Senators approve 2019-2023 development plan, power projects
Senators yesterday unanimously agreed to pass the National Strategic Development Plan of 2019-2023 worth $57.7 billion in capital. In order for the budget plan to be finalised, it will need to be reviewed by the Constitutional Council and approved by the King. The vote was held ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50623286/senators-approve-2019-2023-development-plan-power-projects/
Time schedule for visit of Angkor temples from January 2016
The Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA) has set a time schedule for the visit of tourists in the Angkor Archeological Park, reported the state news agency-AKP.The new time schedule, taking effect from Jan. 1, 2016, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/time-schedule-for-visit-of-angkor-temples-from-january-2016-9056
Indian mining firm prepares to dig deep in Ratanakiri
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is set to issue the country’s first commercial underground mining license to Indian company Mesco Gold in two weeks, despite opposition by residents of two villages concerned about compensation and environmental damage. The company plans to break ground on its ...
Aisha Down and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/indian-mining-firm-prepares-dig-deep-ratanakkiri-117474/
Hun Sen hopes days of post-election protests are finished
The three-month voter registration period opened on Thursday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen telling reporters after enrolling at his local commune office that he hopes the new voter registry will put an end to post-election protests. After the July 2013 national election, the CNRP refused to ...
Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-hopes-days-post-election-protests-finished-117491/
Election officials brace for Pchum Ben rush
Commune offices around the country are bracing for a surge in voter registrations over the Pchum Ben holiday that could become a make-or-miss moment in building the foundation for upcoming elections. After nearly a month of registrations, the National Election Committee reported on Tuesday that 3.5 ...
Michael Dickison and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-officials-brace-pchum-ben-rush-118530/
Time’s up for MDG targets
As the United Nations meets this week to draw up a new set of sustainable development benchmarks, the era of the body’s landmark Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is coming to a close, with some wondering – in spite of gains – what efficacy such targets ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/times-mdg-targets
TPP puts Cambodia’s trade, investment in the spotlight
The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has industry insiders in Cambodia split over whether or not the new pact will limit the Kingdom’s trade growth potential in the US market and see future investments diverted to Vietnam.Ending a long-drawn negotiation process that lasted five ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tpp-puts-cambodias-trade-investment-spotlight
Firm registry moves online
Local and foreign firms looking to register their business in Cambodia can now do it from any internet-connected device after the Ministry of Commerce yesterday launched its long-awaited online business registration portal.The new, paperless system enables prospective businesses to search for a company name, upload ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-registry-moves-online
Capital’s airport soars to 3 million passenger mark
Phnom Penh International Airport set a new record for passenger traffic yesterday afternoon, breaking the 3 million mark in one year for the first time since it reopened after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, according to a press release from Cambodia Airports, the French-owned ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19099/capital---s-airport-soars-to-3-million-passenger-mark/
First mine licensed to draw gold
In a milestone for Cambodia’s nascent mining industry, the government has issued the first commercial mining licence to Mesco Gold, giving the Indian mining firm a green light to extract and process ore at its gold project in Ratanakkiri province, industry sources said yesterday. The landmark ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/first-mine-licensed-draw-gold
Authorities threaten protesting unionists with crackdown
A police official in Kompong Speu province said Thursday that the military might confront garment workers protesting the arrests of two colleagues if they did not stop demonstrating outside provincial government buildings.Around 600 workers from the Hong Kong-owned Agile Sweater factory protested outside the provincial ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-threaten-protesting-unionists-with-crackdown-98060/
Smartphone ownership exploded since ’13: study
The number of Cambodians who own at least one smartphone has almost doubled since 2013, helping put the Kingdom on track to having more than half of its population accessing the web in about a year, according to a new study.Almost 95 per cent of ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smartphone-ownership-exploded-13-study
PPSEZ plans bookbuild for scaled-back IPO
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), the private firm that operates Cambodia’s most developed industrial park, will hold a bookbuild for investors later this month for an initial public offering it hopes will raise up to $11.6 million for expansion and debt repayment, according to ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsez-plans-bookbuild-scaled-back-ipo
Dams may worsen arsenic problem: study
A Stanford University study conducted in Cambodia has shed new light on the natural introduction of the poison arsenic into groundwater – an established problem in Cambodia that could be exacerbated by hydrological development, particularly dams, researchers say.According to a report on their findings, published ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dams-may-worsen-arsenic-problem-study
A roadmap for financial growth
The government yesterday unveiled its financial sector development strategy for 2016 to 2025, which provides stakeholders with a document to evaluate the last decade of growth while outlining an action plan for the next decade. Chea Serey, director-general of the NBC, said the content of ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/roadmap-financial-growth
Notification on the campaign of loving riel banknotes
On 31 August 2017, the National Bank of Cambodia issued a notification to the public, which contributed to the celebration of the Khmer traditional Phcum Ben festival. The National Bank of Cambodia will provide an opportunity to the public with old, crumble or torn banknotes ...
National Bank of Cambodia
World Heritage status, tourists threaten Angkor preservation
The global recognition given to the Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and other sites around the world that receive U.N. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve the historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in the ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-heritage-status-tourists-threaten-angkor-preservation-127067/
Open Development Cambodia has updated profile page on Services delivery at health center
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new page on “Services delivery at health center” under Access to public services. The spreadsheet contains information both in Khmer and English including service type, service provided, details related to each service provided and references.=> Please click here to get in to Services delivery ...
No evidence of child labor at brick factories, gov’t says
The Labor Ministry says that it is investigating fresh allegations of widespread child labor at the country’s brick-making factories, but claims to have found no evidence as of yet. The ministry made the announcement on Friday, hours after the release of a new report by local ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-evidence-child-labor-brick-factories-government-says-121475/
CNRP’s chiefs will keep campaign promises or quit, says Sovann
Opposition spokesman Yim Sovann said yesterday that if any of the CNRP’s more than 400 new commune chiefs who won office on Sunday cannot follow through on the party’s campaign pledges, they will “give up” their positions.Sovann said the Cambodia National Rescue Party had made ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-chiefs-will-keep-campaign-promises-or-quit-says-sovann