Facing Chinese Dam, Monks Fight for Temple
Monks residing in Koh Kong’s remote Areng Valley have begun raising funds online to renovate their local temple, despite plans in store for a large Chinese backed hydropower dam that would leave the site completely inundated. The 108-MW hydropower dam, to be built by
Kuch Naren and Kene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/facing-chinese-dam-monks-fight-for-temple-31987/
Thailand and Cambodia to forge closer trade talks
After the fourth Joint Trade Commission (JTC) recently, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom said that Thailand and Cambodia had the potential to drive two-way trade up by 30 per cent, due to strong growth in 2012.
Last year, bilateral trade grew by 40.5 per cent year on
Firms’ Timber Trade Decried
Two firms holding concessions in rapidly disappearing northern forests are amassing stockpiles of tens of thousands of luxury logs cut both within and outside their leases and trucking them on to Vietnam, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights has alleged.
CCHR investigators that tracked logging operations
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865880/National/firms-timber-trade-decried.html
New Chinese envoy pledges to further enhance ties with Cambodia
Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples.
Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/25/c_132573145.htm
AKP Corrects Report on Call for International Vote Probe
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith on Thursday clarified that Prime Minister Hun Sen did not express willingness to see international involvement in an independent investigation into election irregularities, after state media incorrectly reported to the contrary.
State news service Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP), which operates out of
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/akp%E2%80%88corrects-report-on-call-for-international-vote-probe-38139/
Cambodian PM inaugurates rubber processing plant in far northern province
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday inaugurated a rubber processing plant here, saying the factory would contribute to developing the country’s fast-growing rubber sector.
The 7 million U.S. dollar plant, invested by Cambodia’s Sopheak Nika Investment Agro-Industry Company, was built on the area of 9
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/15/c_132384351.htm
Against the Grain
On the palm-studded plains of Cambodia, rice farmers’ eyes light up with the prospect of sending their crop northward to China. The poor Southeast Asian nation had been trying for several years to export rice to the mainland but only last year did it gain
http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/china-rice-demand-market-import
‘Thinnest’ smartphone is set for debut in Cambodia
Two days after Huawei introduced the world’s thinnest smartphone in London and Singapore, the Cambodian representative office of the China-based company announced that the sleek device would be sold in the Kingdom in July.
While the Chinese telecom giant hopes to increase its market share of
Confidence at central bank
As volatility strikes Asian markets in anticipation of the US Federal Reserve winding down quantitative easing – the practice of injecting money into the economy – the National Bank of Cambodia says the Kingdom will remain largely insulated thanks to an investment market still in
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566455/Business/confidence-at-central-bank.html
Factory production sluggish
In the wake of last month’s election, production levels at Cambodian garment factories are still below the norm as lingering fears of political unrest keep workers at home and away from the capital.
Shrugged off at the outset as a natural byproduct of the election that
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factory-production-sluggish
Commune officials to solve factory disputes
In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes.
The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-officials-solve-factory-disputes
Phnom Penh Governor Expresses Disapproval of CNRP Rally
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Thursday rebuked opposition CNRP president Sam Rainsy for allegedly breaking his promise to keep Monday’s CNRP rally at Freedom Park to 6,000 people and bar the participation of supporters from outside of the city.
Well over 10,000 CNRP supporters attended
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/phnom-penh-governor-expresses-disapproval-of-cnrp-rally-41439/
Cambodia low on energy ranking
Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia’s abysmally low ranking in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report for 2014.
Cambodia ranked 120 out of 124 nations, with a so-called Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) score
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-low-energy-ranking
EU Alleges Up to 30% of Cambodia Rice Imports Mixed With Vietnam Rice
The Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) has proposed a “Code of Conduct” for rice exporters of the country to prevent contamination of rice from other origins in rice exports to EU member countries.
Under the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade
Oryza
http://oryza.com/news/eu-alleges-30-cambodia-rice-imports-are-mixed-vietnam-rice
Still at Large, Chhouk Bundith Has Case Sent to Appeal Court
Although the Svay Rieng Provincial Court announced the ex-governor’s sentence in June and ordered his immediate arrest, he has remained elusive to the authorities. His lawyers filed an appeal in July to the Appeal Court challenging the provincial court’s verdict.
Sun Bunnarith, Chhouk Bundith’s lawyer, claimed
Khy Sovuthy and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/still-at-large-chhouk-bundith-has-case-sent-to-appeal-court-40914/
Software giant targets piracy
Microsoft Cambodia has appointed Thakral Cambodia Industries Limited as its second authorised software distributor in the country, a move intended to help the computer giant’s local operation combat the rampant use of pirated software.
Thakral, one of the largest distributors of IT products in Cambodia (its
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/software-giant-targets-piracy
Cambodia to establish first civil aviation school
Cambodia planned to set up the first ever Civil Aviation Training Center with South Korean assistance in order to boost development of air transport industry and tourism, a spokesman said Saturday.
“South Korea agreed to provide 10.1 million U.S. dollars in grant aid to Cambodia for
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/12/c_132793377.htm
Radio Host Calls On Pupils to Denounce Teachers Talking Politics
The owner of the popular local ABC radio station on Thursday urged university students to call his station and inform listeners if their teachers discuss information that could be deemed critical of the government.
An ABC radio employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity as
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/radio-host-calls-on-pupils-to-denounce-teachers-talking-politics-45899/
Smart Mobile Sees 36% Revenue Growth
Malaysian telecommunications company Axiata Group Berhad reported Wednesday that its Cambodian brand Smart has seen strong growth in the first nine months of the year, with revenue increasing by 36 percent compared with the same period last year.
In its third quarter financial report, Axiata said
George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/smart-mobile-sees-36-revenue-growth-48215/
Profits dip for water authority
Second-quarter net profit for the exchange-listed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority dropped nearly 26 per cent to $2 million from the same quarter a year ago, according to the most recent financial report released on October 11.
Sim Sitha, the director-general of PPWSA, said the decrease
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/profits-dip-water-authority
