Ministry probes exports of luxury wood to Hong Kong
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries denied that it had allowed the exports of luxury wood from Koh Kong province to Hong Kong. The denial came after the Hong Kong Customs reportedly seized about 211 tonnes of logs from an endangered tree species from Cambodia ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-probes-exports-luxury-wood-hong-kong
Naga CEO Lip Keong seeking majority stake
Nagacorp Ltd, the operator of Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld hotel and casino complex, announced that the company’s chief executive, Chen Lip Keong, has submitted a proposal to shareholders and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that would allow him to divest his personal investment of $369 million ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-ceo-lip-keong-seeking-majority-stake
Downtown residences for lease
Less than a year after all refurbishments were completed on Hongkong Land’s Central Mansions – formerly Colonial Mansions – the classic residential units in the heart of Phnom Penh’s burgeoning financial, government and office-rental district are enjoying occupancy rates of close to 100 per cent, ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/downtown-residences-lease
Hong kong airlines launches direct flight to Cambodia
A passenger aircraft of China’s Hong Kong Airlines touched down at Phnom Penh international airport on Saturday afternoon, marking its start of thrice-weekly flight service to the Cambodian capital. ...
Macau Daily Times's team
http://macaudailytimes.com.mo/hong-kong-airlines-launches-direct-flight-cambodia.html
Trade with Singapore soars
The Kingdom’s total trade with Singapore soared 148 percent in the first half of the year, while exports to Hong Kong increased 80 percent in the same period, according to Ministry of Commerce figures. The data showed that Cambodia’s exports to Hong Kong totalled in excess ...
GDT officials work on tax treaty with Hong Kong
Cambodian tax officials met with their counterparts in Hong Kong last week as part of the first round of discussions for drafting a double taxation agreement (DTA) aimed at preventing dual taxation and fiscal evasion, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) said yesterday in a ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-officials-work-tax-treaty-hong-kong
New investment law entices Hong Kong investors
Hong Kong investors are keen to explore investment opportunities in Cambodia and have pledged to introduce business potentials created by Cambodia’s new investment law and its sub-decrees to their colleagues back home. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-investment-law-entices-hong-kong-investors
Cambodia to host Open Source Tech Conference
Phnom Penh will host one of Asia’s biggest technology conferences later this month. FossAsia, a conference on open source and free software, will be held in the capital Feb. 28 to March 2—a free event open to students, developers and entrepreneurs. Technologies discussed at the conference will ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-to-host-open-source-tech-conference/1858192.html
Hong Kong's KeyBridge acquires 65 pct shares of Cambodian telecom firm
The KeyBridge International (Hong Kong) Investment Company has acquired 65 percent shares of a Cambodian telecommunications company EMAXX in an amount of 15 million U.S. dollars, officials of the two companies announced Wednesday. “EMAXX has converted from a family business into a joint venture,” Ai Min, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-04/09/c_133249446.htm
Majority want booze regulations: survey
An overwhelming 96 per cent of Cambodians want the government to take measures to reduce alcohol consumption, a Royal University of Phnom Penh survey has found. The survey released yesterday of 2,104 adults in four provinces also found 93 per cent want the government to ban ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/majority-want-booze-regulations-survey
Cambodia earns $92m in rice exports in January
Milled rice exports of 36,900 tonnes, or $28.83 million in value, were recorded in January, the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said, noting that 41 percent of that, or 15,045 tonnes worth $11.77 million, went to China and Hong Kong. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-earns-92m-in-rice-exports-in-january
Hong Kong bans eggs from Cambodia
Hong Kong has banned egg imports from Cambodia due to the country’s recent avian influenza outbreak, which claimed four lives last month. “Hong Kong does not import live poultry or poultry meat from Cambodia, but 170,000 poultry eggs were imported from there last year,” the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020561181/National/hong-kong-bans-eggs-from-cambodia.html
Cambodian jasmine rice wins world’s best
Cambodian Jasmine rice wins the award for world’s best rice at the 2013 Rice Traders World Rice Conference held in Hong Kong. This is the second time that Cambodian rice had been awarded world’s best rice, the first award came last year in Bali, Indonesia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YmE1ZGZiNjczNDM
Feature: More Cambodian students seek degree in Chinese language
More and more Cambodian students have sought degree in Chinese literature as Cambodian- Chinese ties in economics, trade, investment, and tourism have been expanding rapidly in recent years. AEU is the only university in Cambodia providing Chinese language programs at degree levels since 2012 under ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140624/feature-more-cambodian-students-seek-degree-chinese-language
Hong Kong calls for hike in imports
After a visit to Phnom Penh last week, John C Tsang, finance secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, took to his blog to call for more direct imports of Cambodian rice, which he says comes through a third country. In a post on June ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070266597/Business/hong-kong-calls-for-hike-in-imports.html
Fee hike reduced after med students protest
Following a huge outcry from medical students, the University of Health Sciences agreed yesterday to lower a planned rise in annual tuition for those hoping to pursue a medical specialty beyond their general degree. The students then agreed to accept the rector’s offer of $2,250, ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fee-hike-reduced-after-med-students-protest
Aussie researchers make "important step" toward defeating malaria
Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in tackling malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.Research led by the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with Stanford University and the University of Cambridge, has discovered compounds which can target the parasite present in the mosquito-borne virus. ...
Tian Shaohui
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/11/c_135089308.htm
The protester clause
A majority government-owned life insurance company has stopped paying out benefits to policy holders who die while taking part in protests and demonstrations, the company confirmed yesterday. The Cambodian Life Insurance Company – 51 per cent owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 49 ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protester-clause
Hun Sen orders Education Minister to stop signing university diplomas
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday publicly announced that Education Minster will no longer sign the university diplomas which shall be signed at the university level. He said the reason to let the rectors sign the diplomas, is to promote the quality of education in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NmQzNzVkZDIxYTN
New player joins busy telecom market
Starting today, Kingtel, a new internet and telecom service provider, will offer internet services to customers, with the company expected to launch call services within the next few months. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-player-joins-busy-telecom-market