Oddar Meanchey coal-fired plant 50% complete
Han Seng Coal Mine Co Ltd’s (HSCMC’s) 265MW coal-fired power station in Oddar Meanchey province’s easternmost Trapaing Prasat district is more than 50 per cent complete, with construction expected to be completed next year, provincial governor Pen Kosal said on Tuesday. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oddar-meanchey-coal-fired-plant-50-complete
Officials to return from Nauru Refugee Center Monday
A government delegation that traveled to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru last week to study the possibility of resettling in Cambodia some of the refugees Australia is currently holding there will return to Phnom Penh on Monday, a government official said. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-return-from%E2%80%88nauru-refugee-center-monday-76357/
Doroshenko’s lawyer seeks bail; son vows legal action
A lawyer for Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko on Thursday requested bail for the 54-year-old, a day after he was arrested in Sihanoukville and imprisoned on fraud charges related to one of several disputes with fugitive developer Sergei Polonsky. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/doroshenkos-lawyer-seeks-bail-son-vows-legal-action-80831/
PPWSA shuffle no surprise
Officials and securities firms yesterday showed little distress at the imminent retirement of Ek Sonn Chan, the man credited with straightening out and preparing the capital’s public water utility for its initial public offering in April. A letter from the Ministry of industry, Mines and Energy ...
http://Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority shuffle no surprise
Partnership to drive food-processing
Khmer Enterprise, a unit under the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Cambodia Australia Agricultural Value Chain Program (CAVAC), and the institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), inked a partnership agreement to driving food-processing innovations through small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730161/partnership-to-drive-food-processing/
No power shortage during dry season: Ministry
The Ministry of Mines and Energy said there is no shortage of electricity during this year’s dry season as compared to last year. Even so, the ministry said it would continue to boost electricity access in all households across the country by at least 78 ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716106/no-power-shortage-during-dry-season-ministry/
Cambodia hoping to produce oil this year, despite global slump
As the global price of oil craters amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd remains on track to extract the first drop of oil in the first half of this year, said a Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-hoping-produce-oil-year-despite-global-slump
Cambodia welcomes sisal into crop portfolio
Cambodia will soon start cultivating sisal, an agave plant native to southern Mexico which produces a strong fibre, after China Great Cause (Cambodia) investment Co Ltd received an economic land concession in Preah Vihear province to build a processing plant. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-welcomes-sisal-crop-portfolio
Retail price of gasoline drops
Starting yesterday, the price of regular gasoline in the Kingdom is 3,950 riel ($0.97) per litre, amounting to a reduction of 200 riel per litre following a series of tax cuts announced last month by Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as price reductions implemented ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506822/retail-price-of-gasoline-drops/
New Ministry decree aims at tourist safety
A Ministry of Tourism official said they would finalize an inter-ministerial prakas before the end of this year to enhance tourists’ safety, as previous fatal accidents have led to concerns in the tourism sector. Tith Chantha, general director of tourism at the Ministry of Tourism, said task force officials, affiliated with Tourism ...
PM calls out US again for bombs
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used a speaking slot at a children’s rights conference to once again castigate the United States, urging the UN to “increase its volume” in condemning the US for dropping bombs that maimed and killed children. ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-out-us-again-bombs
Verdicts stick as court rejects Sarath appeal
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld the jail sentences of tycoon Thong Sarath and his parents, all of whom were found guilty of illegal weapons possession by Phnom Penh Municipal court in June. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/verdicts-stick-court-rejects-sarath-appeal
Sok Bun seeks release
Real estate tycoon Sok Bun, charged with the brutal bashing of a former TV presenter in July, has applied to leave prison for medical treatment, claiming he is suffering from stress and high blood pressure, his lawyer said yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-bun-seeks-release
CSX developing app for securities trading
A new online trading platform is being developed to spur interest in Cambodia’s sleepy stock market by allowing traders to access the exchange remotely via software compatible with smartphones, a bourse spokesman said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/csx-developing-app-securities-trading
Kampong Speu to reclaim national park land
Kampong Speu province is set to reclaim land in the Kirirom National Park after accusations from locals that environmental officers had encroached on 2ha of it. The statement came from provincial governor Vei Samnang who vowed to get to the bottom of the matter. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-reclaim-national-park-land
Covid patient discharged from hospital
The Ministry of Health on Monday said a Covid-19 patient has recovered and been discharged from the Khmer–Soviet Friendship Hospital. This brings the number of recovered patients to 130 out of the 141 patients in the Kingdom – or about 92 per cent. Another eleven ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/covid-patient-discharged-hospital
Publisher tells court his posts sought attention and ‘Likes’, not chaos
A news publisher who was imprisoned over criticisms of Prime Minister Hun Sen in several social media posts pleaded guilty at his trial on Tuesday but said he was just trying to arouse interest and more “likes.” ...
Ouch Sony
https://vodenglish.news/publisher-tells-court-his-posts-sought-attention-and-likes-not-chaos/
Japan extends Covid loan for Kingdom
Japan has extended its loan for Cambodia for $270 million to be used in Covid-19 response and economic revitalisation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation said following the 12th virtual Mekong-Japan Summit on November 13. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-extends-covid-loan-kingdom
Think tank pushes ACMECS to establish rice association
The independent Phnom Penh-based think tank Asian Vision institute on Monday called on the five inland ASEAN countries to consider setting up a regional rice-producing association to maintain food security in the region amid Covid-19. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/think-tank-pushes-acmecs-establish-rice-association
Announcement on the measures on Nutrilatt milk brand products with B/N 487, 488, 536, 537, 538 and 539
On 03 September 2020, Ministry of Commerce has posted an announcement regarding the measures for Nutrilatt milk brand products with B/N 487, 488, 536, 537, 538 and 539. The decision is followed by the recent finding of the lack of nutritious in the mentioned milk ...
Ministry of Commerce