Ford plant opens in Sihanoukville
A Ford assembly plant in Preah Sihanouk province will supply Cambodia’s limited but growing car market, the American carmaker’s local representative RMA Cambodia announced yesterday. The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, has a capacity of up to 6,000 vehicles per year, and is expected ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032155152/Business/ford-plant-opens-in-sihanoukville.html
Government rejects NGO report on “war on drugs”
The government criticised a report released by Amnesty International on their website yesterday. The report speaks about human rights violations committed over the government’s “war on drug” campaign. It has resulted in tens of thousands of people being arrested since it started in 2017. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50722895/government-rejects-ngo-report-on-war-on-drugs/
Siamese crocodile eggs found in Pursat wetland
The 22 eggs of a wild Siamese crocodile, which is an endangered species, was discovered in the Cardamom Mountains of Pursat province. It was discovered by conservationists from the Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Programme (CCCP) together with the Forestry Administration and Fauna & Flora International staff, ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50728079/siamese-crocodile-eggs-found-in-pursat-wetland/
China grants local mangoes into market
The first consignment of fresh Cambodian mangoes will soon be able to directly ship to the Chinese market. The quota allowed is up to 500,000 tonnes of quality mangoes per year, the Chinese embassy to Cambodia said yesterday. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730611/china-grants-local-mangoes-into-market/
Sharp drop in wages sent back to Kingdom
Cambodia is to join the ranks of declining overseas worker remittances this year after the World Bank projected global remittances will decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 because of the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent business shutdowns ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50717705/sharp-drop-in-wages-sent-back-to-kingdom/
Order signals likely end to airport land dispute
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday directed the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) to submit a confirmation that the city’s airport will not be expanded so that officials can begin issuing land titles to surrounding communities, seemingly signalling an end a long-running land dispute. ...
Touch Sokha and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/order-signals-likely-end-airport-land-dispute
Kampong Speu to reclaim national park land
Kampong Speu province is set to reclaim land in the Kirirom National Park after accusations from locals that environmental officers had encroached on 2ha of it. The statement came from provincial governor Vei Samnang who vowed to get to the bottom of the matter. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-reclaim-national-park-land
New centre to boost digital learning in the Kingdom
The Ministry of Education yesterday opened a centre for digital and distance learning at the capital’s Preah Sisowath High School. The construction of the centre, which will serve as a studio for producing educational videos and a venue for digital forums, seeks to advance virtual ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50736895/new-centre-to-boost-digital-learning-in-the-kingdom/
SSEZ affirms stock market listing plans remain on the table
Sihanoukville Special Economy Zone Co Ltd (SSEZ), the developer and operator of Cambodia’s largest industrial zone in terms of size and occupancy, on November 16 reiterated its interest in listing on the Cambodia Stock Exchange (CSX), tapping into the capital market to raise more funds. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ssez-affirms-stock-market-listing-plans-remain-table
Increase in civil servants' salaries
The salary for Cambodian civil servants has seen an average increase of 540 per cent compared to salaries in 2001, according to a report from the national news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse last Thursday. Yim Serey Vathanak, national project coordinator on trade unions for social ...
Officials plant 2,000 tree saplings at Angkor area
More than 200 officials from the Apsara Authority and the Royal Academy of Cambodia have planted 2,000 tree saplings at the Prasat Prei temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park to further restore forest cover, as trees play an important role in the preservation ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50746698/officials-plant-2000-tree-saplings-at-angkor-area/
Phase 4 pipeline installation ready for flood protection
The underground installation of the interceptor pipeline system has been completed for the Phnom Penh Flood Protection and Drainage Improvement Project Phase 4. Meanwhile, the rest of the construction is on track and expected to be fully complete by 2021, according to Japan International Cooperation ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50763050/phase-4-pipeline-installation-ready-for-flood-protection/
European Union, Germany, France co-invest $115m in rural infrastructure
Representatives from the Cambodian government, the German development bank KfW, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have signed agreements for the financing of the RID4CAM (Rural Infrastructure Development for Cambodia) project, which aims to develop rural infrastructure in the central plain ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50796892/european-union-germany-france-co-invest-115m-in-rural-infrastructure/
Sar Kheng urged to look into NSSF graft claims
Around 200 people, including medical staff, officials and locals from Prey Veng province’s Preah Sdech district, have submitted their petition to Minister of Interior Sar Kheng requesting legal action against Operational Health District of Preah Sdach director You Sy Le for allegedly embezzling National Social ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urged-look-nssf-graft-claims
ACU receives 20K asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it had received nearly 20,000 declarations of assets and liabilities from officials across all ministries and provincial administrations in a period of just 10 days, from January 1 to 10. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-receives-20k-asset-declarations
Kampot salt harvest trails behind
Kampot, Cambodia’s leading salt producing province, is expected to yield less of the commodity than reported last year on adverse weather conditions, provincial Department of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation director Sok Kim Choeun told The Post on March 8. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-salt-harvest-trails-behind
Tax revenue from casino sector drops
Tax revenue from Cambodia’s casino industry cratered in 2020 as Covid-19 prompted the government to tighten entry restrictions, limiting the number of international visitors to the Kingdom, according to a Ministry of Economy and Finance senior official on March 21. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-casino-sector-drops
Toul Sangke Market shuttered from last night due to COVID-19
Authorities have decided to lock down Samhan Market, also known as Toul Sangke Market, Sangkat Toul Sangke I, Khan Russey Keo, Phnom Penh on the night of April 18, 2021, after the authorities cooperated with a team of health officials to find people with Covid-19 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50841010/toul-sangke-market-shuttered-from-last-night-due-to-covid-19/
Fires torch property, forests
In the first week of February, fires in Phnom Penh and Pursat injured three people, ravaged two warehouses and damaged one school building with two cows inside killed. Wildfires in Siem Reap and Battambang provinces also burned over 100ha of protected forests. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fires-torch-property-forests
Delayed new casino confirms opening target
Century Entertainment has confirmed the opening target and relocation of a new casino to Dara Sakor. The project had been delayed since January. The delay was down to pandemic related business conditions including logistics problems in the delivery of essential equipment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50812067/delayed-new-casino-confirms-opening-target/