NEC Stands Firm, Will Not Hold Independent Election Inquiry
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday stood firmly behind its refusal to consider a proposal by the opposition CNRP for an independent investigation into the July 28 national ballot. Statements sent between the CNRP and NEC—the last day for political parties to file reports of ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/nec-stands-firm-will-not-hold-independent-election-inquiry-38538/
Demand for cheap rentals outnumbers supply
The boom in high-rise buildings in Phnom Penh indicates the robust economic growth of the Kingdom, but this trend does not include the lower-end accommodation where most economic migrants to Phnom Penh rent. “Cheap rental accommodation plays a crucial role in providing appropriate settlements to those ...
Sam Sopanharith
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/demand-cheap-rentals-outnumbers-supply
Local Stations in a Quandary Over Election Broadcasting Ban
WASHINGTON — Local FM radio station operators say they are uncertain whether they will drop programming from the Voice of America and other foreign-produced media, following the issue of a government ban on broadcasting leading up to Election Day. A June 21 directive from the Ministry ...
Withdrawals top hundreds of millions
More than $600 million flooded out of Cambodia’s entire banking system during the third quarter of this year, as fears of post-election chaos set off panic and mass withdrawals, new figures from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) reveal. The figures, obtained yesterday, were the first ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/withdrawals-top-hundreds-millions
CNRP Plans Practice Demonstrations Ahead of Real Protest
The CNRP has scheduled two practice demonstrations for next week in order to ensure that nationwide rallies planned for September 7 are held peacefully, the party said in a statement on Friday. The announcement came a day after 100 party members and provincial activists for ...
Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-plans-practice-demonstrations-ahead-of-real-protest-41528/
Sam Rainsy Wants Ruling and Opposition Parties Declared Joint Winners
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cnrp-09202013174129.html
SL to reinstate fired unionists
The chief executive of SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) yesterday said the factory has agreed to reinstate 19 dismissed union leaders and activists, a sticking point which could end a strike that has lasted more than three months. Hours after the Ministry of Labour announced the garment ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sl-reinstate-fired-unionists
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
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Colin Meyn និង ផន បុប្ផា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11517/
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ហ៊ុល រស្មី និង Alex Devine
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11649/
Ministers Told to Prepare for Public Scrutiny
During an epic speech on Wednesday that lasted for more than six-and-a-half hours, Prime Minister Hun Sen told his newly approved Cabinet that they would be subject to increased public scrutiny as part of a series of reforms to be undertaken by the CPP over ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/ministers-told-to-prepare-for-public-scrutiny-43405/
Poor Inmates Face Worse Conditions Than Those With Money
KANDAL PROVINCE – At Kandal provincial prison on Monday, about 100 male and female prisoners and pretrial detainees assembled to play games and receive fruit and drinks from rights group Licadho, which is visiting 18 prisons around the country this week in a bid to ...
Lauren Crothers and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/poor-inmates-face-worse-conditions-than-those-with-money-48965/
សាលារាជធានីចង់ឲ្យធនាគារពិភពលោកនិង NGO ផ្ដល់សំណងដល់គ្រួសារដែលខ្លួនបណ្ដេញចេញ
តំណាងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមួយចំនួនក្នុងចំណោមប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ៣.០០០គ្រួសារដែលត្រូវ ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11634/
Agriculture Contributes To Helping Cambodia’s Economic Growth: PM Hun Sen
“The agriculture sector today is still playing significant role in promoting local production growth, job creation, and contributing to the poverty reduction of the people. At the same time, the agriculture sector will continue the basic role for economic growth and socio-economic development in Cambodia in ...
Sam Rainsy Wants Ruling and Opposition Parties Declared Joint Winners
Cambodia’s opposition leader Sam Rainsy called Friday for election officials to declare his party and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s party joint victors in recent polls, saying the move would be a first step toward resolving a deadlock over the disputed election. With the opposition Cambodia National ...
Radio Free Asia Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cnrp-09202013174129.html
King Sihamoni and Queen Mother Donate to Sunday’s Victims
Two days after the killing of an unarmed man near Phnom Penh’s Monivong Bridge, officials on Tuesday offered little information on the progress of an investigation into the killing, and rights workers expressed concerns that the inquiry would lack credibility. King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother ...
Cambodia’s King Under Criticism for Not Intervening in Election Dispute
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has come under criticism for not intervening in the country’s election crisis after he ordered parliament to be convened despite allegations of voter fraud and other irregularities that the opposition wants investigated. But some experts said the monarch has limited influence in ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/king-09102013181053.html
Little appetite for garment strike in Phnom Penh
Most garment factories did not open for business Thursday, choosing to extend the Khmer New Year holidays—which officially ended Wednesday—rather than face industrial action in the form of a planned nationwide stay-at-home strike. However, a number of workers interviewed Thursday said they knew nothing about the ...
Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/little-appetite-for-garment-strike-in-phnom-penh-56695/
ក្រសួងជំរុញឱ្យសហគ្រាសធុនតូច និងមធ្យមចាប់យកនូវគោលការណ៍និរន្តរភាព និងបរិយាប័ន្នក្នុងដំណើរអាជីវកម្ម
មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលមួយរូបបានថ្លែងថា សហគ្រាសធុនតូច និងមធ្យម នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់ក្នុងការចូលរួមចំណែកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សង្គម-សេដ្ឋកិច្ចកម្ពុជា ក្នុងនោះបានជំរុញឲ្យសហគ្រាស SME ចាប់យកនូវគោលការណ៍និរន្តរភាព និងបរិយាប័ន្ន ...
Adur Pradeep
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Cambodia very lucrative for investors
Economic diversification is attracting substantial sums of FDI from China and beyond. Rich in history and culture and blessed with wonderful natural and human resources that are driving its impressive economic growth and attracting record sums of foreign direct investment (FDI), the Kingdom of Cambodia offers ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZTk3NDYwNTAyZjc