Ministry forms committee as students protest exam results
The Education Ministry has formed a committee tasked with addressing complaints from students who failed the national high school exam and demanded a review of their grades. A ministry press statement issued yesterday acknowledged that many students have protested the results of the exam and filed ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642929/ministry-forms-committee-as-students-protest-exam-results/
Top of the class – the minister who rebuilds systems
After almost 15 years working at various economic-related agencies, primarily the ministry of economy and finance, H.E. Hang Chuon Naron has been at the forefront of transforming Cambodia’s broken economy into one that is more open and competitive. Since 2013 he has been minister of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20804/top-of-the-class-----the-minister-who-rebuilds-systems/
Companies aim to be socially minded
Four companies in Cambodia — EZECOM, Manulife Cambodia, Angkor Gold and Unilever — have demonstrated their commitment to corporate social responsibility this month by giving support to schools, a hospital and sustainable living. CSR Asia, the leading provider of information, training, research and consultancy services on ...
Ahead of ‘clean’ exams, bookshops see fall in business
The owners of bookshops near the Bak Touk High School would usually be doing a roaring trade at this time of year. The grade 12 examinations each August have long been an annual boom time for the shops where students copied cheat sheets for the ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ahead-of-clean-exams-bookshops-see-fall-in-business/2924131.html
Exam a test of nerves
As the grade 12 national exam kicked off yesterday, the Ministry of Education said early indicators suggested a marked improvement on last year’s dismal results, though incidents of students caught cheating and others buckling under the pressure of the high-stakes test remained.The two-day exam began ...
Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/exam-test-nerves
Healthy meals on the way for rural students in Kingdom
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) will provide $10 million to the Ministry of Education to implement a five-year Home Grown School Feeding project, which will benefit approximately 65,000 students and about 750 farming families. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/healthy-meals-way-rural-students-kingdom
Jab card check for students a one-off
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport instructed municipal and provincial education departments across the country to inform school administrators that the vaccination card check for students should be done just once on the first day they attend classes. ...
Post staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jab-card-check-students-one
Japan funds environmental awareness, child protection programmes
The Japanese government has provided more than $800,000 in funding to two Japanese NGOs, under its grant assistance framework. The NGOs are engaged in raising awareness of environment issues and eliminating violence against children in schools. ...
Education experts advise students to pick the right course
Education advocates in Cambodia see that most young people who have just graduated from high school do not have clear goals. Difficulty choosing the right subject at university leaves them in doubt about their best skills. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501388793/education-experts-advise-students-to-pick-the-right-course/
GDCE workshop updates officials on e-payment
In an effort to ensure customs and excise officials are updated on the latest in payments, the National School of Customs, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE), on Monday organized a workshop. ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501496412/gdce-workshop-updates-officials-on-e-payment/
44 staff members for national arbitration center selected
After years of trying to find suitable staff, the Ministry of Commerce on Friday released a list of 44 arbitrators who will be in charge of running the National Arbitration Center (NAC), a body designed to offer businesses a commercial dispute mechanism alternative to Cambodia’s ...
Investment accounts open
Several securities firms are opening accounts, even as the first listing on the Cambodia Securities Exchange are not expected until later this year, company officials said yesterday. The CSX was launched on July 11 without any listed firms, though state-owned Telecom Cambodia, Phnom Penh Water Supply ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072850678/Business/investment-accounts-open.html
Maize has local farmers’ ears
Growing demand for animal feed is driving up both the demand and price of corn, with smallholder farmers claiming the field crop offers a more stable market than cassava.Corn is grown on more than 140,000 hectares in Cambodia and can be harvested twice a year, ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/maize-has-local-farmers-ears
Tiger Airways launches daily service to Singapore
Direct daily flights between Phnom Penh and Singapore started yesterday with the first Tiger Airways flight departing at 8:30am and landing in Singapore at 11:30am, kicking off a seven-days-a-week low-cost service. The company is offering a special price of US$38 one-way from Phnom Penh to Singapore ...
Cambodian Vtrust plans CSX floating
Local real estate company Vtrust Property Group plans to engage an underwriter in as little as two years to help it list on the Cambodia Stock Exchange, the company’s chairman, Kuy Vat, said yesterday. The company is now preparing the necessary documents on its business, corporate ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032764710/Business/cambodian-vtrust-plans-csx-floating.html
Ads warn of H5N1 risk
Amid concerns the Pchum Ben holiday will lead to a spike in bird flu cases, health officials have begun to roll out a widespread education campaign aimed at stanching the spread of H5N1. The highly fatal flu has seen 20 cases and 11 deaths this ...
Amelia Woodside and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ads-warn-h5n1-risk
PATA Travel Mart set for Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The Pacific Asia Travel Association will hold the 37th PATA Travel Mart at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The event is being hosted by the ministry of tourism of Cambodia and will take place from September 17th-19th. PTM 2014 will offer delegates the ...
Breaking Travel News Staff
http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/pata-travel-mart-set-for-phnom-penh-cambodia/
Wrangling over wage may spur new unrest
Unions representing garment workers have pledged to reignite protests if the minimum wage for the industry is raised to only $115 next year, a sum they say was offered by the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia during a meeting on Friday. The Labour Advisory Committee (LAC) ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wrangling-over-wage-may-spur-new-unrest
Disability benefits to be broadened by gov’t
A Ministry of Social Affairs official yesterday announced that, starting next year, the government would offer regular payments of 20,000 riel (about $5) to all disabled Cambodians, a benefit that so far has only been available to retired disabled soldiers. In an announcement that coincided with ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/disability-benefits-be-broadened-gov%E2%80%99t
World Vision and other aid agencies reject Australia's refugee deal with Cambodia
International aid agencies based in Cambodia have rejected the Abbott government’s resettlement deal, saying it is not appropriate for a country that has been accused of human rights abuses and has no refugee resettlement experience. A Cambodian delegation will meet with refugees on Nauru, the ...
Sarah Whyte
http://bit.ly/19dZtmv