Kantha Bopha gifted royal residence
The King and Queen Mother have awarded a royal residence in Koh Kong province to the director of the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals in a bid to relieve the financial burden on the facilities, which offer free treatment to all patients. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kantha-bopha-gifted-royal-residence
Camko city denies land sale
After a real estate agent was convicted of illegally selling plots of land within Camko City development project, a senior figure at developer World City stressed yesterday that at present no land was for sale and warned that any offers were fraudulent. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31193/camko-city-denies-land-sale/
CNRP vexed as CPP continues to call Sokha’s presidency illegitimate
Opposition lawmakers yesterday left a meeting at the Interior Ministry exasperated, as officials from the latter continued to deem the presidency of their leader, Kem Sokha, and the vice presidency of three senior lawmakers, illegitimate, but offered no clear path to a resolution. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-vexed-cpp-continues-call-sokhas-presidency-illegitimate
Vietnam asked to invest in rubber
During a meeting last week with a Vietnamese rubber association, Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon reminded Vietnamese investors of the many opportunities that the Cambodian agricultural sector offers and asked them to come to the kingdom to establish rubber and cassava processing factories. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089361/vietnam-asked-invest-rubber/
Central bank sets interest rate ceiling, sparking fears
The National Bank of Cambodia announced on Monday that it would set an annual interest rate ceiling of 18 percent for all microfinance institutions (MFIs), sparking concerns that lenders would stop offering smaller loans that often keep the most financially vulnerable afloat. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/central-bank-sets-interest-rate-ceiling-sparking-fears-126483/
Cassava exports up, prices low
Though the export of cassava from Cambodia to foreign markets increased by more than 50 percent in 2016, compared with previous years, export earnings were still low due to below-market-prices offered by buyers in Thailand and Vietnam. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37174/cassava-exports-up--prices-low/
CNRP’s predecessor parties reject GDP call to run in July election
The fledgling Grassroots Democracy Party appealed yesterday to the predecessors of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party to contest this year’s upcoming elections in a bid to dilute the ruling party’s vote share – an offer they quickly turned down. ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cnrps-predecessor-parties-reject-gdp-call-run-july-election
1,100 voluntary students help land distribution and survey for local people
Samdech PM Hun Sen this week met with I, I 00 voluntary students, who will help survey the land for local people. The government set policy to offer land for real poor and landless people in a form of helping poor and social equity. ...
IOM raising funds to return rescued fishermen
As 58 Cambodian fishermen rescued from slavery in Indonesia await their travel documents to return home, the intergovernmental body organizing their return is attempting to raise money to pay for their travel because the Cambodian government is not offering any funds for their repatriation. ...
Alex Consiglio and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/iom-raising-funds-to-return-rescued-fishermen-82532/
Rail project in ADB sights
The Asian Development Bank said yesterday problems with a railway rehabilitation project – funded by the bank and AusAID – identified by a local NGO that was suspended by the government last month “may require further investigation or analysis”. In July, STT released a report ...
Leave Minimum Wage Be, Manufacturers Say
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has said that there should be no discussions on raising the minimum wage until 2014, in response to a request from three garment industry unions for talks on a living wage for workers. The response, sent on Wednesday ...
High Prices of Privatized Water in Prey Veng Lead to Protests
More than 1,000 villagers in Prey Veng city took to the streets in protest yesterday morning after a company that recently took control of the state-run water supply raised prices by 50 percent, from 1,200 riel, or $0.30, to $1,800 riel, according to residents and ...
Underwriter for first IPO bullish on Phnom Penh Water and the CSX
The head of the underwriting team that will launch Cambodia’s first IPO April 18 is Han Kyung Tae, Managing Director of Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) PLC and a South Korean stock market specialist. Tongyang Securities (Cambodia) Ltd. is the Cambodian subsidiary of Tongyang Group, a South ...
Philippines set to sign rice supply deal with Cambodia
The Philippines is close to signing a government-to-government rice supply agreement that would make Cambodia a potential supplier of the grain staple to Manila, along with Vietnam and Thailand, agriculture officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian neighbours aimed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...
Union Wants Early Pay for Workers Ahead of New Year
The Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (CATU) sent a letter to the Ministry of Labor yesterday requesting that all of the country’s factory owners pay workers their salary earlier than usual ahead of Khmer New Year. Workers are normally paid on the fifth to the ...
Phok Dorn, P. 20
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/union-wants-early-pay-for-workers-ahead-of-new-year-66809/
Kingdom-Hungary sewage solutions in the pipeline
The Ministry of Environment has announced that it will collaborate with Hungary to implement a pilot project to solve sewage system issues in towns in some provinces. A representative for the Hungarian Embassy in Cambodia, Zoltan Gyorgy Horvath, met with the ministry’s secretary of state, Sao ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-hungary-sewage-solutions-pipeline
Provocative Posters Spark Renewed Protests
More than 2,000 garment factory workers protested Saturday and plan to strike today in support of union organizers who face prosecution in court for alleged “incitement” over demonstrations at the plant, a union representative said yesterday. The workers at Ocean Garment factory began demonstrating on Aug. ...
Cambodia to Export 100,000 Tons of Rice to Indonesia
Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh yesterday signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Trade Minister Gita Wijrawan to export 100,000 tons of milled rice to Indonesia every year, officials said. Although the details-such as when the exports will begin and where the rice will be sourced-have yet to be ...
IP rights discussed for Angkor
The ancient works of Cambodia’s King Suryavarman II could become a protected intellectual trademark if the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) finalizes a treaty recognizing cultural heritage, the organisation’s head said yesterday. Angkor Wat, a 12th century temple complex and the Kingdom’s No 1 tourist destination, became an area of contention ...
Another Activist in Prey Sar
A 65-year-old woman who has spent months sleeping under a staircase at Borei Keila yesterday became the second land-rights activist sent to Prey Sar prison in little more than 24 hours. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge Ly Leabmeng questioned villager representative Tim Sakmony for almost ...