Preah Sihanouk tyre plant lifts hopes for rubber
A massive, freshly-launched tyre factory, backed by a $300 million investment from Chinese-owned General Tires Technology (Cambodia) Co Ltd, could be the breakthrough that the local rubber and automotive sectors have been waiting for, and potentially act as a type of price stabiliser for domestic ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preah-sihanouk-tyre-plant-lifts-hopes-rubber
Preah Sihanouk talks land use policies for 2038 SEZ vision
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration discussed a draft of the land use policy for the development of the province as a “model” multi-purpose Special Economic Zone (SEZ). ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-talks-land-use-policies-2038-sez-vision
Koh Kong authorities detain protesters, rights workers, journalists
Police in Koh Kong province on Wednesday detained at least 17 people, who had been protesting the detention of three environmental activists. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/koh-kong-authorities-detain-protesters-rights-workers-journalists/2942251.html
Insurance industry revenue up 14 percent
Revenue among insurance firms increased 14 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Insurance Association of Cambodia (IAC). From January to March, insurance premiums generated $13.86 million compared to $12.15 million the year before, ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/insurance-industry-revenue-up-14-percent-57786/
Kenya eyes Cambodia's rice and flight sectors
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Ministerand Ambassador of Kenyadiscussedan initiative to connect Phnom Penh and Nairobi through a direct flight to boost tourism and economic activities as well as the conclusion of a rice export deal ...
RCEP fuels regional growth amid economic recovery, challenges
Two years on, the world’s largest free trade pact in terms of population and trade volume, has unleashed tremendous benefits for regional integration in the Asia-Pacific region and powered up economic recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501421396/rcep-fuels-regional-growth-amid-economic-recovery-challenges/
Cambodia’s tourism slows a mite
Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 0.3% decline in June according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information Department. The country attracted 300,454 visits compared to 301,412 during the same month last year. Released officially by the Ministry of Tourism, last week, data showed Vietnam led the field ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/08/cambodias-tourism-slows-a-mite/
No background checks on exam monitors: ACU
None of the more than 5,000 independent observers recruited for this year’s national exams had background checks or their identity verified before they were allowed into testing centres, an official said yesterday. During this year’s newly reformed and cleaned-up grade 12 exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) ...
Pech Sotheary and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-background-checks-exam-monitors-acu
IMF expects economic growth of 7 percent this year
The International Monetary Fund expects Cambodia’s economic growth rate to remain stable at around 7 percent this year, while inflation is expected to rise. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/imf-expects-economic-growth-of-7-percent-this-year/2847775.html
NGOs warned to comply with law or face action
Interior Minister Sar Kheng took aim at civil society on Tuesday night, warning NGOs to comply with the law or face legal action, at the same time the ministry ordered the ad hoc election monitoring group the Situation Room to cease any future monitoring activities. ...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-warned-to-comply-with-law-or-face-action-132171/
Government acts to end monopolies in abattoir business
In a bid to increase fair competition in the abattoir business, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a new directive last week that eradicates exclusive rights to operate abattoirs in Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109451/government-acts-end-monopolies-abattoir-business/
Timber seized in Kampong Speu province
Kampong Speu provincial anti-economic crime police and Thporng district police yesterday morning seized six tractor loads of timber being smuggled out of the Phnom Oral Sanctuary. Kim Yon, deputy district police chief, said six homemade tractors were caught transporting the wood from the area. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50107093/timber-seized-kampong-speu-province/
Workers faint in Svay Rieng shoe factory: Officials
Dozens of workers at the Kingmaker Footwear factory in Svay Rieng province fainted yesterday evening, and the authorities are baffled at what caused it, said government and union officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50673467/workers-faint-in-svay-rieng-shoe-factory-officials
PPSEZ sweetens its IPO plan
The book-build and upcoming listing of the capital’s port operator has taken some of the wind out of the sails of the IPO plans Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), but the industrial park operator has charted a new course and sweetened its dividend policy ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-sweetens-its-ipo-plan
Ministers promise quick land dispute resolution
The Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction yesterday promised to settle land disputes between villagers and sugar companies granted economic land concessions in Kampong Speu, Koh Kong and Preah Vihear provinces. Minister Chea Sophara made the promise after an inter-ministerial meeting at his office ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080803/ministers-promise-quick-land-dispute-resolution/
IRI survey finds Cambodian majority optimistic over future
The vast majority of Cambodians – 81 per cent – believe the Kingdom is headed in the right direction, according to an International Republican Institute survey on democratic governance released yesterday. Key reasons respondents gave for their upbeat assessment included the building of more roads, bridges, health clinics ...
Government responds to Global Witness
Government officials reacted strongly yesterday to a recent statement by NGO Global Witness calling on Switzerland, the host of this year’s World Economic Forum, to turn away Prime Minister Hun Sen and not give him a platform to find new international business partners. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34549/government--responds-to--global-witness/
Activist calls for Areng crocodile preservation in Koh Kong’s Areng area
Mother Nature Cambodia environmental activists will submit a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Fauna & Flora International (FFI), requesting for releasing Areng crocodiles in the Areng area of Chumnap commune, Thma Bang district, Koh Kong province for preservation purpose. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activist-calls-areng-crocodile-preservation-koh-kongs-areng-area
Poll shows fighting corruption drives support for education reform in Cambodia
Earlier this week, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) held a second high school exam to provide a second chance for the over 70 percent of 93,000 high school students who failed to pass the first annual national high school exam, held in ...
Silas Everett and Menghun Kaing
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/10/15/poll-shows-fighting-corruption-drives-support-for-education-reform-in-cambodia/
Poipet SEZ to import power
A special economic zone (SEZ) in Poipet City has decided to import electricity from Thailand to ensure a reliable power supply as it expects the influx of more factories and investment. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35649/poipet-sez-to-import-power/