Naga casino to buy aircrafts to fly Chinese gamblers to Phnom Penh
Cambodian casino operator, Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp, is trying to reach deals in order to fly gamblers from Macau and mainland China to its gaming resort in Phnom Penh, according to media reports. Hong Kong media quoted NagaCorp chief financial officer, Philip Lee Wai Tuck, as ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=Yjk2MWM1NWYyYjY
Chong villagers put festive spin on dam protest
Villagers from an ethnic minority community in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley continued their blockade over the Khmer New Year holiday of an access road leading to the site of a proposed dam they say would destroy their way of life. Members of the ethnic ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chong-villagers-put-festive-spin-on-dam-protest-56708/
Pursat Ford assembly plant opens
The Kingdom’s first Ford assembly plant was inaugurated on June 16 in Pursat province amid rising demand for brand-new vehicles among Cambodians. The facility is seen as a game changer for the domestic automobile industry, which could bring a wave of investors seeking to cash ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pursat-ford-assembly-plant-opens
SOK Haingkheang
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Communications Officer Kheang is in charge of producing ODC’s communication materials as well as assisting with various ODC activities such as trainings, workshops, and meetings with key stakeholders and partners. He also publishes blog posts about ODC’s activities.Haingkheang earned a Bachelor of arts in International ...
Wife of Pailin Governor Reaps Benefits From Casino Deal
Venturing into Cambodia’s casino market in May 2011, Macau-backed gambling firm Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) promised tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Pailin’s provincial governor in order to lease land for the construction of a new casino, documents filed with the U.S. ...
Simon Lewis and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wife-of-pailin-governor-reaps-benefits-from-casino-deal-40660/
New Clinic Marks Turning Point for Correcting Cleft Surgeries
In a bustling room at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh, doctors from the Philippines, the U.S. and Nigeria gathered Sunday around a young boy, sitting in a plastic chair, and asked him to open his mouth wide. The boy is one of more than 100 ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-clinic-marks-turning-point-for-correcting-cleft-surgeries-55256/
Cambodia wants to inspect 50 seized artefacts
Cambodia is seeking access to the scores of artefacts seized from disgraced former crime-buster Lt-General Pongpat Chayaphan to determine if any of them belong to it, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Bowornwej Rungrujee, director-general of the Fine arts Department, early this month offered to send back some ...
Supalak Ganjanakhundee
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Cambodia-wants-to-inspect-50-seized-artefacts-30249839.html
Event boosts awareness of plight of Irrawaddy dolphin
As Freshwater Dolphin Day was observed on October 23 in Colombia, Cambodian officials and wildlife conservationists expressed their strong commitment to protecting the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin through both art and a scientific approach. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/event-boosts-awareness-plight-irrawaddy-dolphin
Indonesian Ambassador-Designate committed to strengthening ties
While waiting to present his credential to the King Norodom Sihamoni to officialise his appointment, the new ambassador-designate of Indonesia to Cambodia told Khmer Times, in an exclusive and first-ever interview since his arrival, that he is determined to transform Cambodia-Indonesian bilateral relations into one ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501370950/indonesian-ambassador-designate-committed-to-strengthening-ties/
Sar Kheng calls for public support for peace, polls
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng called on the people to play their role in maintaining national peace and stability ahead of several major historical events that Cambodia is preparing to host, such as the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games this May. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-calls-public-support-peace-polls
New $9M brickworks in Kampot
Kampot province has becomes the home of a new $9 million brickworks that was officially inaugurated on November 22. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and an automated production line, the factory will be able to turn out 800,000 bricks per day in its initial phase, Kampot ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-9m-brickworks-kampot
The strange adventure of the Cambodian currency
On the post office square, a beautiful Art Deco building now houses the restaurant Van, an insurance company and the offices of the AFD (French Development Agency). An inquiring mind will not fail to notice on the gates the presence of little medallions with the ...
NagaWorld Profits Jump in First Half of 2012
Net profits at NagaCorp Ltd., owners of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, jumped 38 percent to reach $52.4 million in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year, the company said in its most recent financial report. The casino generated a total ...
Two Years In, Kampot Casino Downsizes
The Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort and casino in Kampot Province along the Vietnamese border announced yesterday that it has sacked 500 employees and shut down its 130-room resort less than two years after it became the first casino to open in the province. The company said ...
Net keeps telcos on their toes
Pressure is mounting on the Kingdom’s telecommunications industry to stay ahead of the game as the demand for data and mobile internet becomes a top priority for Cambodian consumers. As global smartphone manufacturers saturate Cambodia’s market in an effort to meet the demand for new technology, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/net-keeps-telcos-their-toes
Study of Angkor impact to be done
Apsara Authority on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three Japanese companies to conduct a feasibility study to solve various environmental problems in the Angkor area. The MoU was signed between Bun Narith, director general of Apsara Authority, Shoichi Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083158397/Business/study-of-angkor-impact-to-be-done.html
Cambodia, US Extend Artifacts Trade Agreement
Cambodia and the U.S. have signed an extension to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that imposes strict import restrictions on artifacts dating from the Bronze Age to the end of the Angkor Empire. Hab Touch, director-general for tangible heritage at the Ministry of Culture and ...
Simon Henderson
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=34061&action=edit&message=1
Research differentiates investing in stock exchanges from gambling at the casino
One of the men deeply involved in the development of Cambodia’s financial system, Dr Ghanty Sam, of the Financial Institute of Cambodia, who is also a board member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, says people should be aware of the downside of ...
Monitors Question Casino Building New Election Body Office
Election monitoring groups are questioning the National Election Committee (NEC) recent decision to let a Phnom Penh casino fund its new multi-million dollar headquarters, a move they said would cast further doubt on the body’s independence. NagaCorp, the owner of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, NagaWorld, ...
Playing with a bad hand
It’s been more than a year since union leader Sat Sep was fired from the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Poipet town, a dismissal that sparked strikes and ended in senior members of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation being driven from the casino’s ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070166584/National/playing-with-a-bad-hand.html