Stricter tax collection puts $2.9 billion target in sight
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) announced it aims to collect a total of $2,886 million in tax revenue this year. In January, it had already collected about $239 million, accounting for 8.3 per cent of the annual target and an increase of 14.75 per ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50692368/stricter-tax-collection-puts-2-9-billion-target-in-sight
Three women entrepreneurs from Mysuru. India participate in Cambodia meet
A high-profile women entrepreneur delegation from India completed a fruitful visit to Cambodia recently. The group comprised 55 women entrepreneurs (25 from Karnataka) from organisations such as Ubuntu Consortium, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI), WISE (Women’s Wing of Mysore Chamber of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501354124/three-women-entrepreneurs-from-mysuru-india-participate-in-cambodia-meet/
Still lessons to learn for Cambodians watching U.S. election campaign
The ongoing presidential election campaign in the United States may be one of the more unseemly the country has seen, but observers and politicians in Cambodia say their country still has a lot to learn from the American democratic process. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/still-lessons-to-learn-for-cambodians-watching-us-election-campaign/3268463.html
Cambodian Premier wants to build closer ties with foreign diplomats
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is willing to build closer relations between the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)’s senior officials and foreign diplomats accredited to the country, according to the State News Angcy-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodian-premier-wants-to-build-closer-ties-with-foreign-diplomats-9047
Cambodia police break up 8,000 strong garment protest
Water cannons have been used to bring the angry protest by garment workers to an end. Thousands of people went on strike after they had been promised an 18 euro pay rise and only received half. ...
DW News Staff
http://www.dw.com/en/cambodia-police-break-up-8000-strong-garment-protest/a-18931690
Mystery blaze destroys timber, vehicles at Pursat forestry office
At least 27 vehicles loaded with confiscated timber were destroyed by fire while parked in the Kravanh Forestry Administration compound in Pursat province on Sunday, leaving no evidence for potential prosecution and rights groups doubting the authorities’ version of events. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mystery-blaze-destroys-timber-vehicles-pursat-forestry-office
Indian bikers promote education for girls
A group of four female Indian bikers, who have been traveling by motorcycle, covering more than 10,000km across Asia to promote education for young girls, arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday and met with Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhon. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26845/indian-bikers-promote-education-for-girls/
Car sales sputter on tax hike
Authorised dealerships of new cars and trucks have said a recent increase in the specific tax on vehicle imports has put a dent in profits, with some dealers claiming sales have slowed since the tax hike went into effect in April. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/car-sales-sputter-tax-hike
Cambodia begins minimum wage talks after Myanmar Government approves salary for garment workers
Cambodia’s 700,000 garment and footwear workers currently earn a minimum wage of $128 a month. Last year, the lowest legal salary for Cambodian workers in the $5.7 billion industry was only $100 per month. ...
National election committee addressing ID challenges
The National Election Committee (NEC) is confronting challenges this week regarding new voter registration, paying particularly close attention to problems arising from the dissemination of new voter ID cards and allowing better access to monks who wish to obtain them. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20311/national-election-committee-addressing-id-challenges/
ASEAN FTA with Hong Kong, China on track
Trade between Cambodia and Hong Kong is rising fast, expanding from about $1 billion in 2014 to $1.3 billion last year year, Veng Sothy, an Undersecretary of State at the Commerce Ministry, told a meeting in Siem Reap Friday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22681/asean-fta-with-hong-kong--china-on-track/
Massive security deployment planned for president Xi’s visit to Cambodia
A mixed force of 7,000 military and security personnel will be deployed to protect Chinese President Xi Jinping when he visits Cambodia later this month for his first visit since coming to power, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massive-security-deployment-planned-president-xis-visit-cambodia-118902/
Local chiefs still key to registration, study finds
Despite having access to other sources of information about the election process, including television and smartphones, Cambodia’s urban poor remain heavily reliant on potentially biased village-level officials when it comes to voter registration, according to a new report. ...
Ananth Baliga and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-chiefs-still-key-registration-study-finds
GDP to focus on government efficiency
The Grassroots Democracy Party yesterday suggested taking a pin to Cambodia’s inflated bureaucracy, saying it would campaign on a proposal to reduce the number of ministries from 23 to just 15 in order to improve efficiency and cut wasteful spending. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/gdp-focus-government-efficiency
Smart eyes 41.5% stake sale for expansion
Malaysian telecom giant Axiata Group will consider divesting a portion of its stake in Cambodian mobile operator Smart Mobile in a bid to free up capital to “pursue opportunities”, including infrastructure expansion and future acquisitions, a company executive said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-eyes-415-stake-sale-expansion
Axiata sells 10% stake in Cambodia’s Smart
Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary Smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/axiata-sells-10-stake-cambodias-smart
CNRP’s Phnom Penh party head summoned over beating
Police have summoned the CNRP’s top party boss in Phnom Penh to appear for questioning today about a clash between a motorbike driver and a group of opposition supporters campaigning earlier this week in the capital. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrps-phnom-penh-party-head-summoned-over-beating-130855/
Kem Sokha tours country gathering post-election feedback
Taking stock of his party’s June commune elections losses, CNRP president Kem Sokha has embarked on a countrywide tour to gather feedback and intelligence the party can use to steer its national election campaign, party officials said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-tours-country-gathering-post-election-feedback-133383/
National Assembly seat reallocation floated on Fresh News
An opinion piece published by government mouthpiece Fresh News suggests, among other things, dissolving the Cambodia National Rescue Party and allocating its National Assembly seats to five minor parties, including Funcinpec, which plans to sue for the dissolution of CNRP. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-assembly-seat-reallocation-floated-fresh-news
Market for construction materials opened in Phnom Penh
A company based in China’s southern province of Guangdong opened a 2-hectare market for building and construction materials near the Preah Monivong Bridge in Phnom Penh on Saturday, according to a report by online Chinese news site Commercial News. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/market-construction-materials-opened-phnom-penh