‘Gender equality starts at home’
The push for gender equality must start within families and parents should encourage their daughters to speak their minds, Minister of Culture and Fine arts Phoeung Sackona said. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15310/---gender-equality-starts-at-home---/
Institute feeling crowded
Construction work at the site of Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute by Hong Kong-listed casino operator NagaCorp has caused concern among staff that the large development is driving away students. In recent days, a wall separating the institute from Hun Sen Park in Chamkarmon district’s Tonle Bassac ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/institute-feeling-crowded
China-aided 2023 SEA Games stadium symbolises close Sino-Cambodian ties
Travelling along National Road 5 in the north of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, tourists can easily spot a mammoth sailing ship-shaped structure – the China-funded Morodok Techo National Stadium. ...
War games: Ministry says 'please don't be alarmed' as it announces Golden Dragon military exercise with China
The Ministry of Defence on Thursday warned civilians and aircraft to avoid a section of Kampong Speu province from March 15 to March 30 while Cambodia participates in its Golden Dragon military training exercises with China. ...
Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/war-games-ministry-says-please-dont-be-alarmed-it-announces-golden-dragon-military-exercise
Low salaries stifle education reform efforts
Sao Sothy’s home is small and the furniture is sparse. There are no tables or chairs. In one room, there is a small bed, but her family of four sleeps on mats in the living room. Hanging on the otherwise bare walls is Ms. Sothy’s ...
Emily Wilkins and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-salaries-stifle-education-reform-efforts-56752/
UK envoy joins fundraiser for Battambang art school
Britain’s Ambassador to Cambodia took part in celebrations in Phnom Penh to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne – the longest serving monarch in British history. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501062906/uk-envoy-joins-fundraiser-for-battambang-art-school/
2013 National Budget to Rise Above $3B
Government spending next year will total more than $3 billion, a 16.2 percent increase from the $2.6 billion set aside for 2012, according to a draft of the national budget obtained Friday. The budget states that the government will allocate some $400 million, or 13.32 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/2013-national-budget-to-rise-above-3b-5428/
Cambodia Far From Intellectual Property Targets
Cambodia is still a way off implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on intellectual property rights, despite a deadline to do so in just over a month. At the end of June, the group of the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), including Cambodia, run out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-far-from-intellectual-property-targets-26805/
Digital tech deal to change the transport game: Loba
The top logistics industry body has struck a deal with a digital technology association that is tailored to better position the freight sector to drive growth and slash delivery times and operating costs, according to the former’s chief. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-tech-deal-change-transport-game-loba
ADB asked to craft game plan for monorail, subway
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport on April 6 asked the Metro Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help devise strategies for monorail and subway projects planned for Phnom Penh. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-asked-craft-game-plan-monorail-subway
NagaWorld sees year-on-year boost in VIP revenues
Phnom Penh casino NagaWorld has announced that gross gaming revenue (GGR) rose 48 per cent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2015, largely on the back of returns from VIP clients. Nagacorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent of NagaWorld, said in an unaudited report released ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagaworld-sees-year-year-boost-vip-revenues
Elderly deaths in ‘HIV village’
The death toll is increasing in Battambang’s Roka commune, which has been plagued by a massive HIV outbreak, as health officials confirmed yesterday that two more HIV-positive villagers succumbed to illnesses despite undergoing antiretroviral treatment (ART). The two elderly women, aged 74 and 75, died on ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/elderly-deaths-hiv-village
Kingdom factory goes for the gold
Cambodian garment makers are filling orders for the 2012 London Olympics in what insiders say is the first time the country has supplied the Games. ShenZhou International Group Holdings Ltd, one of China’s largest apparel exporters, makes shirts and other sportswear for Adidas that will supply ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101952197/Business/kingdom-factory-goes-for-the-gold.html
Revenues Down at Pailin’s Dreamworld Casino
U.S.-listed firm Entertainment Gaming Asia’s (EGA) Dreamworld casino in Poipet province has seen revenue drop by almost 18 percent this year, according to financial results released by the company. Results issued on Thursday from Hong Kong said the casino, which opened in May 2012, made revenue ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/revenues-down-at-pailins-dreamworld-casino-39102/
Gov’t grants funding for special olympic team
The Cambodian government has granted $20,000 to the national Special Olympics team, for travel and competition at this year’s games in Los Angeles later this month. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-grants-funding-for-special-olympic-team/2865153.html
Prize seeks to stymie corruption
Two organisations hope a new award, which includes cash prizes and entry into an international corruptionr-reporting conference, will encourage Cambodian journalists to up their game in reporting on corruption issues. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prize-seeks-stymie-corruption
Gambling on change
The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change
Trash pact in crosshairs
City Hall has warned Phnom Penh’s sole waste management firm that it has just one more opportunity to lift its game before its oft-criticised contract comes under threat. ...
Morn Vanntey and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trash-pact-crosshairs
Voter registration push slows in recent days
The number of people registering to vote has dropped sharply in recent days, statistics show, with an election watchdog calling on the National Election Committee to step up its game. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-push-slows-recent-days
Donaco in negotiations to buy Cambodian casino business
Donaco International Ltd has signed an exclusive term sheet to acquire “a significant gaming and hospitality business in Cambodia”, the company said. It did not provide further details on the acquisition target. ...
GGRAsia News Staff
http://www.ggrasia.com/donaco-in-negotiations-to-buy-cambodian-casino-business/