chhay Channyda and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-heartbreak
A ‘unique Khmer family’
In an apparent defence of his frequent absence from the Kingdom, opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy said that visiting Cambodians in wealthy Western countries such as France or Australia was just as important as visiting them in Cambodia itself. A recent war
Charles Rollet and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unique-khmer-family
Looking for a flood of investment
Cambodia’s Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said foreign investors with production bases in Thailand ought to consider Cambodia for future expansion because of the Kingdom’s greater resistance to floods.
Speaking at Phnom Penh Honda’s 20th anniversary yesterday, the Commerce minister said that while Cambodia faces floods each
