Donaco dumps its new junket operator
Donaco International Ltd has terminated its junket deal with Macau VIP gaming promoter Heng Sheng Group, saying the arrangement proved too restrictive for the marketing of its flagship Star Vegas Resort and Club in Poipet. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donaco-dumps-its-new-junket-operator
Hydro standards ‘below par’, study finds
Chinese money accounts for the overwhelming majority of investment in Cambodia’s anaemic energy sector, but while the government has been happy to take Beijing’s loans for the construction of hydroelectric plants, a study published last month found that such investment came with both ecological and ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hydro-standards-below-par-study-finds
Protests planned for Preah Vihear sugar plant’s opening
Preah Vihear’s deputy governor has vowed not to let protesters near Prime Minister Hun Sen as he cuts the ribbon on a $360 million sugar mill in Tbeng Meanchey district today. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-planned-preah-vihear-sugar-plants-opening
Wall of fresh fish blocks Poipet border
Thai authorities withdrew a 700 percent import tax increase on Cambodian fish vendors on Thursday after the angered cart-pushers formed a wall of baskets teeming with fresh fish along a border checkpoint on Thursday in protest, according to Poipet authorities. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wall-of-fresh-fish-blocks-poipet-border-125741/
Gov’t agro production project nets $36.3M
The Ministry of Economy and Finance secured a $36.3 million concessionary loan from the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) program aimed at accelerating the production of small-scale agricultural products including rice, vegetables, potatoes, silk and livestock, according to a ministry release yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-agro-production-project-nets-363m
Cart pullers force Thai fee backdown
About 30 cart pullers at the Poipet International Border Checkpoint staged an hour-long protest yesterday demanding that Thai customs officials remove transit fees that have been in effect for about one month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37043/cart-pullers-force-thai-fee-backdown/
Confusion drives more legal, illegal workers from Thailand
Hundreds of fearful and confused Cambodian migrant workers—including those with legal documentation—are continuing to flee Thailand, workers said on Tuesday, even as both the Cambodian and Thai governments called for calm among the migrant workforce. ...
Chhorn Phearun and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/confusion-drives-legal-illegal-workers-thailand-132138/
NGOs help six more workers to repatriate from Malaysia
NGOs in Cambodia and Malaysia are working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to repatriate six of the 30 Cambodians who sought shelter at the country’s embassy after the Malaysian government started mass arrests of undocumented migrant workers on July 1. ...
Zsomber Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-help-six-more-workers-to-repatriate-from-malaysia-132923/
Airport railway project halted
Following multiple protests by local villagers, the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation has announced a halt to a railway project meant to lead to Phnom Penh International Airport. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077929/airport-railway-project-halted/
CPP passes 2017 budget
The 2017 national budget, with more than $5 billion in expenditures, was passed by the Senate yesterday without any changes despite opposition from the CNRP. Expenditures in the 2017 budget are up 15.6 percent compared with 2016 and include more than $1 billion in foreign loans. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32798/cpp-passes--2017-budget/
Sex slaves rescued from Japan
Cambodian and Japanese authorities have rescued seven Cambodian women forced into sexual slavery after being lured to Japan with the promise of restaurant jobs. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34419/sex-slaves-rescued-from-japan/
Tainted chicken seized at border
Over 1,500 kilograms of poor quality chicken bones and other tainted goods imported from Thailand have been seized and destroyed by Camcontrol officials in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang province this week. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077495/tainted-chicken-seized-border/
Social programmes ‘underfunded’
In spite of recent pledges to expand social protections, the Cambodian government has failed to prioritise spending on services that reduce poverty and improve quality of life among vulnerable populations, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization. ...
Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/social-programmes-underfunded
EU pressure effective?
In recent years, communities displaced by sugar plantations have attempted to reclaim their land by targeting the plantations’ investors and buyers overseas, but a study published last week in the peer-reviewed Journal of Civil Society suggests such efforts may disappoint. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-pressure-effective
Ministry scraps rice inspection fee
The government has removed the fee for inspection services on milled rice slated for export, aiming to reduce the cost of Cambodia’s rice and increase its competitiveness in international markets. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34115/ministry-scraps-rice-inspection-fee/
Land feuds get top-level airing
Fifteen national and international organizations representing 38 civil society groups met with the National Assembly’s first commission yesterday to discuss eight major land dispute cases in an effort to find a solution for those affected. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35763/land-feuds-get-top-level-airing/
Questions raised over garment statistics
While Cambodia’s garment sector exhibited solid growth last year, employment levels declined, raising concerns about a potential rise in unregulated subcontracting, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report released yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/questions-raised-over-garment-statistics
IMF predicts slowdown on horizon for growth figures
Cambodia’s economic growth will remain on course this year but will likely slow in the coming years to 6 percent as investment tapers off and credit growth tightens, according to an updated note by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released on Friday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imf-predicts-slowdown-horizon-growth-figures
UN’s IFAD examines farming programs
A UN agricultural development body presented a report evaluating their commitment of over 20 years and $189.5 million to Cambodia’s rural farmers yesterday, finding both positives and negatives in their partnership with the government. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/uns-ifad-examines-farming-programs
Phnom Penh airport train to start on April 10
The new rail line between Phnom Penh International Airport and the railway station on Monivong Boulevard is scheduled to open on April 10, according to government and Royal Railways officials. Hoeurn Somnieng, deputy director of the cabinet at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, said ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-airport-train-start-april-10