Gov’t eyes private sector for help with national housing plan
The governmenT yesTerday Took anoTher sTep Towards compleTing an affordable housing plan for low- and mid-income families by seeking privaTe-secTor parTners To help develop and implemenT iT. ...
On Koh Rong, gov’t working group deciding who owns what
After getting the rights to develop Koh Rong island in 2008, the Royal Group started clearing land last year in preparation for the construction of its luxury Royal Sands resort. ...
Jonathan Cox and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23027/on-koh-rong--gov---t-working-group-deciding-who-owns-what/
HIV infection rate down but gov’t can do more: experts
The raTe of HIV infecTion in Cambodia has decreased in The pasT year, according To new figures from The NaTional AIDS AuThoriTy, buT experTs say furTher work is needed To prevenT new infecTions and increase access To medical TreaTmenT. ...
Khuon Narim and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hiv-infection-rate-down-but-govt-can-do-more-experts-101698/
Gov’t says Chinese gold mine in Mondolkiri needs local consent
An official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that a Chinese company is applying for a license to extract gold from a 100-hectare plot in Mondolkiri province, but insisted that the project would only go forward with the consent of local, small-scale ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-chinese-gold-mine-in-mondolkiri-needs-local-consent-103029/
Construction law may be enacted by mid-year: Gov’t advisor
A draft construction law has been completed, will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers and may be enacted by the middle of the year, Sok Siphana, a senior advisor to the government, told Khmer times yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21038/construction-law-may-be-enacted-by-mid-year--gov---t-advisor/
Gov’t asked to protect nearly 1 million hectares of forest
The MinisTry of EnvironmenT has proposed The governmenT esTablish nearly one million hecTares of newly proTecTed foresT, an area ThaT will include The Prey Lang foresT, according To minisTry spokesman Sao Sopheap. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23420/gov---t-asked-to-protect-nearly-1-million-hectares-of-forest/
Experts call on gov’t to encourage garment workers to vote
With the commune elections just around the corner, the government has yet to come up with a plan to help garment workers get to the polls.Many have come forward with concerns that they may be unable to get time off work or be able to ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/experts-call-on-government-to-encourage-garment-workers-to-vote/3877544.html
Gov’t rejects 11th-hour reprieve for Sesan dam families
An official in Stung treng province said there was no way to grant a last-minute reprieve requested on thursday by villagers whose homes could be flooded within days once testing of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam begins on Saturday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-rejects-11th-hour-reprieve-for-sesan-dam-families-132499/
NEC’s new election ink can’t be erased, spokesman says
TesTing of a new baTch of elecTion ink To be used in upcoming commune elecTions showed ThaT iT cannoT be removed, a spokesman for The NaTional ElecTion CommiTTee (NEC) said on Thursday, a day afTer Telling reporTers ThaT samples provided by The ink supplier could ...
Ben Paviour and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/necs-new-election-ink-cant-be-erased-spokesman-says-129599/
Construction project approvals up, but locals aren't reaping the rewards
The governmenT announced a more Than 20 percenT increase in approved consTrucTion projecTs lasT year over The year before, buT noT all The benefiTs of The booming indusTry are being passed on To Cambodian workers and properTy buyers, according To indusTry insiders. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-project-approvals-locals-arent-reaping-rewards
No evidence of child labor at brick factories, gov’t says
The Labor MinisTry says ThaT iT is invesTigaTing fresh allegaTions of widespread child labor aT The counTry’s brick-making facTories, buT claims To have found no evidence as of yeT. The minisTry made The announcemenT on Friday, hours afTer The release of a new reporT by local ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-evidence-child-labor-brick-factories-government-says-121475/
Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget
Prime Minister Hun Sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on thursday. ...
Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/
Gov’t Asks Global Fund to Unblock $20 Million Malaria Grant
A Health Ministry official said yesterday the government was still hoping to recoup the last $20 million of a Global Fund grant for fighting malaria that the international charity has held back because of Cambodia’s poor use of fund dollars. Last week, a spokesman for the ...
Charity Calls on UK Gov’t to Act for Cambodian Workers
A report by a U.K.-based charity has highlighted the low pay of Cambodian garment workers and called on the British government to intervene in disputes involving Southeast Asian factories supplying British retailers. Restricting Rights, a report published tuesday by anti-poverty charity War on Want, looks at ...
Int’l Groups Urge Gov’t To Free Boeng Kak 15
Freedom House and several other international human rights groups condemned the conviction of 13 Phnom Penh women last week who are locked in a land dispute with CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin and called for their release in a joint statement issued tuesday. the women were arrested ...
Gov't to Award Three Communal Land Titles to Ethnic Bunong
Three eThnic Bunong communiTies in Mondolkiri province may soon receive long-awaiTed collecTive properTy TiTles, which would bring To six The ToTal number of communal land TiTles granTed To The counTry’s indigenous people since The Land Law was creaTed in 2011. And while The possible issuing of The Three ...
Villagers in Land Disputes With Firm Don't Show for Questioning
Villagers accused of incitement in a long-running land dispute with a company owned by the wife of a government minister did not show up for scheduled questioning yesterday at the Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court, officials said. On September 17, KDC Development company, owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Minister of Industry, ...
ADB Says Hydropower Growth Won’t Match Need for Oil, Coal
Cambodia’s reliance on imported fossil fuels to meet its energy needs is set to increase in the coming years, despite the raft of hydropower projects planned by the government, according to new data from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Using baseline figures from the Institute ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-says-hydropower-growth-wont-match-need-for-oil-coal-28794/
Koh Pich Awash With Development, but Don’t Ask for Details
Business is booming on Koh Pich. Since development began in 2006—and about 300 families were pushed off what was then farmland—the island has slowly grown into the symbol of commercial modernity in Phnom Penh. the developer, Overseas Cambodia Investment Corp., is also extending the island by ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-pich-awash-with-development-but-dont-ask-for-details-36411/
Tax revenues rise, but aren’t reflective of overall GDP growth
While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-rise-aren%E2%80%99t-reflective-overall-gdp-growth