Cambodia’s city port reports 34 pct rise in cargo shipment in Q1
Cargos entering and leaving through Phnom Penh Autonomous Port, the kingdom’s 2nd largest port, increased by 34 percent in the first three months of this year due to rising trade activities, a senior port official said Thursday. During the January-March period this year, the state-owned port ...
Hun Sen Says Water, Power Shortages to Stay
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-water-power-shortages-to-stay-29063/
Critics Say Hun Sen’s Land Title Program Is Biased
A controversial land titling program set up by Prime Minister Hun Sen has been suspended ahead of the July 28 elections, but critics say the program should not be restarted. The titling program itself began in December 2012 and is expected to end after elections scheduled ...
New Cafe to Enter Growing Cambodian Market
Caffe Bene, South Korea’s second-largest coffee chain, on Tuesday announced plans to open in Cambodia, according to a Korean media report. But while its entrance adds one more competitor to the more than half-a-dozen coffee chains already in the country, local franchises said the market is ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-cafe-to-enter-growing-cambodian-market-36434/
Chamber wants new tax laws
The private sector has called on the government to review Cambodia’s taxation law, a statute that business leaders say is outdated and needs to change if Cambodia wants to continue to attract foreign investment. Led by Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng, a delegation ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chamber-wants-new-tax-laws
Monitor, GMAC at odds over plan
The head of the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program said yesterday that consultations on its new public-disclosure initiative have been going on for more than a year, contrary to claims by a garment factory representative who characterised the process as hasty. Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser ...
Daniel de Carteret and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/monitor-gmac-odds-over-plan
Cambodia’s Opposition Calls for Halt to Foreign Investment, Loans
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government as the two sides remained stalled in talks in a deadlock over disputed national elections. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said in a public statement that it could not guarantee that any agreements made with Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/investment-10292013173412.html
Opposition Official in US in Hopes of Breaking Deadlock
Opposition vice president Kem Sokha, who is facing court charges in Cambodia, is currently in the United States, hoping to find support for his party and a way to break Cambodia’s political stalemate. Kem Sokha is in the US to speak to supporters, as well ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-official-in-us-in-hopes-of-breaking-deadlock/1804395.html
Ethnic minorities to receive bilingual education: gov’t
The government affirmed its commitment to bilingual education for ethnic minority children in Cambodia’s northern provinces at a UNESCO conference in Bangkok last week. Speaking at the fourth International Conference on Language and Education: Multilingual Education for all in Asia and the Pacific, Ton Sa Im, ...
Emily Wight
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/ethnic-minorities-receive-bilingual-education-gov%E2%80%99t
Cambodian economy expected to remain buoyant: ADB
Cambodia’s economic growth rate is expected to exceed 7 percent both this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. The ADB maintained its forecast for this year’s economic growth at 7.2 percent, supported by strong exports and robust construction and service sectors. The ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131002/cambodian-economy-expected-remain-buoyant-adb
SL Workers Demand Representatives Reinstated
About 200 workers protested outside SL Garment Factory in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district Wednesday demanding that managers reinstate 19 union representatives before a 15-day deadline set by the government elapses. The Council of Ministers has ordered the factory to rehire the fired unionists or face punitive ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sl-workers-demand-representatives-reinstated-47539/
Mfone Files Complaint With Court
The administrator charged with liquidating bankrupt mobile operator Mfone filed a complaint Tuesday with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, requesting it to order two companies to pay money owed to Mfone after repayment negotiations apparently failed, the administrator said. Mobile payment service WING Cambodia Co. Ltd. ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-files-complaint-with-court-47959/
(English) Ministry of Labor highlights triumphs in 2013 Annual Report
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Matt Blomberg and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-of-labor-highlights-triumphs-in-2013-annual-report-51872/
(English) Firm buying Boeng Kak land claims no knowledge of evictions
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Zsombor Peter and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-buying-boeng-kak-land-claims-no-knowledge-of-evictions-62463/
(English) Chinese Push Sesan Dam Talks With Hun Sen
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Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinese-push-sesan-dam-talks-with-hun-sen-50978/
(English) UN Envoy Asks Cambodia to Lift Demonstrations Ban
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rapporteur-02062014181843.html
ទំនប់ជាយអារែងកំពុងរៀបចំសាងសង់
ក្រុមហ៊ុន Sinohydro បានទទួលកាន់កាប់បន្តនូវសម្បទានសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី ស្ទឹងជាយអារែង នៅខេត្ត កោះកុង ហើយកំពុងរៀបចំសម្រាប់ដំណាក់កាលដំបូងនៃការសាងសង់។ នេះបើយោងតាមតំណាងក្រុមហ៊ុន និងមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាល។ លោក អ៊ិត ប្រា ...
ឆាយ ចន្ទដានី និង Daniel Pye
http://www.postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/111462-2014-03-05-03-19-56
(English) Families ask Hun Sen for help to reclaim farms
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-ask-hun-sen-for-help-to-reclaim-farms-58137/
ក្រុមហ៊ុនចុះបញ្ជីដើម្បីនាំចេញទំនិញ កើនឡើង
ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មបានចុះបញ្ជីផ្តល់សិទ្ធិនាំចេញក្រោមប្រព័ន្ធអនុគ្រោះពាណិជ្ជកម្មដល់រោងចក្រកាត់ដេរសម្លៀកបំពាក់ស្បែកជើង និងរោងចក្រផលិតផលកាបូប សរុបចំនួន ៧៨ រោងចក្រ ក្នុងរយៈពេល ១១ ខែ ឆ្នាំ ២០១៩។ នេះបើតាមរបាយការណ៍បូកសរុប ...
ធូ វិរៈ
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Lao Dam Breaks Ground
A waterfall has been blasted less than two kilometres from the Cambodian-Lao border, beginning work on another unapproved hydroelectric dam on the Mekong river, environmental group International Rivers claimed yesterday. Pianporn Deetes, the Thailand campaign coordinator for International Rivers, said she had learned of the excavation work, near ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090458484/National-news/lao-dam-breaks-ground.html