PPWSA up again, with retail buyers moving in
The price increase for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority shares maxed out after an hour of trading yesterday morning, the second day of operations on the Cambodia Securities Exchange.
PPWSA closed up 4.84 per cent yesterday at 9,750 riel (US$2.44), climbing from 9,300 the day before,
City Rounds Up Homeless Before Asean Meeting
Police in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon began rounding up homeless people as part of the city’s preparations for next month’s Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting, officials said.
“We collect them because we don’t want them to affect foreign tourists as we prepare for the arrival of the
As Cambodia Courts US Business, Old Problems Remain
As a delegation of US business owners prepares to travel to Cambodia with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, analysts say they will be tough to court, given Cambodia’s lack of law enforcement.
“Investors don’t bring guns, they don’t bring bodyguards—they bring money to invest,” said
In 6 Months, 26 Shot Dead on Border While Illegally Logging
In the first six months of the year, 26 Cambodians have been shot dead by the Thai military while illegally logging along the border, nearly double the number killed in all of 2011.
“According to the Cambodian-Thai Relations Bureau documents for the semester, there were 26
Countrywide Drought Is Damaging Rice Paddies
More than 16,000 hectares of rice paddies are currently being affected by drought across the country, officials said yesterday.
“There wasn’t enough rain for the rice this year, ” said Nhep Srorn, director of Takeo province’s agriculture department.
Pich Sokhin, governor of Oddar Meanchey province, said
Two Thousand More Students to Measure Land
Following a ceremony to honor late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, more than 2,000 additional student volunteers were deployed yesterday morning by the Ministry of Land Management to measure plots of land in 19 provinces, officials said.
Mr. Chhun Lim [Land Management Minister] said that
Alliance to disburse $2 million to buy paddy rice, help exports
The Alliance of Rice Producers Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) will release US$2 million after December 15th to its members in nine provinces so they can buy paddy rice before the harvest season ends and stocks been depleted.
He said the pay out is being drawn from
Exports to US rise by 0.2 per cent
Cambodia’s total exports to the United States increased by 0.2 per cent over the first 10 months of the year, a year-on-year analysis from the US Department of Commerce showed.
The data showed exports to the US totalled $2.296 billion between January and October this
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Energy security linked to firm borders
Energy supplies will be more secure once territorial disputes between Thailand and Cambodia are resolved, Department of Mineral Fuels director-general Songpob Polchan said on Friday.
Mr Songpob said that the sooner Thailand and Cambodia are able to work out their differences, the sooner they can exploit
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In Kompong Thom Province, Cricket Yield Skyrocketing
After years of poor yields, the cricket farmers of Kompong Thom province have more than tripled their average catch compared with the same time last year due to early rains, an agriculture official said yesterday.
Ou Bunsophoan, director of the Kompong Thom provincial agriculture department, said
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Borei Keila evictees given hope
Borei Keila families have slept under staircases near piles of rubbish since they were forced from their homes on January 3, but they are hopeful of compensation following an unexpected visit from city officials last week.
Representative Chum Ngan, 39, said village, commune and Phnom Penh
Mobile Phone Subscriptions Near 20 Million
The number of mobile telephone subscriptions reached nearly 20 million at the end of June, representing 135 percent of the total population, the telecoms minister said last week.
The number of mobile subscriptions first topped Cambodia’s total population of 14.5 million people in November last year,
Land Issues Are Dominating Talks Between Citizens, Lawmakers
Land conflicts, discrimination, corruption and inequality dominated discussions between citizens and lawmakers at forums across the country this year, according to the U.S.-based organization the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
In its annual report, obtained yesterday, the NDI noted “significant consistencies in the concerns facing Cambodians across
CAMBODIA: Rural poor lose out in land deals
Land governance policies in Asia, especially concessions made to private companies, are leaving the region’s poorest vulnerable to human rights abuses, experts say.
“Land-grabbing by the rich and powerful continues,” Suson Bunsak, executive secretary of the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee, said at the recent Asia
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Court Drops Investigation Into Killing of Activist Chut Wutty
The Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday said it had dropped its investigation into the killing of environmental activist Chut Wutty, allegedly by a now-deceased military police officer in April.
The court made the surprise announcement during the tril of Rann Boroth, who took the stand yesterday for the
Trade show starts on Wednesday
After a two-year hiatus, the CamBuild, CamFood and CamHotel exhibitions are back at Diamond Island this week, starting on Wednesday and going through to Friday.
Andrew Siow, director of the Kuala Lumpur-headquartered AMB Exhibitions, says the three industry shows at the same time should attract more
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Strikes put on pause for King Father
The Free Trade Union expects thousands of workers from across the country to join FTU president Chea Mony in paying respects to the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Tuesday.
To make up for the lost day of work, workers will instead work on October
Majority of Packages Sent Abroad Contain Local Delicacies
Seventy percent of all outbound parcels leaving Cambodia via the state-owned postal service contain local food products that are delivered to Cambodians living abroad, an official at Cambodia Post said yesterday.
Ork Bora, general director of Cambodia Post, said that of the total 26,678 packages, not
Fertilizer factory won’t hire non-CPP members, workers claim
Workers applying for jobs at a fertilizer factory in Kandal province claim they were passed over in favour of applicants who were members of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).
Prey Treng II village chief Hang Suon and two job applicants told the Post yesterday that Five
Cambodia forecasts 4 mln foreign tourists in 2013
Cambodia is predicted to greet 4 million foreign visitors this year, an expected 12 percent rise year-on-year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said Monday.
“Last year, we received 3.58 million foreign tourists, up 24 percent year-on-year, and generated total revenue of about 2.2 billion U.S. dollars,” he
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