Dreamworld operator sees revenue drop
Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA), which operates casinos and slot machines in Cambodia and the Philippines, recorded a 9 percent drop in revenue last year compared to 2012, from $26.8 million to $24.3 million, according to the company’s annual report. EGA operates casinos in Pailin and Poipet lass='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/dreamworld-operator-sees-revenue-drop-53867/
Casino sold to relative of CPP lawmaker
Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) last week sold Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province for $500,000 to a relative of the CPP lawmaker—and wife of former provincial governor Y Chhean—who owns the land on which the company built the Casino, according to a press release Thursday. The gaming lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/dreamworld-casino-sold-to-relative-of-cpp-lawmaker-62750/
Two Russians arrested after fight over Kazantip profits
Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ouch Sony and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits-78001/
Building exhibition scheduled for Sept
The third edition of CAMBUILD, one of the country’s biggest internationaL buiLding and construction conferences, is scheduLed for September 10-12 on Koh Pich. Three hundred participants are expected to exhibit at the event. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/building-exhibition-scheduled-sept
Cambodia-Thailand trade hits 5 bln USD last year
Trade volume between Cambodia and its neighboring Thailand topped 5 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, an 11 percent increase from last year’s 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, a Cambodian commerce official said Thursday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=267098
Japan gives $30 M for busses, demining
The Japanese government will provide almost $30 million in grant aid to Cambodia to boost Phnom Penh’s public bus system and to strengthen ongoing demining operations. At a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, minister long Visalo and outgoing Japanese Ambassador Yuji Kunamaru, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30249/japan-gives--30-for-busses--demining/
Schools upgrade to benefit disabled pupils
A Japanese NGO yesterday signed a deal worth nearly $300,000 to assist four Kandal province primary schools in providing access to education for children with disabilities. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39852/schools-upgrade-to-benefit-disabled-pupils/
Solar move at PPWSA to cut costs
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) installed a solar power generation system last week in an effort to reduce electricity bills by about $200,000 a year. The solar power system, which was funded by the Japanese government, was installed at the PPWSA’s water treatment facility lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/solar-move-ppwsa-cut-costs
Will AEON mall succeed in one of the poorest countries in the world?
The presence of AEON Mall in Cambodia has stirred a lot of questions revolving around the future success of this Japanese giant mall. Since the official opening of the mall, thousands of people have flocked to visit this new mall. Not only people in general lass='cambodia-color'>...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZmMxZmI4MTA1Mjg
Tours aimed at attracting workers
As cooks prepped for lunch yesterday at an outdoor cafeteria for workers employed by the Japanese-owned Taica factory, more than a dozen commune-level officials inspected the premises. Seemingly satisfied with the dining operation, they moved into a recreational room with a large, flat-screen television. Taica lass='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tours-aimed-attracting-workers
Long-Awaited Phnom Penh Bus Service Begins One-Month Trial
A fleet of 10 municipal buses was set to roll out early this morning, commencing a one-month public bus service trial along a single route on Monivong Boulevard. If successful, the bus route will mark the first step in establishing a long-overdue public transit system to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/long-awaited-phnom-penh-bus-service-begins-one-month-trial-51446/
Cambodian mangoes ship off to China
Agriculture tycoon Mong Reththy yesterday confirmed a second shipment of Koe Romeat mangoes, twice the size of the first, will be headed for China this week from his Preah Sihanouk plantation. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-mangoes-ship-china
Press release on the exchange of notes on the extension of Japanese grant aid to Cambodia
On 05 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the Exchange of Notes on the extension of Japanese Grant Aid to Cambodia. His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister PRAK Sokhonn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and His lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Cambodia, will sign the exchange of notes and related documents on the extension of Japanese loan and grant aid
On 08 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on His Excellency PRAK Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and His Excellency MIKAMI Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Japan set to fund $41M of mine clearance and water supply systems
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese ambassador Masahiro Mikami are set to sign an exchange of letters and related documents on Japanese aid for two projects with a total budget of $41 million on March 2. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-set-fund-41m-mine-clearance-and-water-supply-systems
Lightning and storms claim three lives so far this year, says NCDM
A National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) report, seen by The Post on Monday, shows that as of Monday, storms and lightning have killed three people and injured 10 others so far this year. NCDM spokesman Keo Vy said 39 storms have occurred in 17 lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-and-storms-claim-three-lives-so-far-year-says-ncdm
Temple may be heritage site
Sambor Prei Kuk, the seventh-century temple of the pre-Angkorian Chenla Kingdom built by Isanavarman I, is to be submitted for consideration as a World Heritage Site to UNESCO. The announcement came yesterday at a seminar on research and conservation on the temple complex, the most important lass='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/temple-may-be-heritage-site
Coral reef areas to gain protection in Cambodia
Cambodia’s first Marine Protection Area will be established around two emerging tourist destinations, Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem islands, a British conservation group has announced. NGO Coral Cay Conservation said last week that it has been invited to map out a 300-square-kilometre MPA by the lass='cambodia-color'>...
Japanese warships arrive in Sihanoukville, Chinese to moor next week
Three Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships dropped anchor in Cambodian waters yesterday, mooring at a Sihanoukville provincial port for a three-day visit meant to strengthen the relationship and boost bilateral ties between Cambodia and Japan, according to General Chhum Socheat, spokesman for the National Defense lass='cambodia-color'>...
Weather damage: Storms ruin dozens of lives, homes
At least 31 people were killed and 64 injured by storms during the first four months of this year, according to figures from the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Keo Vy, cabinet director at the NCDM, said strong winds and rains led to three deaths lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/weather-damage-storms-ruin-dozens-lives-homes