Survey to guide minimum wage talks
The Ministry of Labour has announced plans of a month-long research campaign into the living standards of garment and footwear factory workers prior to setting a minimum wage in 2018. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40136/survey-to-guide-minimum-wage-talks/
Project offers children education in remote areas
Plan International Cambodia has launched a three-year project to help young children living in remote and disadvantaged areas in Ratanakkiri and Stung Treng provinces receive education and health care services. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077520/project-offers-children-education-remote-areas/
Flood warning issued for Poipet
Villagers living near the O’Khai Don reservoir in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town have been warned to brace for floods as water continues to flow over the Thai border. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085590/flood-warning-issued-poipet/
Microloans work for some, leave many in debt
Nearly everyone living in Pann Sopheatra’s village, just across the Mekong River from Phnom Penh, has either taken out a microfinance loan or knows someone who has. ...
Matt Surrusco and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/microloans-work-for-some-leave-many-in-debt-126762/
Sesan residents searched over fears of ‘Terrorism’
Villagers living near the Lower Sesan II dam in Stung Treng province are being stopped and searched at a road checkpoint by officials fearing possible “terrorism” attacks on the controversial dam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sesan-residents-searched-over-fears-of-terrorism-133331/
Government further cuts water prices for workers
Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen announced here this morning the reduction of the cost of water for factory workers to further help improve their living standard. ...
C.Nika
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=108615
Airport annex may displace villagers
Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min has informed 62 families living in the vicinity of the province’s Kang Keng airport about a potential relocation as the government plans to expand it. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-annex-may-displace-villagers
VSO project aids fishing communities
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) completed a two-year project in Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Thom provinces that created 20 fishing communities and directly influenced the lives of more than 75,000 Cambodians. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vso-project-aids-fishing-communities
Poy Kampenh families granted land
The National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zones said on Sunday that the government has provided 103 families with land to live on and develop in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536089/poy-kampenh-families-granted-land/
Firm to advise on offshore financial products
Tag Wealth International, a subsidiary of Australian financial services company Tag Group, will establish a permanent office in Phnom Penh to provide services for expatriates living in Cambodia, its director said yesterday. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-advise-offshore-financial-products
Villagers urged to swap fishing for ecotourism
The Tourism Minister has called on riverside communities in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces to avoid fishing in areas where dolphins live to attract visitors who want to see the rare creatures. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36846/villagers-urged-to-swap-fishing-for-ecotourism/
More kids in care than thought: study
Almost one in every 100 children in Cambodia is living in a residential care institution, a number far higher than previous estimates, according to a new report in the British Medical Journal. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-kids-care-thought-study
CNRP will propose changes to allow voting from abroad
Opposition lawmakers plan to submit proposed amendments to the national election law next week in order to allow Cambodians who work and live outside the country to register and vote from abroad. ...
Ben Sokhean and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-will-propose-changes-to-allow-voting-from-abroad-133284/
Second road to flooded dam commune blocked
A second road leading to the embattled communities of Sre Kor commune, where defiant villagers continue to live through floods caused by dam construction, has been blocked by Stung Treng provincial authorities. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076789/second-road-flooded-dam-commune-blocked/
Families near airport push for land titles
About 600 families living next to Phnom Penh International Airport urged the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) yesterday to help speed up the process of giving them titles to their land. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34640/families-near-airport-push--for-land-titles/
Cambodia improves human development Index
Cambodia’s improvements on human development are the biggest in the region, but standards of living still lag behind neighboring nations, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) figures have shown. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36740/cambodia-improves-human-development-index/
Rail-side residents stage protest again
Nearly 100 people from eight communities living alongside railways in Phnom Penh yesterday gathered in front of City Hall demanding clarification on what will happen to them as their areas are redeveloped. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066117/rail-side-residents-stage-protest/
Nine Vietnamese arrested in Battambang census raids
Nine Vietnamese nationals found to be living in Cambodia illegally were arrested at furniture-making workshops in Battambang City on Tuesday as the national immigration census nears its end, a police official said Wednesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nine-vietnamese-arrested-in-battambang-census-raids-76187/
Mekong residents voice their concerns
Residents living in the Mekong River basin are expressing concerns over water degradation in the Mekong river and its impact on farming, aquaculture and the livelihood of the millions of people who live in the region. People from Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam’s Cuu Long (Mekong) ...
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/242941/mekong-residents-voice-their-concerns.html
Resin brings income for rural people
A project funded by USAID’s Supporting Forest and Biodiversity initiative is helping local communities relying on forests as their means to earn a living by tapping into an alternate source of income. ...
Safiya charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29560/resin-brings-income-for-rural-people/