CNRP vexed as CPP continues to call Sokha’s presidency illegitimate
Opposition lawmakers yesterday left a meeting at the Interior Ministry exasperated, as officials from the latter continued to deem the presidency of their leader, Kem Sokha, and the vice presidency of three senior lawmakers, illegitimate, but offered no clear path to a resolution. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-vexed-cpp-continues-call-sokhas-presidency-illegitimate
Expatriates need IDs: government
Expatriates working in Cambodia without labour identification cards will face fines and even jail when strict new enforcement kicks in, according to a July 16 joint statement from the ministries of interior and labour. Government inspectors, the statement adds, will begin checking workplaces immediately in order ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expatriates-need-ids-government
Firms that list to see tax cut
New and existing companies listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) will have their taxes halved by the Cambodian government, a move that is being labelled as a generous attempt to boost activity on the bourse. The sub-decree, which was signed off by Prime Minister Hun ...
Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firms-list-see-tax-cut
Government undecided on new resettlement sites for evictees
A Finance Ministry official said on Sunday that the government had yet to decide whether it would comply with Asian Development Bank (ADB) rules that families facing eviction from along the country’s old railway tracks be offered resettlement options better than the ones they have ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-undecided-on-new-resettlement-sites-for-evictees-102214/
CDC approves investment of $256.56 million, ‘27K new jobs’
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved 26 private ventures in September, totalling an investment of $256.65 million, projected to create 27,262 jobs. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-investment-25656-million-27k-new-jobs
New PM urges Royal Government to commit to nation’s success
Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, requested his colleagues in the Royal Government to do their utmost to fulfill this noble national mission to achieve the glorious new mandate given by the people through elections. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348610/new-pm-urges-royal-government-to-commit-to-nations-success/
Most are OK with the new wage, not all
After meeting with members, several labour union leaders yesterday said that they will not hold protests against the government-set garment industry minimum wage for 2015. Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng last week approved $128 as 2015’s minimum monthly wage in Cambodia’s garment sector. The increase, ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/most-are-ok-new-wage-not-all
New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted
A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-international-airport-table-ppia-expansion-plans-halted
Labor groups press ministry on new union registration rules
About 100 workers representing eight trade unions and labor associations rallied in front of the Ministry of Labor on Sunday demanding that the government relax registration requirements that they say are being used to stifle efforts to increase their memberships. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-groups-press-ministry-on-new-union-registration-rules-71009/
Cambodia sees 44% rise in new company registrations in 7 months
Cambodia has granted operating licenses to 2,424 new companies in the first seven months of 2014, up 44 percent compared with 1,688 firms over the same period last year, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=238871
CPP votes new members to top committee
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Thursday revamped its organisational structure and elected a further seven people to the Permanent Committee of its Central Committee to add to the existing 30 members. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-votes-new-members-top-committee
Asean Fellows Warn Cambodia of Mining Pitfalls
Community representatives from Indonesia and the Philippines warned Cambodia yesterday of the potential human cost that an influx of mining companies could bring to the country. As private companies scour the land for minerals, with some set to begin extraction within a few years, Cambodia could ...
New non-SEZ projects fall 24.11%
Despite a modest improvement in the Covid-19 situation in Cambodia, the number of new projects outside of special economic zones (SEZ) approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) saw a sharp decline in January-November 2021 compared to the same period a year ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-non-sez-projects-fall-2411
Postal service delivers new partner
Kerry Express, a subsidiary of WorldBridge International (Cambodia), yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Cambodia Post to expand delivery services in the Kingdom, executives and officials said after signing the MoU yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21220/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/
Unions Want Government, Factories to Resume Wage Talks
The unions behind several days of strikes that turned deadly this month said they will officially ask the Labor Ministry today to resume negotiations on a new minimum wage for the country’s critical garment sector, and said they would hold more street protests if their ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unions-want-government-factories-to-resume-wage-talks-50451/
SME board possible this year
Market regulator Securities and Exchanges Commission of Cambodia and Cambodia Securities Exchange are looking at reducing some of the current initial public offering requirements, as a way to attract more small- and medium-size businesses to list on the flagging exchange. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sme-board-possible-year
ASEAN will emerge as new economic power: Malaysian PM
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that further integration in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will result in the emergence of a new economic power in the region. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/asean-will-emerge-as-new-economic-power:-malaysian-pm-8182
Interior ministry names 22 new spokespeople, no contact details
The job of spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, long held by General Khieu Sopheak, has been split up and given to 22 different ministry officials, according to a statement released Friday, though contact details for the new point people have not been published. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-names-22-new-spokespeople-no-contact-details-102165/
PM calls to slow hiring of new civil servants
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that the government will cut back on recruiting new employees next year to reduce its spending on civil servant salaries. ...
Post Staff
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/38598
Cambodian workers to get Japan opportunity
The Japanese government will offer an opportunity for specialised Cambodian workers to work in Japan through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that might be signed in April, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-workers-get-japan-opportunity