PM: China will open markets
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that China gave assurances that it will grant greater access for Cambodia’s agricultural products to enter its markets. “It is my mission to ensure that domestic goods, especially agricultural products, can be exported to China in greater quantities. I just ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29640/pm--china-will-open-markets/
$40,000 bathroom has future as office
<p>Thai company SCG has spent over $40,000 for the construction of a bathroom that will be used once, by Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, on the 22nd of this month. The bathroom is on the shores of Boeung Yeak Laom, Ratanakkiri, where the Thai princess ...p>
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21607/-40-000-bathroom-has-future-as-office/
PM, Sokha commemorate death of peacemaker
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday sent his condolences to the government and people of Egypt over the death of former Egyptian Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away on February 16 at the age of 93. Along with ...p>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21686/pm--sokha-commemorate-death-of-peacemaker/
Doctor: TB vaccination no good
<p>A prominent pediatrician announced on Sunday that the use of the Bacille Calmette-Huerin (BCG) vaccination for tuberculosis was not only ineffective, but could prolong suffering for children with the disease. Doctor Beat Richner, the founder of the Kantha Bopha Hospitals, took to Facebook on Sunday, ...p>
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27153/doctor--tb-vaccination-no-good/
Rice farmers bracing for droughts, floods
<p>Though the rice-planting season has started and nationwide rice cultivation this month has been higher than planned, farmers are worried that adverse weather events caused by climate change will ruin their crops. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ planning and statistics department, the ...p>
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28321/rice-farmers-bracing-for-droughts--floods/
Disney carbon deal sets stage for more partnerships
<p>Cambodia’s first large-scale private-sector sale of carbon credits was finalised yesterday, with conservationists predicting that it could pave the way for more public-private partnerships, making millions of dollars of funding available for local carbon-based initiatives. US entertainment giant Walt Disney Company has officially purchased $2.6 ...p>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/disney-carbon-deal-sets-stage-more-partnerships
Employers want $144 min. Wage
<p>Employers released their starting figure for the new minimum wage yesterday, saying in an open letter that they planned to enter tripartite negotiations with $144.20 per month as their goal for 2017. In a letter from the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed by secretary-general ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29504/employers-want--144-min--wage/
Japan provides US$833,332 for capacity building project on demining for CMAC (Phase III)
<p>On 21 September 2016, the Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$833,332 to Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS), under the framework of the Grant Assistance for Japanese NGO projects. The Grant Contract was signed today at the Embassy of Japan between H.E. Mr. KUMAMARU ...p>
Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia
ICRC offers prisons help
<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is willing to offer assistance in future prison building projects, and in the preparation of prison management policies that are in line with international standards, the National police website said on Tuesday. According to the website, the ICRC ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30054/icrc-offers-prisons-help/
Household income falls, debt rises sharply after drought
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<p>The economic stability of Cambodian households took a beating during the El Nino weather cycle that enveloped the region during the last dry season, resulting in drought conditions that drove many families into debt and lower income brackets, a new study has found. The study, released ...p>
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/household-income-falls-debt-rises-sharply-drought-118540/
Opposition wobbles toward end of boycott
<p>The opposition on Tuesday appeared to wobble toward an end to its almost five-month boycott of the National Assembly, despite having seemingly achieved no notable concessions from the ruling party. he CNRp has sat out full National Assembly sessions since May to protest a court ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-wobbles-toward-end-boycott-118836/
Authorities ordered to enforce forestry laws
<p>Despite numerous laws and committees created to tackle deforestation and illegal logging in Cambodia, the timber trade has continued unabated. In another attempt to deal with the issue, authorities across the country have been ordered to ensure they execute their responsibilities to oversee the enforcement of ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30209/authorities-ordered-to-enforce-forestry-laws/
Garment wage vote set for tomorrow
<p>Representatives for garment sector employers and employees will vote on Wednesday for their respective final proposals for the new minimum wage next year. Two weeks ago, members of the tripartite minimum wage negotiations began a series of meetings to discuss their various salary proposals. The Garment Manufacturers ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30213/garment-wage-vote-set-for-tomorrow/
Ahead of Xi visit, relations with China at level ‘never seen before’
<p>Cambodia’s relationship with China is at an all-time high, officials said on Wednesday, as authorities braced for the arrival of the country’s premier Xi Jinping today with the deployment of some 7,000 security personnel. During a meeting between China’s new ambassador to Cambodia, Xiong Bo, and ...p>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ahead-xi-visit-relations-china-level-never-seen-119221/
Accounting platform seeks funds
<p>The developer of Banhji, a locally developed accounting platform aimed at small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), is in talks with investors to secure funding as part of a plan to expand the application beyond Cambodia. Officially launched in October after a four-month beta testing period, ...p>
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/accounting-platform-seeks-funds
Rift with UN rights body ends
<p>The government has patched up a quarrel with the United Nations’ human rights wing less than two weeks before the organization would have been forced out of Cambodia. But the two-year agreement came with a reminder of Cambodia’s sovereignty and the principle of non-interference in national ...p>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33398/rift-with-un-rights-body-ends/
The rise of millennials and implications for Phnom Penh’s real estate sector
<p>CBRE’s 2016 report ‘Asia pacific Millennials: Shaping the Future of Real Estate’ sheds light on millennials thinking around the themes of work, live and play. We see many of the trends observed at a regional level as being applicable to phnom penh’s millennials, especially in ...p>
James Hodge
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/rise-millennials-and-implications-phnom-penhs-real-estate-sector
Calls to halt ‘reforestation’ plan
<p>Fourteen community representatives speaking for thousands of families yesterday petitioned the South Korean Embassy, Environment Ministry and Forestry Administration to halt the expansion of a controversial “reforestation” project by a Korean company situated between the protected prey Lang forest and Mekong River. Their petition – ...p>
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-halt-reforestation-plan
Decision on the adjustment and supplementation of the price of selling water produced and supplied by Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority
<p>On 29 August 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts issued a decision on the adjustment and supplementation of the price of water produced and supplied by phnom penh Water Supply Authority for sale to landlord or owner of a building with rented rooms for ...p>
Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts
Forest loss data show 2016 increase
<p>The new data, released by the University of Maryland, tracks forest cover loss globally using satellite imagery. Results showed that not only was 2016 worse than 2015, but of the 16 years for which deforestation was recorded, last year was the fourth worst – with ...p>
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-loss-data-show-2016-increase
