Bigger traffic fines from May 1
Starting May 1, the traffic police will enforce a new sub-decree which increases traffic violation fines to three to five times their current rates. Officials expect the additional money gained from the increased fines will be used to reduce traffic accidents. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bigger-traffic-fines-may-1
Over 5,000 test negative
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has wrapped up health examination for workers who took time off and left for their hometowns during Khmer New Year despite the holidays being postponed to prevent Covid-19 spreading in communities. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-5000-test-negative
Cambodia says 77 new factories open in Q1 amid COVID-19 pandemic with six closures
Some 77 new factories, including 34 garment, footwear, and travel goods factories, had opened in Cambodia in the first quarter of 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesman said, amid the closure of six factories, leaving more than 6,000 workers without a job. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50716659/cambodia-says-77-new-factories-open-in-q1-amid-covid-19-pandemic-with-six-closures/
Fish and rice, together at last
A new long-term project aims to boost fish stocks in rice fields. That was not a typo. For years, rice farmers in Cambodia have swept up fish – as well as frogs, snails and other aquatic fauna – that make their way from streams, canals and ...
China gives demining supplies after pledge of support
The Chinese Embassy donated equipment to the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) yesterday, marking the beginning of a new pledge to become a top donor to the sector, following the withdrawal of US funds. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-gives-demining-supplies-after-pledge-support
FAST payment system transfers top 10B riel
Six months since the central bank launched its FAST payment system, a new scheme to provide instant riel-denominated fund transfers between financial institutions and their clients, the bank recorded a total fund transfer of 10 billion riel ($2.5 million) as of end-2016. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payment-system-transfers-top-10b-riel
Ministry issues measures meant to counter wildfires
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries on Monday signed off on a list of seven measures intended to guard against forest fires, although details on implementation remained scarce yesterday and observers said they expected little to come of the new document. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-issues-measures-meant-counter-wildfires
PM orders Cabinet to designate a five-day ‘replacement holiday’
Prime Minister Hun Sen, in a recent message, said employees will be granted a five-day holiday in lieu of the postponed Khmer New Year holidays in April, although a date is yet to be determined. The decision was confirmed yesterday by a government spokesman. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742852/pm-orders-cabinet-to-designate-a-five-day-replacement-holiday/
Small banks ‘underperform’ in thriving sector
As the Kingdom’s energetic banking sector rockets at an average annual rate of 28 per cent and teems with an ever-increasing number of new players vying for a slice of the market, smaller banks have been left in the dust. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/small-banks-underperform-thriving-sector
Industry 4.0: How Cambodia can build for the future
A conference was held at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) head office in Phnom Penh as well as over video conference to discuss a new report conducted by the UN and the Institute for Manufacturing Educational Consultancy Services (IfM ECS) within the University of Cambridge). ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50754083/industry-4-0-how-cambodia-can-build-for-the-future/
Task force promulgates eco, health awareness
The ministries of Environment and Interior have jointly established a new working group to review and integrate sanitation and environmental measures into the so-called Safe Village/Commune policy. The government hopes to inspire residents to address hygiene and solid waste management in communities nationwide. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-promulgates-eco-health-awareness
ADB: Investment in human resources critical
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has outlined that the government needs to continue investing in its people through the widening of parameters for programmes such as ID Poor and upskilling workers transitioning into new sectors to achieve a post-pandemic economic recovery. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50798179/adb-investment-in-human-resources-critical/
First quarter food exports suffering
New figures paint a poor picture of exports for Cambodia, highlighting the debilitating effects of COVID-19 on trade. One reason is a massive increase of up to five times in the cost of shipping combined with a shortage of available containers. ...
Mark Hughes
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50835793/first-quarter-food-exports-suffering/
Ministries urge safe handling of poultry to prevent bird flu spread
In preparation for the lunar new year this month, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have called for hygienic practices and sanitary inspections for the transportation of poultry and pigs to prevent the spread of any instances of bird ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-urge-safe-handling-poultry-prevent-bird-flu-spread
Howard Johnson opens in Sihanoukville
New York Stock Exchange- (NYSE) listed hotel franchiser Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc (WH) has opened its first hotel in the Kingdom – the Howard Johnson Plaza by Wyndham Blue Bay Sihanoukville, WH said in a February 18 press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/howard-johnson-opens-sihanoukville
Lockdown opens a window for e-commerce
With authorities tightening security to prevent community transmission in Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takhmao town, e-commerce activity, cashless payments and delivery services have logged a notable rise, swiftly becoming new features of the digital world in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lockdown-opens-window-e-commerce
Financial institutions see jump in lockdown-era digital transactions
Financial institutions (FI) logged a sudden spike in digital transactions during lockdown, adding further to the upward momentum fuelled by rising fears triggered by a spike in new Covid-19 cases found in connection to the February 20 community transmission. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/financial-institutions-see-jump-lockdown-era-digital-transactions
Cambodia “Preparing To Welcome Back Foreign Tourists In Q4”
A new video released by the Ministry of Tourism seems to indicate that Cambodia is preparing to welcome back tourists in the 4th quarter of 2021, in a move designed to “revive Cambodia’s tourism industry hit hard by the global COVID-18 crisis” ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50860697/cambodia-preparing-to-welcome-back-foreign-tourists-in-q4/
Zhen Tai garment factory workers claim non-payment of April wages
Garment factory workers have demanded that their employer, Zhen Tai garment factory, pay them a portion of their monthly wages and their Khmer New Year holiday bonus for the period when Phnom Penh and Kandal province’s Takmao town had been in lockdown. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/zhen-tai-garment-factory-workers-claim-non-payment-april-wages
Smart installs 68 Siem Reap base stations
Smart Axiata Co Ltd has installed 68 new base stations in Siem Reap province as part of its $90 million investment plan to expand and improve its network across the country in 2021, the telecoms operator said in an April 27 press release. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-installs-68-siem-reap-base-stations