Employers under disabled job scrutiny
Employers – public and private – which do not meet their obligations to take on disabled people are to face cash penalties, the Social Affairs Ministry says. Ministry secretary of state Sem Sokha said yesterday that for the first time the government had prepared guidance on ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087987/employers-disabled-job-scrutiny/
Payments made to retirees rise
The government is upping the payments made to retired and disabled civil servants, according to a July 31 subdecree by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mut Khiev, secretary of state at the Ministry of Social Affairs, said the payments stand between 200,000 and 300,000 riel per month ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/payments-made-retirees-rise
Iron fist to eliminate ghost staff in the government institutions
The head of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), Oum Yingtieng, has officially announced their mission to catch “Corruption Ghosts” that has been lurking and sucking the government’s blood relentlessly. Prior to the campaign, Tieng puts forth a notice to all state institutions that they have 3 months to ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=OWE1N2JjY2U5OWE
Aspara studying ticket cost
Ticket prices for Angkor Wat will increase after a feasibility study is conducted by tourism experts, according to an official from the Apsara National Authority, the state-run body charged with maintaining the archaeological park. The experts were determining how feasible increasing entrance fees for Cambodia’s UNESCO ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012071357387/Business/apsara-studying-ticket-cost.html
Cambodia-Vietnam JV targets rice exports
CAVFOOD, a joint venture between Cambodian and Vietnamese companies, launched the first phase of its US$8 million rice mill in Phnom Penh on Friday. The venture is an investment by Cambodian state-owned rice exporter Green Trade and Vietnam’s VNA Food 2 and Bank for Investment and ...
ASEAN-China leaders endorse three important documents
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, along with other ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the 24th ASEAN-China Summit via videoconference yesterday afternoon. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959988/asean-china-leaders-endorse-three-important-documents/
Minister Of Interior says Chinese authorities determined to nab their nationals who commit crimes in Cambodia
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has stated that the Chinese authorities had requested the Cambodian side to independently arrest Chinese nationals who committed crimes on Cambodian territory without the involvement of local police. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501039036/minister-of-interior-says-chinese-authorities-determined-to-nab-their-nationals-who-commit-crimes-in-cambodia/
Disabilities convention supports ‘inclusive, accessible, and sustainable world’
We have the tools to end the “systemic marginalization” of persons with disabilities, the UN chief told the 15th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on June 14. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501097374/disabilities-convention-supports-inclusive-accessible-and-sustainable-world/
Cambodia, Japan to strengthen and broaden relationship
Cambodia and Japan are satisfied with the state of the relationship between the two countries and share the commitment to deepen the ties. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501223119/cambodia-japan-to-strengthen-and-broaden-relationship/
Cambodia open to expansion of relations with Qatar
The Royal Government of Cambodia is always open to and supports the strengthening and expansion of the relationship between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the State of Qatar. ...
Khmer Times Staff
http://Cambodia open to expansion of relations with Qatar
Shooting suspect a governor no more
Triple-shooting suspect Chhouk Bandith has been sacked as Bavet town governor to prevent him from interfering in court proceedings, the Svay Rieng deputy provincial governor said yesterday. The high-profile suspect is accused of shooting three garment factory workers at a protest outside the Kaoway Sports Ltd ...
Better to Ride These Bikes Than Make Them
Cambodia’s export business is in the process of changing due to shifts in manufacturing in Asia. A business publication in the country has reported unexpected growth in the “machinery and transport equipment” sector and speculated it was as [sic] “probably bicycles.” But when Cambodia jumped ...
http://www.iede.co.uk/news/2013_750/better-ride-these-bikes-make-them
China Surprises Governor With Lesser Donation
Banteay Meanchey province’s former governor got a surprise Monday when he attended a ceremony in Phnom Penh expecting to receive a donation of 200 power tillers from Chinese officials, but received eight small water pumps instead. Former Banteay Meanchey governor Oung Oeun and the governor ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/china-surprises-governor-with-lesser-donation-48459/
De Castle Royal construction moves ahead at a princely pace
Even as political instability led to a drop in Phnom Penh’s housing market over the last few months, construction and sales of De Castle Royal steamed ahead in the third quarter. Now fully over the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis, a recent $28 million ...
Hin Pisei
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/de-castle-royal-construction-moves-ahead-princely-pace
India urges more trade action
The Indian ambassador to Cambodia is calling on the government to reduce exorbitant shipping costs and take better advantage of a tariff scheme that India offers, two obstacles that the diplomat says are discouraging bilateral trade. Ambassador Dinesh Patnaik said on Tuesday that Indian businesses exporting ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-urges-more-trade-action
Expectations exceeded at new dental hospital
When Dr. Tith Hongyoeu opened Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital in a new 10-storey building on Street 184 just off Norodom Boulevard six months ago, it was the realisation of a dream come true for a poor boy from Kampong Thom province who grew up ...
Outpost Cambodia launches startup sponsorship competition
The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ...
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/outpost-cambodia/
Cambodian migrant workers are welcome, says Kuwait diplomat
Kuwait is open for Cambodian migrant workers, said the Head of Mission at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Cambodia, Zaher M B M Alkhurainej at a press conference in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. He also stressed on the “consolidation and development of ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-migrant-workers-are-welcome-says-kuwait-diplomat
Public lot on riverside eyed for major project
Plans appear to be in the works to develop a central stretch of prime riverfront real estate currently owned by a state-run enterprise into a sprawling commercial development, according to sources involved with the landowner, though key government officials professed to be in the dark ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/public-lot-riverside-eyed-major-project
US to ramp up sanctions after ‘flawed’ national polls
At a press conference on Wednesday, the US State Department announced that it would expand visa sanctions on the Cambodian officials and individuals it deems responsible for “undermining democracy” in Cambodia. At the briefing, spokesperson Heather Nauert reiterated that the department regarded the July 29 ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-ramp-sanctions-after-flawed-national-polls