Kingdom, Hong Kong boost ties
Economic cooperation between Cambodia and Hong Kong is on the rise, while the introduction of a new visa extension is also evidence of strengthening relations, officials say. On June 1, Cambodian officials will be able to travel to Hong Kong without a visa and stay ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061866316/Business/kingdom-hong-kong-boost-ties.html
SECC plans same-day settlement on trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) is planning new measures for trading on the local stock exchange that it says will encourage investors to trade more actively. Investors currently need to wait for six intervals – occurring every half-hour between 8.30am and 11.30am – ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-plans-same-day-settlement-trading
Cambodia opposition seeks NZ support
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy is appealing to the New Zealand Government to join calls for a re-run of last year’s elections in Cambodia, which he claims were rigged. “We are very grateful to the people and to the Government of New Zealand for their ...
Radio New Zealand News Staff
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/239583/cambodia-opposition-seeks-nz-support
Traffic cops to keep 70% of fines
Traffic cops will personally pocket 70 per cent of the fines they give out from January 2016 onwards, when the country’s new traffic law is implemented and penalties will rise five-fold.The incentive was announced yesterday by the deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s Public Order ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-cops-keep-70-fines
Banteay Meanchey police detain 23 Candlelight Party officials
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Police detained and questioned 23 Candlelight party officials over the weekend for allegedly lying to people while collecting thumbprints to establish a new political party. Police say party members falsely told citizens that CPP leaders were behind the effort to create the ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/banteay-meanchey-police-detain-23-candlelight-party-officials/
The Missing Link
Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...
Controversial Dam Approved on Cambodia-Laos Border
Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-dam-approved-on-cambodia-laos-border-44401/
Macau-Backed Casino Firm to Expand Operations in Cambodia
A Macau-backed firm plans to grow its involvement in Cambodia’s casino sector as it targets the local gambling market with gaming machines and two new casinos, the company said in a financial statement filed in the US. Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc, which currently provides gaming machines ...
Opposition Warns It May Block All Roads to Phnom Penh
The opposition CNRP on Thursday threatened to block traffic in and out of Phnom Penh along all major roads next month unless the government meets its demands, including new elections and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s resignation. Mao Monivann, deputy director of the CNRP’s executive committee, said ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-warns-it-may-block-all-roads-to-phnom-penh-49500/
Boeng Kak factions brawl over police base
The once unified fight of the Boeng Kak lake community against their forced eviction visibly fractured over the weekend, as factions within the community accused each other of literally casting the first stone in a brawl that broke out Saturday over a new military police ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-factions-brawl-over-police-base-62731/
Sihanoukville multipurpose port planned
The government plans to spend about $300 million to build a new multipurpose seaport in Preah Sihanouk province, which promises to receive larger cargo ships and reduce logistics costs.The new port will increase the capacity of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) to handle cargo shipments, ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33740/sihanoukville-multipurpose-port-planned/
More chemical bomb sites found
Eleven new chemical bomb sites have been discovered by the Cambodian Mine Action Centre in Prey Veng province. The sites are in an area that was formerly part of Svay Rieng province prior to its transfer to Prey Veng in 2013. Deputy Svay Rieng provincial governor Toch ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108643/more-chemical-bomb-sites-found/
Beeline Appoints Second Boss in Three Months
Mobile operator Beeline announced Friday the appointment of the company’s second new general-director in less than three months. Said Abbadi, who formerly worked as CEO of newroz Telecom in Kurdistan, started as Beeline Cambodia’s new boss on July 17, the company said in a statement. The ...
Groups appeal to gov’t to pass traffic law
The Cambodia Red Cross, NGOs and traffic accident victims Thursday marked annual road safety week by appealing to the government to quickly pass a new traffic law in an effort to reduce road accidents. The Ministry of Justice must still review the new traffic law ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/groups-appeal-to-govt-to-pass-traffic-law-56448/
Atmospheric hole discovered
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in the skies above Southeast Asia: a huge, invisible hole in the atmosphere’s lowest layer that may exacerbate the effects of Cambodia’s climate change. The hole – roughly twice the length of new Zealand and concentrated just east of the ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/atmospheric-hole-discovered
Hun Sen demands bus lines
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday used the inauguration of the Stung Meanchey overpass to call for the speedy formation of a government bus authority, as the capital eyes two new planned routes and 18 by 2020. During his speech at the site of the approximately $19 ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-demands-bus-lines
Parties yet to agree on part of NEC draft law
Hopes that the ruling and opposition parties would finally reach full accord on a new National Election Committee draft law were dashed yesterday as talks foundered on the qualifications the secretary-general of the new institution must possess. After a meeting that lasted more than two hours, ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-yet-agree-part-nec-draft-law
Government's critic applies to be NEC member
Government’s outspoken critic has applied to be a member of a new National Election Committee (NEC). The Permanent Committee of the National Assembly will hold a meeting on 7 April to examine the list of candidates applying to be members of new National Election Committee ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1FetoUz
Gate’s design blamed in arson
A decorative gate erected in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park for the upcoming Khmer New Year festivities was burned down in the early hours of yesterday morning, following a backlash against its so-called Vietnamese design. Siem Reap Deputy Governor Bun Tharith said the gate – ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gates-design-blamed-arson