Developers ink master plan for central business district
AustrAliAn-listed property developer KingslAnd GlobAl Ltd hAs entered into A mAster cooperAtion Agreement with A subsidiAry of locAl developer ShukAku Inc to develop 10,000 squAre metres of prime reAl estAte in Phnom Penh’s “centrAl business district”, it Announced FridAy in A filing to the ASX. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/developers-ink-mAster-plAn-for-centrAl-business-district/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/developers-ink-master-plan-central-business-district
National bank to receive support from IFC
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) yesterday in a move that officials are predicting will usher in a new era of responsible corporate governing practices, transparency, financial risk management and public confidence in the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-bank-to-receive-support-from-ifc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24858/national-bank-to-receive-support-from-ifc/
Credit growth starts to cool off
New data released by Cambodia’s independent credit reporting agency indicate a significant slowdown in the rate of lending during the second quarter of the year, a sign that banking industry experts claim is due to a tightening of lending criteria and less demand from the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credit-growth-starts-to-cool-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/credit-growth-starts-cool
Beating of woman in South Korea prompts embassy response
Photographs and video footage of a Cambodian woman being savagely beaten by her Chinese supervisor in a satellite city of Seoul were shared more than a thousand times on social media on Wednesday, prompting the Cambodian Embassy to find the woman and take her to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/beating-of-woman-in-south-korea-prompts-embassy-response/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beating-woman-south-korea-prompts-embassy-response-118023/
Rainsy, Sokha court Cham in K Chhnang
Getting a head start on campaigning for the 2018 elections, opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha yesterday promised Cham voters in Kampong Chhnang’s Kampong Tralach district that a change in the country’s leadership would mean a change in its approach to land disputes as <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-in-k-chhnang/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-sokha-court-cham-k-chhnang
Medic in HIV outbreak case to be tried next week
The trial of an unlicensed medic who was charged with murder after allegedly infecting more than 270 people with HIV will begin on Tuesday, a court official said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medic-in-hiv-outbreak-case-to-be-tried-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/medic-in-hiv-outbreak-case-to-be-tried-next-week-97461/
Court hears case of businessman’s land swap deal gone sour
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a businessman who was charged with fraud after he acquired the office of the municipal women’s affairs department in a 2012 land swap, but failed to hand over the property to a tycoon to whom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-hears-case-of-businessmans-land-swap-deal-gone-sour/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-hears-case-of-businessmans-land-swap-deal-gone-sour-98076/
Cambodia revenue drives profit surge at casino supplier
Entertainment Gaming asia, a Nasdaq-listed company that supplies electronic gaming machines, posted a an 88 percent year-on-year rise in its third-quarter profit, citing higher sales in Cambodia as a major driver of its growth, according its filing to the Nasdaq on Monday in New York. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-revenue-drives-profit-surge-at-casino-supplier/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17676/cambodia-revenue-drives-profit-surge-at-casino-supplier/
Court charges five over massive market fire
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Monday charged a goldsmith, three security guards and the manager of a market in Stung Treng City for negligence that contributed to the outbreak of a fire that gutted the market on Thursday, causing an estimated $1 million in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-charges-five-over-massive-market-fire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-charges-five-over-massive-market-fire-111214/
New year stats show roads safer, police say
National Police on Sunday said Khmer New Year traffic figures were evidence that the new traffic law has been a success, with 98 traffic accidents reported over the four-day holiday this year, a drop from 123 in 2015, when it was a three-day holiday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-year-stats-show-roads-safer-police-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-year-stats-show-roads-safer-police-say-111402/
Cambodia's economic status raised to lower-middle income
The World Bank has officially revised the status of Cambodia’s economy, moving it up a rung from the low-income bracket into lower-middle income territory – a reclassification that economists expect will lead to a scale-back of foreign aid and preferential trade access over the coming <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-economic-status-raised-to-lower-middle-income/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cam McGrath and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-economic-status-raised-lower-middle-income
Monkey-based malaria strain poses 'high risk' to humans: study
A new study hAs predicted thAt even if CAmbodiA mAnAges to erAdicAte so-cAlled “humAn” strAins of mAlAriA by 2025 &ndAsh; A key government goAl &ndAsh; it will continue be At “high risk” of infections from A strAin of the pArAsite more typicAlly found in wild <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/monkey-bAsed-mAlAriA-strAin-poses-high-risk-to-humAns-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monkey-based-malaria-strain-poses-high-risk-humans-study
NEC denies request for time off for workers
The National Election Committee (NEC) has thrown cold water on a request by the Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC) that it permit garment workers extra time off to register in their home provinces without receiving a pay cut, according to a letter posted on the NEC’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-denies-request-for-time-off-for-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-denies-request-time-workers
PPSEZ sets timeline for delayed IPO launch
After numerous delAys, industriAl pArk operAtor Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone Announced yesterdAy thAt it hAd finAlised A timeline for the lAunch of its upcoming initiAl public offering, And would kick off A five-dAy bookbuilding session stArting on April 18 And hold A public roAdshow <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ppsez-sets-timeline-for-delAyed-ipo-lAunch/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-sets-timeline-delayed-ipo-launch
Environmental code aims to safeguard natural resources
A new plAn to protect the environment stArted tAking shApe yesterdAy when the Environment Ministry held A workshop to discuss ideAs on how to convert numerous lAws into A single code to govern the county’s nAturAl resources. It is expected the process will tAke two yeArs <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/environmentAl-code-Aims-to-sAfeguArd-nAturAl-resources/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23704/environmental-code-aims-to-safeguard-natural-resources/
NEC touts achievements
A yeAr After A mAjor overhAul, the NAtionAl Election Committee (NEC) issued A stAtement touting its Achievements &ndAsh; including testing electronic voter registrAtion And consulting donors like the EU And JApAn &ndAsh; with one observer sAying thAt despite criticism of the deAl thAt reformed the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nec-touts-Achievements/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Bun Sengkong and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-touts-achievements
Fee proposed on plastic bags
The government has proposed slugging shoppers 500 riel for plastic bags in a bid to reduce environmental pollution. a draft prakas on plastic bags that would include the fee was reviewed yesterday in a Department of Environment workshop attended by government representatives along with mall and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fee-proposed-on-plastic-bags/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fee-proposed-plastic-bags
Jailed Unionists in factory dispute released
Two workers from a garment factory in Kompong Speu province who were charged with a slew of crimes following their attempt last month to break away from the only union operating at their factory were released from jail on Friday, a court official and union <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jailed-unionists-in-factory-dispute-released/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jailed-unionists-in-factory-dispute-released-99777/
Rice exporters face greater scrutiny from China
China has set a yearend deadline for Cambodia to submit a list of all Cambodian rice exporters so that Chinese inspectors can evaluate whether they can fully meet food safety laws in a market Cambodian exporters are hoping to increase exports to, according to an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-exporters-face-greater-scrutiny-from-china/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18623/rice-exporters-face-greater-scrutiny-from-china/
Industrial rail project gathers steam with government push
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol has vowed to reinvigorate a long-dormant project to connect the Kingdom’s sole operating railway line to the capital’s biggest industrial park – a move that would boost rail traffic ahead of the completion of a rail link to northwestern Cambodia and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/industrial-rail-project-gathers-steam-with-government-push/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/industrial-rail-project-gathers-steam-government-push