Index shows Cambodia still weak on human development
Cambodia ranked 143rd out of 188 countries in the U.N.’s latest Human Development Index (HDI), a composite measure of development incorporating health, education and living standards, according to new figures released on Monday. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/index-shows-cambodia-still-weak-on-human-development-103035/
Campaigners dismiss Facebook as a solution to land problems
Activists have cast doubt on whether Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new initiative for the country’s problems to be solved through social media can tackle the country’s most pervasive problem—land disputes. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/campaigner-dismiss-facebook-as-a-solution-to-land-problems/3212705.html
Iodine levels dangerously low in moms, children
More than 60 percent of mothers and young children in Cambodia are suffering from dangerously low levels of iodine in what a new study describes as a “serious public health problem.” ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/iodine-levels-dangerously-low-in-moms-children-111218/
CNRP pegs 424 voter names as ‘suspicious’
The Cambodia National Rescue Party plans to ask the National Election Committee to investigate the citizenship status of more than 400 people who have recently logged their names in the new digital voter lists. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-pegs-424-voter-names-suspicious
Securities companies to provide market liquidity
A new initiative aimed at encouraging more trading on Cambodia’s persistently quiet stock exchange will allow securities underwriters and dealers to become liquidity providers who can hold and trade shares in listed companies. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://bit.ly/2ak6Xdl
Snakehead fish farmers required to register: gov’t
Snakehead fish farmers are required to register with the Fisheries Administration as part of new regulations aimed at better governing and monitoring an industry that became legal in April after an 11-year ban. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/snakehead-fish-farmers-required-register-govt
Cambodia-India joint cooperation
The Cambodia-India Joint Committee Meeting on bilateral trade and technology exchange will be held in New Delhi on Friday, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26883/cambodia-india-joint-cooperation/
Robot factories could threaten jobs of millions of garment workers
The jobs of nearly 90% of garment and footwear workers in Cambodia and Vietnam are at risk from automated assembly lines – or “sewbots” – according to a new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ...
Water taxis for Phnom Penh
A waterway passenger transport service via the Tonle Sap and Tonle Bassac rivers will be launched next year, bringing hopes of eased traffic congestion in Phnom Penh and providing a new option for tourists. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35259/water-taxis-for-phnom-penh/
Derivatives licensing capped by regulator
Cambodia’s capital market regulator announced yesterday that it would suspend the issuance of new central counterparty licences to derivatives trading firms, claiming that capping the market at four was sufficient to serve current demand. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/derivatives-licensing-capped-regulator
World Bank loan of $100 million angers Boeng Kak activists
Boeng Kak supporters on Tuesday said they were dismayed at the World Bank’s announcement of a new $100 million loan to the Cambodian government amid ongoing harassment and jailings of land rights activists. ...
Brendan O’byrne and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-loan-of-100-million-angers-boeng-kak-activists-128160/
Partnership to lift rice standards in Kingdom
The International Finance Corporation and Amru Rice, one of Cambodia’s biggest rice exporters, launched a new partnership yesterday to improve the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice sector, according to a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/partnership-lift-rice-standards-kingdom
Electric proposal Usage-based plan to lower power rates
Cambodia’s electricity regulator is set to roll out seven new plans designed to reduce electricity fees beginning in April and through 2020, with some fees dropping as low as 480 riel per kilowatt hour. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electric-proposal-usage-based-plan-lower-power-rates
RCAF chief tells troops to fight against ‘Color Revolution’
The commander-in-chief of the armed forces on Monday ordered all soldiers to defend “public order” and to fight against potential “color revolutions” on June 4 when voters will elect new commune councilors. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/rcaf-chief-tells-troops-fight-color-revolution-130252/
Biological pest control agents given green light by government
Cambodia has just launched a new registry for companies that wish to import biological control agents (BCA), effectively allowing the importation of these organisms which are widely used in other countries for pest control. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097360/biological-pest-control-agents-given-green-light-government/
Free state healthcare extended
The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099635/free-state-healthcare-extended/
Cambodia worst in region for rule of law: report
Cambodia ranked 112 out of 113 countries surveyed globally and dead last in the East Asia and Pacific region when it comes to the perceived rule of law, a new report released today states. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-worst-region-rule-law-report
CPP assembly members vote for ‘Anti-Rainsy’ law
The National Assembly swiftly passed controversial new measures yesterday to effectively ban former opposition leader Sam Rainsy from the political arena or from bolstering the opposition’s firepower ahead of next year’s elections. ...
Meas Sokchea and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-assembly-members-vote-anti-rainsy-law
Press release on e-Visa fee
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia wishes to inform all foreign nationals, who wish to enter Cambodia, of the new e-Visa fee. ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
ADB maintains growth outlook for Cambodia as uncertainties ease
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintains its April projection for Cambodia’s economic growth at 7.0% in 2014, and 7.3% in 2015, says a new report released today. ...
Asian Development Bank (ADB)