Bankrupt garment factory promises to pay workers
A representative of Mirea Apparel Factory in the capital’s Meanchey district had promised that more than 500 “agitated” workers would receive a month’s worth of back pay tomorrow, a union official said yesterday.
Free Trade Union executive officer Um Lina said that factory representatives had also
500 hectares of sanctuary granted to rubber company
Five hundred hectares of Mondolkiri land inside a protected wildlife sanctuary have been granted to a rubber company, sparking concerns among indigenous minorities who rely on the forest.
According to a sub-decree dated August 31 and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, the government approved an
Group urges regional bank to press government on NGO law
A group of international NGOs urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday to press the government on abandoning its plans for a law regulating the country’s non-governmental groups despite a recent pledge to drop its most controversial provision.
“The ADB should convince the Cambodian authorities to
Victims of SEZ Shooting Demand $95,000
Two female garment workers who were shot last month during a protest at a Svay Rieng province special economic zone (SEZ) filed a complaint with the provincial court yesterday accusing former deputy Bavet City Governor Chhuk Bundith of attempted murder.
Bun Chenda, 21, and Nuth Sokhorn,
High-output rice seed factory set to be built
Cambodia firm Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Singapore-based company to develop a high-output rice seed factory in the Kingdom.
The cooperation between major investment firm OCIC and agriculture research company Smah Prum Royal International Pte Ltd is set to
Complaint Filed as Anti-Flooding Project Begins
As dignitaries marked the groundbreaking of a project to improve Phnom Penh’s defenses against flooding yesterday, a complaint had already been filed against the project’s contractor for impeding a public road.
The Japanese government is putting $46 million into a new phase of the city’s flood
Ministry moves forward to establish tree breeding centre
A plan to establish a $5.5 million luxury tree breeding centre was set in motion during a meeting between the Agriculture Ministry and China’s Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation yesterday. The plan was raised by Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon and Zhao Shucong,
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50637749/ministry-moves-forward-to-establish-tree-breeding-centre-2/
FDI inflow seen as driving economic development
A modest increase in the inflow of foreign direct investment is a sign that Cambodia remains an attractive destination to investors, and will go a long way toward the country’s development, analysts said yesterday. Total capital inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia amounted to
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fdi-inflow-seen-driving-economic-development
Little damage from flooding: official
A disaster management official said yesterday that recent flooding in some northern provinces had not caused serious damage to villagers’ homes or caused any loss of life, but said authorities were still keeping a watchful eye. Keo Vy, cabinet chief and a spokesman for National
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29565/little-damage-from-flooding--official/
Two new power plants planned
Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29970/two-new-power-plants-planned/
Brace for storm next week
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that some areas in the Kingdom would be hit by a storm next week, especially the coastal provinces. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor said that a high pressure system would have a weak influence on Cambodia and
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32426/brace-for-storm-next-week/
Fintech could be ‘game changer’
Addressing the delegates, Chea Serey, director general of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), stressed the role and importance of digital finance initiatives in broadening financial inclusion. She said digital finance could be a “game changer” for Cambodia’s nascent financial sector as it enables financial service
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fintech-could-be-game-changer
No loans until poll: World Bank
Discussions on restarting World Bank loans to Cambodia will not commence until after the 2013 elections, a bank official said yesterday.
After a landmark freeze on loans announced in December 2010, a response to the forced evictions by the government of residents of the Boeung Kak
Rail Operator Still Awaiting Approval for Cargo
Despite the inaugural train traveling between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville by a new rail link a month ago, no goods have yet been transported between the capital and the country’s largest port.
Toll Royal Railways, a joint venture between Australia’s Toll Group and local conglomerate Royal
Casino to open in Ratanakkiri this August
A new US$3.5 million casino will open in Ratanakkiri province, according to a representative of Try Pheap Import Export Company.
“We’ll have a similar kind of casino to what they have in Bavet,” Bee Chivoan Dara said.
Try Pheap Mittapheap Casino Entertainment Resort is built on more
Families complain over visas
Three families lodged complaints with authorities in Banteay Meanchey on Monday, requesting that action be taken against a recruitment firm that sent their family members to work in Thailand on tourist visas, a move that subsequently led to their arrest.
Leng Yen, a monitor with
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-complain-over-visas
Cambodia aims to adopt law on 'Access To Information' in 3 years
The Cambodian government said Monday that a law on access to information will be adopted in three years.
Cambodia has spent more than a decade working on this draft law. The formation of a new government in July committed to reforming all the government’s bodies
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131230/cambodia-aims-adopt-law-access-information-3-years
Company director sentenced
The former director of a Vietnamese-owned rubber firm was sentenced in absentia to two and a half years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday, and ordered to pay $800,000 in compensation for defrauding his former employer, a court official said yesterday.
“The
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/company-director-sentenced
Hong Kong's KeyBridge acquires 65 pct shares of Cambodian telecom firm
The KeyBridge International (Hong Kong) Investment Company has acquired 65 percent shares of a Cambodian telecommunications company EMAXX in an amount of 15 million U.S. dollars, officials of the two companies announced Wednesday.
“EMAXX has converted from a family business into a joint venture,” Ai Min,
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-04/09/c_133249446.htm
Cambodia sees 59 pct drop in dengue fever cases last year
Cambodia reported about 17,533 dengue fever cases in 2013, down 59 percent from the 42,362 cases in a year earlier, a health official said Monday.
The disease killed 59 children, representing a 69 percent decrease from the 189 deaths in a year earlier, said Char Meng
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-01/20/c_133059371.htm
