Coal outgrows hydropower
As Cambodia’s demand for electricity grows and domestic energy production increases, new data released from the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday show that coal-fired energy generation surpassed hydroelectricity for the first time last year. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coal-outgrows-hydropower
8 billion riel released
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on Tuesday released eight billion riel (about $2 million) at three percent interest to just one financial institution that joined the third bidding of the new Liquidity-Provided Collateralized Operation (LPCO). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33442/8-billion-riel-released/
Donors silent as CPP plots party-busting legislation
The National Assembly will vote on Monday on landmark legislation giving the government unprecedented new powers to suspend and dissolve its political rivals, and with barely a note of concern from the democracies helping bankroll the country. ...
Ben Sokhean and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/donors-silent-as-cpp-plots-party-busting-legislation-125228/
Water utility widens revenue stream
The capital’s listed water utility inaugurated a new treatment facility yesterday that will increase its production capacity of clean water by 30 percent, and add to its revenue stream – a move likely to impress its shareholders. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/water-utility-widens-revenue-stream
General Electric signs sales agreement for 135Mw coal plant
Us-based energy giant General Electric (GE) signed a sales agreement yesterday to outfit the new 135-megawatt coal-fired plant in Preah Sihanouk province that is being constructed by a subsidiary of Japanese electronics manufacturer Toshiba. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/general-electric-signs-sales-agreement-135mw-coal-plant
Flood dangers rise amid downpours
The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a new warning about heavy rain across the country amid a low-pressure weather system, while Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered officials to be prepared for flooding. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084251/flood-dangers-rise-amid-downpours/
Testing the winds in Cambodia’s energy sector
A new study on wind energy and its potential to diversify Cambodia’s energy sector is now being conducted, with results expected for mid next year, according to a representative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093692/testing-winds-cambodias-energy-sector/
Expansion approved for Bokor National Park
New resorts, restaurants and casinos could be coming to Bokor National Park after environment officials endorsed an “improved” plan for the mountain along with oknha Sok Kong’s hotel company, according to the government’s News agency. ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expansion-approved-bokor-national-park
Malaysian Maybank expands to outskirts
Malaysian-owned Maybank, one of the largest banks in Cambodia, opened its 12th national branch in Phnom Penh on Friday. The bank aims to reach emerging businesses in the city’s Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) with the new office. ...
Cambodia gets 18-mln-USD ADB loan for ferry terminal development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an 18-million-U.S. dollars loan to build a ferry terminal and other infrastructure in Cambodia’s southern Kampot province to open up new opportunities for tourism, the bank said on Tuesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141125/cambodia-gets-18-mln-usd-adb-loan-ferry-terminal-development
Signing up: Poll monitors try out digital registration
A coalition of election watchdogs and rights groups known as the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) have tested a new “modernised voter registration” system that they hope the soon-to-be overhauled National Election Committee will use during forthcoming elections. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/signing-poll-monitors-try-out-digital-registration
Senior garment workers also want salary raise
Thousands of garment workers at one Phnom Penh factory, and about 100 more at another, protested Thursday over the new minimum wage set for the garment sector late last year, upset that those already earning higher salaries were overlooked. ...
Mech Dara and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senior-garment-workers-also-want-salary-raise-78391/
Signing up: Poll monitors try out digital registration
A coalition of election watchdogs and rights groups known as the Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA) have tested a new “modernised voter registration” system that they hope the soon-to-be overhauled National Election Committee will use during forthcoming elections. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/signing-poll-monitors-try-out-digital-registration
Cambodia takes regional lead with elite bomb dive squad
A quiet, unoccupied section of Victory Beach in Sihanoukville hosted a group of remarkable visitors this week as divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) tested sophisticated new sonar and magnetic equipment donated by the US. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13581/cambodia-takes-regional-lead-with-elite-bomb-dive-squad/
Capitol bus drivers reject employment letters
More than 40 Capitol Tours bus drivers who were ordered by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday to end a nearly two-weeklong strike are refusing to sign a company letter agreeing to new employment conditions. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/capitol-bus-drivers-reject-employment-letters-90610/
Commerce minister calls for review of regional trade deal
Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol on Monday asked the World Bank and the European Union to review a trio of new trade agreements with Cambodia’s neighbors to determine what impact the deals would have on the country’s exports. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/commerce-minister-calls-for-review-of-regional-trade-deal-91378/
NEC too test computerized voter registration
The National Election Committee will begin a voter registration pilot project in 43 villages in November, using a new computer system to store data as the country heads toward local elections in 2017. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-nec-to-test-computerized-voter-registration/2936401.html
Sokha mocks CPP over plan to steal int’l support
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has ridiculed a new campaign by the CPP to revitalize the historically weak support for the ruling party among overseas Cambodians, an effort that has included appointing ambassadors as country directors for the party. ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sokha-mocks-cpp-over-plan-to-steal-intl-support-92914/
Power firms shifting focus to green projects with Cambodia standing to gain
Chinese companies’ investment in new energy globally surges 55.6% in 2022 ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501326667/power-firms-shifting-focus-to-green-projects-with-cambodia-standing-to-gain/
Cambodia's Public Debt
According to the [inter]national Monetary Fund (IMF), at the end of 2011, the stock of Cambodia’s external public debt, including arrears, stood at around US 3.8 billion or 30 percent of GDP (24 percent in NPV terms). China remains the largest bilateral creditor, contributing to ...