Mechanics school on the way
A new auto-mechanics training school at the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPI) that aims to train select Cambodian youth and support a shortage in the labour market officially commenced construction yesterday. In partnership with the Ministry of Labour, joint sponsors the Korean International Cooperation Agency ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mechanics-school-way
Press release on the meeting of the Standing Senate Committee
Parliamentary Standing Committee will continue its meeting, chaired by H.E. Say Chhum, an Acting President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia, to examine and decide on the request from 6th Senate committee for putting draft laws in the agenda of the 5th session ...
Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Press release on the result of the Standing Senate Committee
Under the presiding of H.E. Say Chhum, an Acting President of Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the permanent Senate committee schedules the 5th session Senate of 3rd mandate at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, June 12 to review and comment on the draft laws. ...
Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Another three textile union reps arrested
Police arrested another three union representatives on Friday for allegedly inciting garment workers to strike and protest in front of their factory over the past few weeks, this time in Kandal province. It follows the arrest last week of six representatives of another union ahead of ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-three-textile-union-reps-arrested-58456/
Companies warned over slow development of ELCs
Provincial government officials in Stung Treng have warned companies granted economic land concessions (ELCs) in the province to fulfil their promised development plans or face losing their rights to the land. Touch Thea, director of the Stung Treng provincial department of agriculture, said the call for ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/companies-warned-over-slow-development-elcs
Workers continue strike as wage talks delayed to next week
Workers in the border town of Bavet continued a week-long strike Monday after a meeting to discuss wage increases was delayed for a second time to next week. Sources said all workers left the Tai Seng and Manhattan special economic zones after working for an hour. ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDBiNTE5YTIwNTY
Contractor Says Senior Official Approved Siem Reap Land Swap
The head of a construction firm that was involved in a massive land swap with Siem Reap’s provincial government in 2010 defended the deal on Friday saying orders for the move of government offices and civil servants—which is now being reversed—came directly from the national ...
Dene-Hern Chen and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/contractor-says-senior-official-approved-siem-reap-land-swap-41909/
City Hall Bans Monks From Marching to National Assembly
Phnom Penh City Hall issued a letter Monday banning a group of monks who have marched cross-country to mark International Human Rights Day from completing the final leg of their journey, in which they had hoped to hand petitions to lawmakers at the National Assembly ...
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-bans-monks-from-marching-to-national-assembly-48959/
Kampuchea Krom forum banned by city
Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday banned Wat Samakki Raingsey from hosting a public forum on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of the official granting of Kampuchea Krom to the State of Vietnam. The Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community (KKKC), which advocates for the ethnic minority ...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kampuchea-krom-forum-banned-by-city-60320/
Poipet families told to make way for train
Families living along a planned national train route in Poipet town were told they have 10 days to vacate their properties or be forcibly evicted, residents and NGOs said yesterday. Eang Vuthy, Development Watch Program Manager of Equitable Cambodia, said an eviction notice from the Poipet ...
Announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination
On 24 August 2022, the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports has posted an announcement on the delay of the higher secondary diploma examination on its social media site. According to the announcement, the proposed date for the upcoming higher secondary diploma examination was on 14 ...
Ministry of Education Youth and Sports
Workers to file stories from the factory floor
The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) is hoping to turn a select group of garment workers into muckrakers by offering a journalism program through the Voice of Democracy news outlet. Free of charge, the course will last until October and have a firm focus on ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-file-stories-factory-floor
Businesses urged to prioritise riel for salary payments
The Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Chea Serey, is encouraging companies and enterprise owners to offer salaries in riel, as the majority of Cambodian workers are paid in dollars. ...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/businesses-urged-to-prioritise-riel-for-salary-payments
Press Release: Results of the 2019 annual report conference and the direction for 2020 of the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
On 25 December 2019, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction published a press release on the results of the 2019 annual report conference and activity plan for 2020. The conference has approved on 21 major points, which includes:Continuing the Royal Government reforming ...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Thousands of Workers Protest For Increase of Minimum Wage
More than 5,000 workers from across seven factories in Svay Rieng province protested yesterday, demanding a doubling of the current minimum wage, a provincial labor official said yesterday. The country’s minimum wage sits at $61, and is supplemented by a $5 health benefit and a ...
Waterways may reduce export costs
Cambodia’s waterways are significantly under-used for the transport of commodities such as rice, and enhanced infrastructure and a review of government fees is needed at the Kingdom’s ports to make exports more competitive, industry experts say. According to figures from the Alliance of Rice Producers and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031261877/Business/waterways-may-reduce-export-costs.html
Ocean settles as other worker strikes gain steam
Workers from the beleaguered Ocean Garment Factory on Monday came to an agreement with management over furlough pay, following more than a month of protests. “All the workers at Ocean Garment Factory have accepted the offer from the factory and the strikes are finished now,” said ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocean-settles-as-other-worker-strikes-gain-steam-64619/
Press statement of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia
On 26 August 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press statement of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia responding to the end of mission statement of Prof. Vitit Muntarbhorn.The spokesperson ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Sar Kheng laments capital crime
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday cast a negative light on Phnom Penh, labelling the capital a hotbed for criminal activity and likening the levels of street crime to the Ho Chi Minh City of yore, where he said it was once unsafe to walk around ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sar-kheng-laments-capital-crime