Protest leads to second chance on nat’l exams
Amid strict reforms to guard against rampant cheating on the high-stakes national exam, education officials yesterday showed surprising leniency towards underperforming grade 12 students. In a notice released yesterday, the Ministry of Education instructed upper secondary schools to hold re-examinations for grade 12 students who failed ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-leads-second-chance-nat%E2%80%99l-exams
Cambodia's economy achieves 7 pct growth last year despite political row: central bank
Cambodia’s economy grew by 7 percent in 2013 even though political row over the July election has still persisted, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said Tuesday. The growth was lower than that of 2012, which was up to 7.3 percent. “In 2013, Cambodia’s economy achieved ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-01/21/c_133062259.htm
Government audit five years late, lacking
More than five years after the close of the 2008 fiscal year, the National Audit Authority (NAA) on Thursday released its audit into the government’s financial management in 2008. The 38-page report is only the third such audit carried out since the department opened in 2000 ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-audit-five-years-late-lacking-57355/
Grand Twins’ share price continues to drop
The share price of Grand Twins International, a manufacturer for U.S. athletic apparel brands, on Tuesday sank for the fourth straight day since it was listed on the bourse last week, signaling that its initial listing price was too high, industry analysts said. “The pricing of ...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/grand-twins-share-price-continues-to-drop-62374/
Data provides illustration of a constantly changing Cambodia
Cambodia is changing fast. Over the past decade, the capital city, Phnom Penh has expanded exponentially: its bodies of water have been filled in and green spaces diminished. Rural to urban migration has changed the shape of the countryside. Great shifts are under way and ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/7days/data-provides-illustration-constantly-changing-cambodia
World Bank raises growth forecast for Cambodia in 2014
The World Bank upwardly revised Monday its GDP growth forecast for Cambodia this year to 7.2 percent, up from its October projection of 7.0 percent. In explaining the higher forecast, the bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Update pointed to “the expectation of renewed confidence and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YjY5Zjc3MTUwZDg
Cambodia's treatment of Montagnard refugees focuses critics on Australia's asylum seeker deal
Cambodian authorities are hunting more than a dozen ethnic minority hill people from Vietnam, drawing international criticism and raising further doubts about Australia’s controversial agreement to send refugees to Phnom Penh. Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned ...
Lindsay Murdoch
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cambodias-treatment-of-montagnard-refugees-focuses-critics-on-australias-asylum-seeker-deal-20141203-11z808.html
Minister says national exam costs are fair
With the Grade 12 national high school exam about two weeks away, a group of five NGOs sent a letter to the Ministry of Education on Monday asking the government to prevent guesthouses from hiking their prices for students who have to stay overnight in ...
Huot Chanpav and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-says-national-exam-costs-are-fair-91374/
Laos postpones construction on Xayaburi Dam
Laos has postponed construction of the controversial Xayaburi dam project on the Lower Mekong River, a spokesman for its Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quoted saying on Wednesday. “No construction is going on. It’s discontinued, postponed,” Sithong Chitgnothin told Radio Free Asia in Laos. ...
Ly Thuch seeks UN aid in demining Cambodia
Senior Minister Ly Thuch, President of National Committee for Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, has urged the UN agency to offer financial and technical support for the country’s demining. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072127/ly-thuch-seeks-un-aid-in-demining-cambodia/
UN, GGGI and Government of Cambodia announce support to green bond issuers
In March, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC), in collaboration with the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF) and GuarantCo, part of the ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314877/un-gggi-and-government-of-cambodia-announce-support-to-green-bond-issuers/
Toyota seeks expansion in Cambodia, emerging markets
Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s largest automaker, is planning to expand their operations in Cambodia as well as other emerging markets. The move is a push to attract new first time-buyers of automobiles and get about half of global sales from the emerging markets. Toyota plans to ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NzdiZTIzMDNhZDQ
PM arrives in Cambodia to attend ASEAN, East Asia summits
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Cambodian capital on Sunday to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits which will provide an opportunity for India to enhance its economic cooperation with the region amid lingering financial crisis in the western world. Singh is here for ...
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-arrives-in-cambodia-to-attend-asean-east-asia-summits/306128-3.html
Interesting times for Phnom Penh office market
Worldwide, office demand stemmed from the automotive, high-tech and energy industries. The latter is evident in Cambodia, where drilling off the coast near Sihanoukville has helped to increase office demand. Thus, companies such as Total and Chevron are large office occupiers, and new Japanese oil ...
PAL urged not to pursue deal to form Cambodia Airlines
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) is said to be better off not pursuing a deal with Royal Group of Cambodia (RGC) to form Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd., saying there are other “bigger priorities” for the flag carrier. CAPA said the Cambodia-Philippines is a small market, ...
Lenie Lectura
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/02/04/14/pal-urged-not-pursue-deal-form-cambodia-airlines
Expensive NGO phone apps gather digital dust
In August last year, The Asia Foundation launched three new smartphone apps designed to end violence against women and girls in Cambodia. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/expensive-ngo-phone-apps-gather-digital-dust-108937/
PM calls for more connectivity
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged all the leaders of the 51 countries of Asia and Europe to use all their resources, especially China-backed funds, to improve connectivity between the regions. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27406/pm-calls-for-more-connectivity/
Cheaper internet next year
A new submarine telecoms cable due for completion in early 2017 will strengthen existing internet networks, increase capacity and lower costs, according to the company installing the cable. Yves Shaeffer, CEO of EZECOM, which owns Telcotech that is installing the Malaysia-Cambodia and Thailand (MCT) submarine cable, ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31246/cheaper-internet-next-year/
PM blames Cambodia’s logging problem on opposition
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed Cambodia’s rampant deforestation on local villagers who he claimed had been “incited” by the opposition to clear the forestland, though conservationists were quick to point out that those behind illegal logging are actually often powerful tycoons connected to the ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-blames-cambodias-logging-problem-opposition
PM gives recommendations at Asean veterans assembly
Prime Minister Hun Sen left recommendations for the Veterans Confederation of Asean Countries (Veconac) to help it attain new achievements in the interest of the general welfare of veterans in each member-nation. The recommendations were made on Tuesday at the 19th General Assembly of the ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-gives-recommendations-asean-veterans-assembly