Working together for better public service delivery
In a collaborative effort to bolster delivery of public services and foster greater citizen participation, the Secretariat of the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) and World Vision recently convened a forum in Phnom Penh. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501465536/working-together-for-better-public-service-delivery/
Company to workers: take two
More than 400 protesting workers at In Han Sung factory in the capital’s Por Senchey district will be told this morning that their bosses have agreed to two of their demands and expect them to return to work immediately. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032055137/National-news/company-to-workers-take-two.html
Mass factory fainting
107 workers at the Sabrina Garment factory in Kampong Speu’s Sambo commune were sent to hospital after becoming dizzy and fainting late yesterday morning. Choek Borin, the Labour Department’s Kampong Speu bureau chief, said that 107 factory workers fainted ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040555443/National-news/mass-factory-fainting.html
Hundreds of Siem Reap families flee floods
Siem Reap provincial authorities yesterday evacuated 168 families after floods hit Chikreng district on Wednesday. Ngan Phirun, provincial deputy governor, said yesterday that authorities evacuated the families after floods hit the district’ Sangvoeuy, Anlong Samnar and Chikreng communes. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50535056/hundreds-of-siem-reap-families-flee-floods/
Tax authority reveals new target
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has announced that it aims to increase revenue from tax collection by 19 percent with a new strategy for the next four years based on sustainability and fair competition in the private sector. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545986/tax-authority-reveals-new-target/
Workshops set to implement UNHCR recommendations
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia are to hold a national-level workshop on Wednesday to ensure the implementation of recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR). ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/workshops-set-implement-unhcr-recommendations
Government blasts European Parliament’s resolution
The government has lashed out at a European Parliament resolution passed last week that calls for former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason charges to be dropped and human rights to be restored, arguing the resolution was biased. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533677/government-blasts-european-parliaments-resolution/
National plan to address trafficking launched
The National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) has launched its National Plan of Action 2019-2023 to address new forms of human trafficking, including surrogacy and sex trafficking at nightclubs that have emerged through the permeation of the internet. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-plan-address-trafficking-launched
Migrants warned of looming deadline
The Cambodian embassy in Thailand has issued an urgent call for illegal migrant workers to apply for legal documentation before the end of the month, when a deadline kicks in and Thai authorities will again begin deporting paperless workers. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50504918/migrants-warned-of-looming-deadline/
China leader lays praise on Kingdom
Marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Hua Chunying, spokesman for China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said: “Although Cambodia is a small country, it showed its strong will in resisting pressure and other political influences.” ...
Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-leader-lays-praise-kingdom
Hun Sen tells Rainsy to stake life on poll figures
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called out former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and swore on his life that the latter’s claims of inflated voter turnout figures or intimidation surrounding the July 29 national elections were unfounded. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tells-rainsy-stake-life-poll-figures
Environment Ministry advises people to stop using used electronics
The remarks were made during a conference on Improving Energy Efficiently in Cambodia: A Crucial Step Towards Sustainable Growth, which was hosted by the National Council of Sustainable Development, the Swedish government and the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-advises-people-stop-using-used-electronics
Boeung Tamouk reclamation project worries villagers
The government is going ahead with its plans to revamp part of Phnom Penh’s largest water reservoir into a vegetable market, despite complaints from villagers, fishermen and vegetable vendors that the market would be counterproductive to their livelihoods. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50567134/boeung-tamouk-reclamation-project-worries-villagers/
Cambodians march for end to forced evictions on World Habitat Day
Around 1,500 protesters marked World Habitat Day on Monday by marching through Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and calling on the government to put a stop to forced evictions in the Southeast Asian nation. ...
Prach Chiv
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/habitat-10052015160322.html
No quick return on land near new bridges: realtors
The government is planning to construct two more bridges across the Mekong River, and although feasibility studies are already underway, realtors are unsure as to whether land prices in the areas they connect will rise, they told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17284/no-quick-return-on-land-near-new-bridges--realtors/
Vietnam affirms sovereignty over central area that borders Cambodia
Vietnam has full and absolute sovereignty over the border area of Dak Dam in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, which is adjacent to the Cambodian province of Mondulkiri, the foreign ministry has said. ...
Tuoitrenew5.vn Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/31366/vietnam-affirms-sovereignty-over-central-area-that-borders-cambodia
Deadline ambitious for Sun TV
A new TV station funded by the opposition will be beamed into homes in and around Phnom Penh by early next year, a CNRP spokesman said yesterday, though questions linger as to whether funding can make that a reality. ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deadline-ambitious-sun-tv
Eight rescued as boat sinks off Sihanoukville
Police, navy and civilian vessels sped to the rescue of eight people stranded 18 kilometres off the coast of Sihanoukville yesterday morning after the speedboat in which they were travelling to Koh Rong was sunk by rough seas. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-rescued-boat-sinks-sihanoukville
Youth will be served in Cambodia's next big election
Cambodia’s 2013 election was characterised by both the growing engagement of young voters and by numerous instances of collective violence. How will these developments impact Cambodian politics in the lead-up to the 2018 National Assembly election? ...
East Asia Forum
http://www.economywatch.com/features/Youth-Will-Be-Served-in-Cambodias-Next-Big-Election0224.html
French firm proposes two green energy plants
France’s Groupe Quadran has proposed building an electricity plant in Phnom Penh fired by waste and a solar plant in Siem Reap province. The Ministry of Tourism yesterday welcomed the proposal, saying it will help keep Cambodia clean. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23964/french-firm-proposes-two-green-energy-plants/