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Japan boosts primary healthcare

Aid and development / Maternal and child health / Private non-profit development assistance / Public health / Public health assistance funding
Government of Japan / Japanese NGO / PH-Japan (PHJ)

The government of Japan has agreed to provide a $134,526 grant to pH-Japan (pHJ) – a Japanese NGO working to improve Cambodia’s healthcare system – the embassy announced yesterday. According to an embassy press release, pHJ will use the money in Kampong Cham province, focusing on ...p>

 Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29496/japan-boosts-primary-healthcare/

Fee to legally work in Thailand

Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand will have to pay 950 baht (about $27) to receive a travel card or Overseas Cambodian Worker Card (OCWC), the Labor Ministry announced yesterday. From September 26, workers will be able to apply for the documents, under a bilateral agreement signed ...p>

 Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29710/fee-to-legally-work-in-thailand/

Envoy's report shifts gaze back to Prey Speu

Nougy Mom bounces her 2-year-old son in her arms as she waits at the gates of phnom penh’s notorious centre for “undesirables”, prey Speu. The 34-year-old mother was there to visit her husband, a rubbish collector like herself, who was rounded up by authorities as he ...p>

 Erin Handley and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/envoys-report-shifts-gaze-back-prey-speu

Japan gives money for demining

The Japanese government agreed yesterday to provide more than $830,000 to the Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to assist the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) with demining operations in the northwestern part of Battambang province. The deal was signed by Japan’s Ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru ...p>

 Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30052/japan-gives-money-for-demining/

Krungsri acquisition approved

Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya pLC., known more commonly as Krungsri announced last week that it was entering the Cambodian microfinance market with the acquisition of Hatta Kaksekar Limited (HKL). In a press release, Krungsri ‒ itself part of the Japanese-based Mitsubishi UFJ since 2013 ‒ described ...p>

 Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30191/krungsri-acquisition-approved/

Sugar plantation caught again with illegal wood

Authorities in Kompong Speu province on Wednesday seized more than 1,000 logs on the property of a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation, marking the third time the firm has been found with illicit timber in the past year. Local officials offered no explanation for why the plantation’s on-site ...p>

 Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-plantation-caught-illegal-wood-118908/

Nearly 600 repatriated in nine months

In the first nine months of the year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cambodian embassies abroad have helped nearly 600 Cambodians who went to live and work abroad, legally or illegally, to return home. Foreign Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry said yesterday that the ministry and ...p>

 Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30461/nearly-600-repatriated-in-nine-months/

NEC: migrants can’t vote

The National Election Committee (NEC) dismissed a request to help migrant workers vote in the upcoming elections, despite creating a system similar to what was requested for soldiers only seven days ago. NEC spokesman Hang puthea said they would be unable to help the roughly ...p>

 May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31044/nec--migrants-can---t-vote/

Voter registration drive falls behind schedule

Voter registration has fallen far behind schedule over the past two weeks, with enrolment dropping to just 30,000 a day from a target of 100,000, according to official figures, leaving more than 2 million Cambodians at risk of not registering to vote in time. ...p>

 Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-drive-falls-behind-schedule

Friendship city planned

A $1.5 billion new satellite city called the Cambodia-China Friendship City is to be built in the capital’s northern suburbs next year adjoining the Ly Yong phat Satellite City. According to local media reports, the construction of the friendship city would be undertaken jointly by the ...p>

 Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32345/friendship-city-planned/

Rail link to Thailand on schedule

Cambodia and Thailand will be linked by a railway by the end of 2016 as planned, according to senior official, but some sections of track from phnom penh to Banteay Meanchey province remain unrestored. Minister of public Works and Transportation Sun Chanthol said this week that ...p>

 Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32895/rail-link-to-thailand-on-schedule/

Amid building boom, safety left dangling

Sroeun, 43, a former rice farmer from Kandal province, said he was sure there had never been any accidents at his construction site. “Small things happen. Scratches on our hands,” he said, declining to give his full name as a supervisor stood nearby during a break ...p>

 Aisha Down
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-building-boom-safety-left-dangling-122063/

Unions, government consult on new min wage law

The Ministry of Labour met with unions on Friday to gather input on a universal minimum wage law currently being drafted, union representatives and ministry officials confirmed yesterday. “The meeting is a forum for each party to review the draft and provide comments so the ...p>

 Sen David and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-government-consult-new-min-wage-law

Villagers wary of M’kiri mine project

An environmental impact assessment released on Friday for a $245 million mining project slated to begin operations in Mondolkiri province next year has raised concerns about its potential effects on the environment and local communities. The project, proposed by the Chinese-owned Alex Corporation, would see a ...p>

 Phak Seangly and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-wary-mkiri-mine-project

EDC: 2017 electricity imports to fall

The EDC report stated that Cambodia’s purchase of electricity from overseas fell by about 25 percent in 2016 compared with the previous year. According to EDC’s projections, this year’s imports are expected to fall further by 20 percent compared to 2016 due to domestic production ...p>

 Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34965/edc--2017-electricity-imports-to-fall/

Mother Nature sentence upheld as activists mull return

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a $25,000 fine for three environmental activists who fled the country after being convicted of threatening to destroy a sand dredging barge in Koh Kong province in 2015. They are now debating returning home, however, after the court ...p>

 Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mother-nature-sentence-upheld-as-activists-mull-return-125236/

Gray-market cars continue to deter potential investment

Germany’s car manufacturers are on edge as the U.K., their No. 1 importer, prepares to leave the E.U. And although expanding into Cambodia’s market is unlikely to ease their anxiety, German investors who gathered in phnom penh on Thursday said whatever potential might exist here ...p>

 Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gray-market-cars-continue-to-deter-potential-investment-125321/

VIPs roll into capital’s casino

Nagacorp Ltd, the Hong Kong-listed operator of Cambodia’s NagaWorld casino and hotel complex, posted $3.73 billion in VIp rolling chip volume during the first quarter of 2017, a 34 percent year-on-year increase, while mass market buy-ins and electronic gaming machine (EGM) growth remained steady, the ...p>

 Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vips-roll-capitals-casino

Ministry says factory was operating illegally

Soeun phal, a 27-year-old security guard, and Kong phanny, a 61-year-old cleaner, died when a wood-fired steam generator exploded. The guard, who did not know how to operate the machine, had been seen adding more wood to the generator’s fire before the explosion, authorities and ...p>

 Buth Kimsay and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-says-factory-was-operating-illegally-127868/

Complaint to be filed in suspicious prison death

A Banteay Meanchey woman is planning to file a complaint against the provincial prison director for his alleged role in the suspicious death of her stepdaughter on Saturday. Khon Thy said her stepdaughter, Sok Chanthan, 27, had suffered from chronic asthma since she was 7 years ...p>

 Niem Chheng and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/complaint-be-filed-suspicious-prison-death