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
Hun Sen: rights organisation CCHR will not be shut down
<p>In an unexpected turn, prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Saturday that the outspoken Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) will not be shut down, despite accusing the local NGO last week of serving foreign interests. In an article posted to government mouthpiece Fresh News, the ...p>
Leonie Kijewski and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-rights-organisation-cchr-will-not-be-shut-down
Press release on the exchange of notes and record of discussions on the extension of grant aid for the purpose of the implementation of the project for the construction of teacher education colleges in Phnom Penh and Battambang
<p>On 20 December 2017 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Senior Minister prak Sokhonn and H.E. HORINOUCHI Hidehisa, Ambassador of Japan to Cambodia, will sign the Exchange of Notes and Record of Discussions on the Extension of Grant Aid up to ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Chinese demand drives construction boom in Cambodia
<p>The value of construction projects in Cambodia rose more than 22 percent to $6.4 billion in 2017 from the previous year, according to official figures released on Tuesday that showed the impact of a boom driven by Chinese investors. The high level of Chinese investment is ...p>
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/cambodia-construction/chinese-demand-drives-construction-boom-in-cambodia-idUSL3N1PB2YA
Press release: Japan provides US$342,663 for improvement of educational environment for disabled children and construction of hospital buildings
<p>On 15 February 2018, Japanese Government has agreed to provide Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security projects, KUSANONE, US$342,663 in total, for improvement of educational environment for disabled children in Kandal province and construction of hospital buildings in Takeo, Mondulkiri, and Kampong Thom province. The Grant ...p>
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Hun Manet: Sihanoukville is not Macau
<p>Royal Cambodian Armed Forces chief of joint staff Hun Manet has said he disagrees that preah Sihanouk province, where Chinese investment in hotels and casinos has skyrocketed, will become a second Macau. Lieutenant General Manet made the comment on Monday during a ground-breaking ceremony for the ...p>
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112151/hun-manet-sihanoukville-is-not-macau/
NGO: ACU should investigate wealth of opposition politicians
<p>An NGO is prepping to file a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) against Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) officials Kem Sokha and Eng Chhay Eang, claiming the two men somehow “increased their wealth” since the national elections in 2013. Ros Sarom, the director of the ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30870/ngo--acu-should-investigate-wealth-of-opposition-politicians/
Penalties for logging falling
<p>A recent government report on protecting the country’s natural resources reveals that a total of 1,166 crimes were recorded, but only 873 ended up in court and only 293 of those cases resulted in small fines being issued. The report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31256/penalties-for-logging-falling/
Safety video for buyers of motorbikes
<p>Buyers of motorcycles under 125cc will have to watch a 10-minute video on drunk driving and road safety from next year. The move is an attempt to cut traffic deaths, particularly among young people. Nearly half of road deaths involve people aged 15 to 30. Agreement on ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33118/safety-video-for-buyers--of-motorbikes/
Chamber of commerce expands
<p>A new sub-decree to allow the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce to represent the business sector overseas, will come into force next year after prime Minister Hun Sen signs the draft into law soon, according to a Commerce Ministry official. Soeng Sophary, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the ...p>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33044/chamber-of-commerce-expands/
Mega construction supply center
<p>A Chinese company will spend roughly $60 million to build a construction supply center on the outskirts of phnom penh after finalizing a land leasing agreement with the phnom penh Autonomous port (ppAp) on Friday. Yunnan Sengmao Investment will build the aptly named Construction Material Supplies ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33862/mega-construction-supply-center/
Notification on the establishment of the customer protection working group and the establishment of a telephone system for the public
<p>On 22 August 2017, the Cambodian Microfinance Association issued a statement confirming the establishment of the consumer protection working group, declaring five hotlines for the public who have questions or problems with the use of the association’s financial services. The five hotline numbers are: 069 77777 ...p>
Cambodian Microfinance Association
Impunity threatens Mondulkiri preserves
<p>Speaking at a workshop hosted by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) on the past four years of conservation in the so-called Eastern plains Landscape – a project with $1.42 million in funding from the EU and an additional $420,000 from USAID and the ...p>
Phak Seangly and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/impunity-threatens-mondulkiri-preserves
