Deforestation crackdown in Pursat yields large seizures
Eight people have been reprimanded and one suspect has been sent to court during the beginning of a 30-day campaign against state land occupation and deforestation in Pursat province. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deforestation-crackdown-in-pursat-yields-large-seizures
Initiative to equip women entrepreneurs with digital skills
Women entrepreneurs are slated to have their digital skills elevated with the launch of a capacity building programme that aims to support their digital journey while bridging the gender gap. ...
Yatt Malai
https://kiripost.com/stories/initiative-to-equip-women-entrepreneurs-with-digital-skills
Japan-Cambodia Association to help attract investors, Sour says
The Japan-Cambodia Association office, officially inaugurated on Monday in Phnom Penh, will play an important role in attracting more Japanese businessmen and investors to Cambodia, said Heng Sour, Minister of Labor, Vocational Training (MLVT). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501467404/japan-cambodia-association-to-help-attract-investors-sour-says/
Cambodia to generate 10.2 million jobs by 2026
With the employment rate growing on an average of 2.5 percent annually, the nation will create additional jobs for about 235,000 people per year, increasing the opportunities to approximately 10.2 million in the next three years. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501438762/cambodia-to-generate-10-2-million-jobs-by-2026/
PM ordered all capital-provincial governors to take action to control gangsters, especially Samurai swordsmen
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Dr. Hun Manet, has ordered all capital and provincial governors to cooperate with all relevant authorities to crack down and take the strictest action against gangs, especially gangs with Samurai swords. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501493673/pm-ordered-all-capital-provincial-governors-to-take-action-to-control-gangsters-especially-samurai-swordsmen/
China considering additional SEZs in Kingdom
China has agreed to study the possibility of creating more special economic zones (SEZ) in Cambodia, while pledging to encourage Chinese companies to invest in the Kingdom, as well as expanding agricultural imports from Cambodia. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-considering-additional-sezs-in-kingdom
PM instructs capital-provincial authorities to eliminate drug distribution and use in communities
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Dr. Hun Manet, instructed the capital-provincial authorities to continue implementing the “safe village-commune-district” policy by eliminating drug distribution and use in the community, especially in clubs and entertainment venues. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501510217/pm-instructs-capital-provincial-authorities-to-eliminate-drug-distribution-and-use-in-communities/
Minister proposes festival ban on heavy vehicles to reduce accidents
Noting that heavy lorries are often involved in serious accidents, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha proposed a ban on such vehicles during major national festivals to reduce incidents and traffic congestion. ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-proposes-festival-ban-on-heavy-vehicles-to-reduce-accidents
Online launch voice
Internet service provider Online is aiming to compete in the voice call market with its latest product, TalkMobile, a Skype-like application for handsets. Customers buy US$2 a month in credit to use the internet-based TalkMobile, and then pay prices ranging from about 6 cents a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070450152/Business/online-launch-voice.html
Rubber plantation protest in fourth day
In Svay Rieng province villagers are in their fourth day of protests after authorities refused to meet with them to discuss a land concession that Metapheap Company has received in order to open a rubber plantation. The company was granted a 1,230 hectare land concession ...
Fears over island fish stocks
Villagers on Koh Kyong island in Preah Sihanouk province are preparing a complaint over more than 300 allegedly unlicensed fishermen who they say are illegally operating in local waters. Loung Bunny, chief of the Association for Natural Protection in Ochroy commune, said yesterday that fishermen from ...
Demand for office space making a comeback
After a slow year in 2010, demand for office space in Phnom Penh is beginning to rebound as occupancy levels in new and existing units increase, real estate experts said yesterday. However, it is still unclear whether or not there is enough demand to fill ...
Villager defies loggers, claims life is in danger
A man fled his home in Kratie province’s Snuol district after three men threatened to kill him for confiscating their chainsaws during a patrol against illegal logging, he told the Post yesterday. Village representative Chea Horn said he was scared to return home after the men ...
Police Seize Equipment at Sisowath Quay Site
Vattanac Properties’ construction equipment has been seized by the police after the firm ignored an order to cease work as it has damaged adjacent historic buildings while digging. The work began in mid-April and Vattanac was in the process of removing soil in order to ...
JS Global (Cambodia) Brings in Korean Rice Milling Machines
JS Global (Cambodia), a Phnom Penh-based organization that aims to promote trade between Cambodia and other countries, is importing rice milling machines, manufactured by Dong Yang Industries. Dong Yang Industries, a Korean company established in 1955, has developed its own technology since 1990 to manufacture ...
Property prices remain flat in Phnom Penh
Despite signs that demand is starting to come back to the real estate sector, an oversupply in the market has kept prices for commercial and residential properties in Phnom Penh flat over the past 12 months, according to data from Bonna Realty Group. Prices for commercial ...
Soldiers shoot villagers over land protest
Violence erupted yesterday in Kratie province’s Snuol district where six people were shot and injured when RCAF soldiers working for a rubber company opened fire on a crowd of villagers who were trying to stop the company from clearing land in the area, police and ...
Thais will sit out NGO meet
Civil society groups from Thailand will boycott a meeting between NGOs and regional government representatives at this week’s ASEAN summit because their country’s delegate “does not represent Thai civil society”, a spokeswoman said yesterday. Premrudee Daoroung, a representative of Thai civil society groups, said her country’s ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040255373/National-news/thais-will-sit-out-ngo-meet.html
EdC draws angry complaints
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) director-general Keo Rattanak said on Thursday that during the first seven months of this year, the company had received 237 complaints on Facebook regarding electricity meters. Rattanak was speaking on Thursday morning at a press conference to address concerns about the ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/edc-draws-angry-complaints