Government spending, foreign aid up in 2013
Government spending increased 32 per cent last year, while increases in both domestic revenue and foreign aid helped stabilise Cambodia’s budget deficit, according to budget statements from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).
The consolidated financial records, which were released on May 8, show Cambodia’s
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-spending-foreign-aid-2013
Brands, international unions press Cambodian government on labor issues
Representatives from some of the world’s largest fashion brands and the leader of one of the world’s biggest union organizations met this week with Cambodian officials and local clothing manufacturers to demand better treatment and improve workplace safety for the country’s estimated 600,000 garment workers.
Garment
Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/brands-international-unions-press-government-on-labor-issues/1923596.html
Planned dams threaten Cambodia’s food security
The planned construction of 88 hydroelectric dams in the lower Mekong basin by 2030 will cause food security challenges in Cambodia, experts say.
“Cambodia is going to pay the highest price for dam development basin-wide, to the point of affecting the food security of its 80
Gant Daily News Staff
http://gantdaily.com/2014/07/28/planned-dams-threaten-cambodias-food-security/
Amnesty idea floated during talks: report
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen discussed the possibility of offering amnesty to senior government officials in order to allow for “an honourable exit of the leaders”, Rainsy was quoted as saying to the French newspaper La Libération last week.
Rainsy reportedly said in the
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/amnesty-idea-floated-during-talks-report
Khmer New Year tourism up in Siem Reap
A giant traditional sticky rice cake weighing two tons, the largest num ansorm ever made, was unveiled at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province yesterday as visitors flocked to the area to mark Khmer New Year.
Visitor numbers for the three-day holiday
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/khmer-new-year-tourism-up-in-siem-reap-56531/
PAL still pursuing Cambodia venture
PAL Holdings Inc., the operator of flag carrier Philippine Airlines, said Wednesday it will pursue the plan to invest in Cambodia Airlines.
The airline operator said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the “ongoing preparations for the completion of the contemplated joint venture agreement between
Lailany P. Gomez
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/02/13/pal-still-pursuing-cambodia-venture/
Hundreds protest Laos dam
Yin Vuth, one of hundreds of Cambodians who protested against the Don Sahong dam over the weekend, said that if construction on the project in Laos goes ahead, the fish will disappear, and once the fish disappear, the dolphins will be next.
“All we will have
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-protest-laos-dam
Cambodia PM: agreement with Opposition may be near
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that secret talks with the country’s political opposition have resolved most of their differences, and the two sides may soon reach an agreement for the opposition to end its boycott of parliament.
Hun Sen said that a single “small
Sopheng Cheang
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodia-pm-agreement-opposition-23218596
Gov’t backtracks on rally ban
After days of defiance from the opposition against a ban on public assembly, the government issued orders yesterday for opposition rallies across the country to be allowed to go ahead, officials said.
Tep Nytha, secretary-general of the National Election Committee (NEC), said the body and the
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-backtracks-rally-ban
Report sees increasing foreign investment in industrial sector
The latest CBRE Cambodia Market View on the industrial market is upbeat about investment in the Kingdom, despite frequently touted political risks.
“Cambodia remains an attractive destination for industrial work and operations, with low inflation rates of 2.9 per cent and comparatively low minimum wages,” says
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/report-sees-increasing-foreign-investment-industrial-sector
Strike by Cambodian Caltex staff enters 3rd day after wage talks fail
Cambodian workers for the U.S.- owned Caltex petrol stations in Phnom Penh continued their strike for higher wages Wednesday after wage negotiations late Tuesday failed to reach any agreement.
Strike leader Sar Mora, president of the Cambodian Food and Service Workers Federation, said some 300 Caltex
Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-05/14/c_133332966.htm
UN Rights Envoy meets with interior minister, opposition leader
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Friday met with visiting U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi, who spent the first week of his 11th mission to Cambodia following up on electoral, labor and legislative reform.
The special rapporteur later met with CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha, who
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rights-envoy-meets-with-interior-minister-opposition-leader-62061/
Gov’t rejects 4 human rights recommendations
Cambodia on Thursday rejected four recommendations for improving its human rights situation that it initially accepted earlier this year during its second universal periodic review at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
It also “noted” 38 recommendations—meaning it has not committed to implementing them—some relating
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-rejects-4-human-rights-recommendations-62584/
Sihanoukville struggles to shake its seedy image
This tourist town counts itself among the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club and more than 1 million tourists each year are drawn to its tropical water and sandy shore. Yet when the U.S. Embassy last month warned its citizens to avoid some beaches
Ouch Sony and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-struggles-to-shake-its-seedy-image-66108/
Cambodia attracts 230,100 Chinese visitors in H1, up 19 pct
Cambodia has received 230,100 Chinese tourists in the first six months of 2014, an increase of 19 percent over the same period last year, according to a tourism report released on Wednesday.
The report shows that China is the second largest source of tourists to Cambodia
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/08-13/129405.shtml
Energy Minister plays down Areng concerns
Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem has issued a letter to the National Assembly commission on the environment, offering assurances that the planned Stung Cheay Areng Hydropower Dam will meet high environmental and social standards.
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party member Te Chanmony on September
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/energy-minister-plays-down-areng-concerns
Cambodia's economic growth forecast to reach 7.2% in 2014, 7.5% next year – World Bank
Cambodia’s economic growth is forecasted to reach 7.2 percent in 2014, and 7.5 percent next year according to a report by World Bank on Monday.
The report said Cambodia’s garments continue to be the key engine of growth, followed by construction. The poverty rate continued to
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-economic-forecasted-to-reach-72-pct-in-2014-75-pct-next-year:-world-bank-7444
Gov’t to monitor prices at pump
The Cambodian government is again urging petrol retailers to pass on savings to the consumer amid the continued plunge in global oil prices, which hit a new five-year low yesterday.
The premier’s criticism of foreign fuel retailers comes after the minister of commerce, Sun Chanthol,
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-monitor-prices-pump
Police deport 7 Montagnards from Ratanakkiri to Vietnam
As 14 Montagnard asylum seekers continue to evade authorities in the forests of Ratanakkiri province, an official said Sunday that police deported seven “Vietnamese Jarai” from the northeastern province on Saturday.
Ratanakkiri provincial police chief Nguon Koeun said border police arrested the seven on Saturday in
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-deport-7-montagnards-from-ratanakkiri-to-vietnam-76656/
H.E. Cheang Vun's responding letter to the request by CCC
H.E. Cheang Vun, the head of the 5th Commission, reaffirmed that, as a tradition, after received any draft law from the Royal Government of Cambodia and assigned by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for studying and giving opnions on the texts, special Commissions
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