City Hall brings in security guards to collect trash
District security guards, often used to break up demonstrations and beat protesters, were mobilized Tuesday to help clean up the city as hundreds of Phnom Penh’s trash collectors continued their strike over pay and working conditions. City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said 60 Cintri trucks returned ...
Ben Sokhean and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-brings-in-security-guards-to-collect-trash-63583/
ADB protest lands meeting, few results
About 60 residents from Phnom Penh and the provinces of Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Preah Sihanouk who lost land or are in danger of losing land due to a railroad development project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) protested outside its offices Thursday morning ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-protest-lands-meeting-few-results-62593/
New airline gets closer to launch
Cambodia Bayon Airlines will soon import two Modern Ark 60 aircrafts from the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), with plans to begin domestic flights before the end of the year, a company representative said yesterday. Bayon will sign an agreement with AVIC on Thursday ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airline-gets-closer-launch
Cambodian labor unions lower minimum wage demands
Cambodian labor unions this week lowered their demands for a 60 percent increase to the country’s $100 minimum wage, as talks loom next month on setting a new wage.Unions agreed to call for $150 a month during a meeting with officials from the Garment Manufacturers’ ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/171407/cambodian-labor-unions-lower-minimum-wage-demands.html
Japanese firms look to expand
Japanese companies in the Kingdom are looking at expanding local operations as business confidence for 2015 is expected to rise on account of higher projected sales and operating profits, according to a survey conducted by the Japanese External Trade Organization. The survey, which looked at Japanese ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/japanese-firms-look-expand
Apsara mulls hike for Angkor Wat tickets
The Apsara Authority, the government entity that manages the ancient temple complex at Angkor, is studying the possibility of increasing ticket prices, stating that current prices are “low” when compared with similar destinations in other countries. Apsara is considering conducting a study as well to ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/apsara-mulls-hike-angkor-wat-tickets
Workers unions request minimum wage of $250
Workers Unions representing over 10,000 workers in the Kingdom have requested the government an increase in minimum wage to $250 per month for garment workers, an augmentation of $60 in wage compared to the original stipend imposed in 2020. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719380/workers-unions-request-minimum-wage-of-250/
Rural areas gain clean water
An NGO has plans to supply clean water to 60 rural provinces between 2013 and 2016 in an effort to increase access to water and meet the demand of their citizens. Chai Lo, the founder and country director of 1001 Fontaines, said at the opening of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012111259680/Business/rural-areas-gain-clean-water.html
Heavy rainfall sees Mekong levels rise
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has recorded river levels increasing by 0.65m between Stung Treng and Prey Veng’s Neak Loeung over the last seven days and forecast an additional rise this week of 0.60m due to torrential rain. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-rainfall-sees-mekong-levels-rise
Tax revenue surpasses $1.9B
The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.90927 billion in taxes in the first eight months of 2021, down by $151.3 million or 10.60 per cent from the same period last year. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenue-surpasses-19b
Kampong Thom water treatment plant online
The Kampong Thom Provincial Administration is set to launch a new clean water production plant in April. The plant – located in Stung Sen town’s Prey Tahou commune and built with the assistance of a grant from the Japanese government – will have the capacity ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-thom-water-treatment-plant-online
NEA sponsors job fair with 600 new openings
The General Department of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) reported that as of mid-February, roughly 20,000 people had enrolled for TVET programmes nationwide, while the target for all of 2023 is around 60,000. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nea-sponsors-job-fair-600-new-openings
Kampong Thom governor leads tree planting, green initiative
Kampong Thom provincial governor Nguon Ratanak recently led the planting of over 60 young tree saplings in Stung Sen garden, situated along the namesake river. The new trees are expected to beautify the provincial town and attract more domestic and international visitors. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/k-thom-governor-leads-tree-planting-green-initiative
Government to expand road from new Siem Reap Airport to provincial city
The Royal Government has planned to upgrade the National Road (NR) 6 from the T-junction of the highway from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) in Siem Reap to the provincial city with a distance of nearly 20 kilometres at an estimated cost of $60 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501393810/government-to-expand-road-from-new-siem-reap-airport-to-provincial-city/
Ministry breaks ground on first of five regional tree nurseries
The Ministry of Environment is conducting a study on Cambodia’s current forest canopy to facilitate successful tree planting and expansion, aiming to increase the country’s green cover to 60 per cent over the next 25 years. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-breaks-ground-on-first-of-five-regional-tree-nurseries
Roads in 11 provinces damaged by floods
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol on Sunday said that 46 roads in 11 provinces have been severely damaged by floods and the ministry will repair them after water recedes. He said a total of 60 kilometers of roads, including national ones, were involved and the ministry had ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50641781/roads-in-11-provinces-damaged-by-floods/
Sex-ed site reaching thousands, NGO says
A lack of knowledge about sex is posing a risk to the health and education of adolescents, according to the Ministry of Education, which has created an online program to help better inform and equip the young people who make up 60 per cent of ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sex-ed-site-reaching-thousands-ngo-says
Cambodia’s Place in ASEAN
Cambodia is one of the smallest and poorest economies in ASEAN. It accounts for only 0.7% of total regional economic activity and had the lowest GDP per capita in 2014 (Table 1). Only the Lao PDR has a smaller economy, and the next-poorest countries in ...
IndraStra Global
http://www.indrastra.com/2016/07/EXCERPT-Cambodia-s-Place-in-ASEAN-002-07-2016-0037.html
Official Arrested After Blocking Land Program
The former deputy administration director from Kratie province was arrested yesterday, accused of incitement for interfering with the work of student volunteers in Prime Minister Hun Sen’s land-titling project, an official said. Chin Hongsry, 60, is accused of undermining the volunteers by telling the villagers to ...