Business input sought on use of donor funds
Business has been encouraged to have more input into the allocation of donor money spent on projects aiming to boost trade in the Kingdom. Speaking during a panel discussion yesterday at a conference on government-private sector partnership, representatives from both government and development agencies said the ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business-input-sought-use-donor-funds
Authorities given 10 days to collect foreigners’ papers in capital
Foreigners living in certain areas of Phnom Penh have 10 days to show their documents to police so the government can complete registering foreign nationals by the end of the year. Those found to have overstayed their visas or entered the country illegally will be ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24040/authorities-given-10-days-to-collect-foreigners----papers-in-capital/
Cambodia sets up telco regulatory body
Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) will supervise the country’s telecoms sector, govern rules and regulations over the establishment of fair pricing, and inspect techniques and administration of networks.. Cambodia on Thursday officially launched the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) which will be responsible for overseeing the ...
http://www.zdnet.com/cambodia-sets-up-telco-regulatory-body-7000004604/
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
UN to review documents relating to Meas Muth
The U.N. plans to “review” a slew of newly declassified documents that show that judicial police ignored an arrest warrant for Khmer Rouge navy commander and accused war criminal Meas Muth, according to The U.N.’s special expert on The Extraordinary Chambers in The Courts of ...
Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-to-review-documents-relating-to-meas-muth-86199/
5 mil passengers arrive at airports
Cambodia Airports welcomed more than five million passengers and 53,000 flights in the first nine months of the year, representing an increase of 6.2 percent and 2.8 percent respectively compared to the same period last year, according to a report released by the company yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31096/5-mil-passengers-arrive-at-airports/
Ministry: Construction workers must upskill
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training official Teang Sak on Wednesday urged the private sector to work with the government in improving the skills of workers to meet the needs of the fast-growing construction sector. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-construction-workers-must-upskill
Despite risks, GDT collection grows 28.62% in 7 months
Tax authorities have collected approximately $2.21 billion of tax revenue — 78.39 percent of the budget law in the first seven months of the year, which soared by 28.62 percent or about $491.29 million compared to the same period last year, said a release by ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501133080/despite-risks-gdt-collection-grows-28-62-in-7-months/
NBC, MoC call for wider use of Riel
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) Wednesday organized a seminar aimed at promoting financial inclusion and encouraging The wider use of The Cambodian Riel (KHR) in The domestic economy. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501572151/nbc-moc-call-for-wider-use-of-riel/
Deadline for right-hand drives delayed
As yet another deadline passed, right-hand drive vehicle owners will now have until June 12 to register their vehicles with the Ministry of Transport and Public Works or run the risk of being on the wrong side of the law, according to a ministry statement ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25023/deadline-for-right-hand-drives-delayed/
Chinese firms show feasibility of Light Railway connecting airport, metro in Phnom Penh
The feasibility of a Light Railway line connecting Phnom Penh to The new airport and planned city metro (subway) was presented by The China Metro Group and Guangzhou Metro Group to The Inter-Ministry Committee of Cambodia on Saturday, said The Council for The Development of ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501457950/chinese-firms-show-feasibility-of-light-railway-connecting-airport-metro-in-phnom-penh/
Appropriate technology is a mechanism to promote nationally appropriate actions for greenhouse gas emission reduction
Phnom Penh – 21 March 2014, a workshop on Energy and Environment Technology: Capacity-Building Cooperation for the Development of NAMA in a MRV manner was organized by the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Environment (CCD) in cooperation with the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, ...
Ministry of Environment
Bus strike, part deux
Striking Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus service workers demonstrated with fired employees outside a company garage in Russey Keo district yesterday and threatened to lead others off the job again if a deal on contracts can’t be brokered by the Ministry of Labour and company ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bus-strike-part-deux
Second haul of illegal ivory in a month found in Svay Rieng
Military police in Svay Rieng province on Friday seized more than 250 kg of elephant tusks stashed inside 10 suitcases in a van heading for the Vietnamese border, officials said. This is the second such haul in the space of a month, leading to fears Cambodia ...
Saing Soenthrith and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-haul-of-illegal-ivory-in-a-month-found-in-svay-rieng-54762/
Montagnards ‘missing’
Four of the 36 Jarai Montagnards deported last month have “disappeared” from their village in Vietnam’s central highlands, prompting fears among villagers that they may have been detained by the authorities. the group of 36 Montagnards was deported on the night of February 24 after attempting ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/montagnards-missing
Cambodia's rice exports reach over 335,000 tonnes in 11 months
Cambodia exported 335,925 tonnes of rice in the first 11 months of the year, up from 332,009 tonnes in the same period last year. ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1090939
National Social Security Fund signed an agreement with the bank contained in this notice
On 24 February 2022, the National Social Security Fund issued a notification on the National Social Security Fund signed an agreement with the bank contained in this notice.National Social Security Fund is honor to inform ladies and gentlemen, directors or owners of all enterprises and ...
National Social Security Fund
Fire equipment still lacking
Two years since the government passed a law on fire safety – and hot on the heels of a recent spate of fires at local garment factories, neighbourhoods and nightclubs – a recent informal survey has found that even high-end hotels still widely lack required ...
Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-equipment-still-lacking
World Heritage status, tourists threaten Angkor preservation
The global recognition given to The Angkor temple complex in Siem Reap—and oTher sites around The world that receive U.N. world heritage status—does as much to damage as it does to preserve The historical gem, according to a new research paper that was published in The ...
Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-heritage-status-tourists-threaten-angkor-preservation-127067/
Labour Ministry urges implementation of suspension of employment contracts
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training on Friday issued a call for The implementation of The suspension of employment contracts for all garment and textile factories in The Kingdom affected by The shortage of raw materials, resulting from Covid-19. ...