UN targets 2030 now, Hun Sen pushes demining
The United Nations adopted a sweeping set of targets aimed at improving the lives of the poor and protecting the environment over the next 15 years on Friday.Called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they target issues like gender inequality, poverty, and climate change, and replace ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16224/un-targets-2030-now--hun-sen-pushes-demining/
SCG vows Cambodian upgrade
SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG) will spend US$200 million to expand its investment in Cambodia from 2016-20.The focus will be on the cement and building materials sectors, which have strong potential to grow amid the Cambodian government’s policy of revving up infrastructure projects, said Kan ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/800748/scg-vows-cambodian-upgrade
China's Belt and Road initiative will benefit participating countries: senior Cambodian official
The China-proposed Belt and Road initiative will benefit all participating countries, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Minister Sok An said here Monday.The Belt and Road initiative, a reference to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was put forward ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/22/c_134938834.htm
Change of the guard
With the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) expected to intensify business competition across the region, Thailand’s biggest industrial conglomerate expects to rise to the challenge under a new leader.Kan Trakulhoon is retiring as president and chief executive of Siam Cement Group (SCG) after a decade at ...
Nareerat Wiriyapong
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/808916/change-of-the-guard
Water supply authority director shoots back at corruption charges
The General Director of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) yesterday denied a slew of corruption allegations published by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), including one that he hired 500 employees after they paid $3,000 apiece for a job. The PPWSA – once a beacon ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21429//
Local goods replacing imports
The value of imports from neighboring Thailand has decreased by almost $500,000 in the first seven months of this year, a possible sign of health of Cambodia’s domestic production capabilities. According to figures released by the Thai embassy, the value of imports dropped by 16 percent ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29638/local-goods-replacing-imports/
Eight boys ‘rescued’ from Kratie pagoda
Police in Ratanakkiri province on Saturday returned eight kidnapped boys to their families and arrested the man suspected of taking them away.According to police, the children were playing outside when Thai Phum, 63, allegedly asked them to come with him, leading them into a truck ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-boys-rescued-kratie-pagoda
Private companies warned on beach access
The government has vowed to crack down on coastal hotels and resorts that have restricted public access to beaches or constructed illegal encroachments within 50 metres of the shoreline.Tourism Minister Thong Khon warned yesterday that his ministry will give private companies a deadline to remove ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/private-companies-warned-beach-access
Structures by Phnom Penh canal flattened
A collection of houses and other structures belonging to nine families living alongside a canal in the capital’s Russey Keo district was destroyed yesterday by a large group of men sent by local authorities. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/structures-phnom-penh-canal-flattened
Gov’t plans for traffic law enforcement by mid-March
The oft-delayed and amended traffic law is scheduled to take effect in mid-March after being postponed since January due to widespread complaints from citizens across the country. Although the law won’t take effect until mid-March, police are still checking vehicle documents, and are looking out ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20150/gov---t-plans-for-traffic-law-enforcement-by-mid-march/
Waste management challenge
A delegation of Cambodian officials told attendees at seminar at the Global Green Growth Institute’s Green Growth Week conference yesterday that waste management was the biggest environmental challenge facing Phnom Penh. The seminar heard examples from 10 countries – Cambodia, Columbia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Mongolia, the Philippines, ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29499/waste-management-challenge/
Japan gives $32M for UXO projects, Phnom Penh buses
Japan has pledged to help fund three projects in Cambodia with a grant totalling about $31.9 million. Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Long Visalo met with Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia Yuji Kumamaru yesterday for a signing ceremony to officially award the funding. One of ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-gives-32m-uxo-projects-phnom-penh-buses
Japan gives $30 M for busses, demining
The Japanese government will provide almost $30 million in grant aid to Cambodia to boost Phnom Penh’s public bus system and to strengthen ongoing demining operations. At a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, minister Long Visalo and outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yuji Kunamaru, ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30249/japan-gives--30-for-busses--demining/
Report finds ELCs affected 17K families
Community representatives, civil society organisations and opposition members have urged the government for more urgent action to resolve land disputes following the release of annual data showing that all 24 provinces were affected in 2014, with hundreds of cases still unresolved.The call came at yesterday’s ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-finds-elcs-affected-17k-families
Villagers, military face off on Siem Reap farmland
Farming families in Siem Reap province have asked local authorities to protect them from soldiers they say are trying to drive them from their land with intimidation tactics, including firing rifles close to villagers.Varin Commune Council member Prong Youn said yesterday that 123 families filed ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-military-face-siem-reap-farmland
PM calls for drought aid preparations
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on local authorities and government ministries to be ready to distribute water to farmers around the country due to the ongoing shortage in the Kingdom’s reservoirs. He added that if people had trouble contacting local authorities, individual farmers should ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-drought-aid-preparations
Veng Sreng tolls to go into effect on Dec 1
A $10.5 million toll road along Veng Sreng Boulevard will start charging drivers as of December 1, according to a Wednesday announcement by the Phnom Penh Municipality.The toll road, built by private contractor Phnom Penh Tollway, will aim to reduce congestion in one of the ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/veng-sreng-tolls-go-effect-dec-1
Cambodia weather predication under Dipole Model Index’s influence
Under the effect of Dipole Model Index, Cambodia will experience extreme hot weather with minimum rainfall, increasing thunderstorms, lightning and strong wind during Dry season in March and April. The situation continues to strike until the end of July. Good amount of rain reports and ...
Ministry Of Water Resources and Meteorology
War declared on illegal weapons
Sao Sokha, the commander-in-chief of the military police, has ordered his units to crack down on illegal gun ownership, pledging to resign his post if he is unable to reduce the prevalence of arms. Speaking at the Royal Gendarmerie’s annual meeting on Monday, he ordered ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22082/war-declared-on-illegal-weapons/
Helping farmers keep their cool
One of a farmer’s greatest enemies is heat. As many as 50 percent of the fruit and vegetables harvested in Cambodia are lost because of heat – lettuce wilts, onions become slimy, tomatoes turn to mush. Because of a lack of cold storage at most of ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23636/helping-farmers-keep-their-cool/