Revision for Reuters
Yesterday a Reuters news story, “Insight: China gambles on Cambodia’s shrinking forests,” which also ran in today’s Phnom Penh Post and Cambodia Daily, mentioned Open Development Cambodia, and suggested that we are partnering with a local advocacy group to track concessions. This is not accurate. Like href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/revision-for-reuters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Garment sector peace sought
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on unions, employers and the Ministry of Labour to take a collaborative approach to stamping out violent protests in the garment industry, a unionist said yesterday. During a Saturday conference involving 4,000 people from more than 60 union groups, Hun href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/garment-sector-peace-sought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012043055870/National-news/garment-sector-peace-sought.html
PM announces oil-food equation hurting poor
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blamed soaring food prices on fuel prices set by oil cartels like OPEC, appealing to oil-producing countries to pay attention to the connection between food security and energy. Cambodia imports 100 per cent of its oil, and the majority of agriculture href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/pm-announces-oil-food-equation-hurting-poor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Land concession cancelled by PM
The Cambodian government has cancelled a 14,981-hectare concession in the Cardamom mountains granted to an Australian firm for a banana plantation, the conservation group Wildlife Alliance has reported. Wildlife Alliance has long lobbied against the concession in Koh Kong province’s southern cardamom forest on which Indochina href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/land-concession-cancelled-by-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Training needed for tourist industry
Representatives of Cambodia’s booming tourism industry yesterday called on the Asian Development Bank to provide funding for workforce training in the sector. During the meeting at the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, tour operator Ho Vandy, who also co-chairs the Tourism Working Group in the Government-Private Sector Forum, said representatives href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/training-needed-for-tourist-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Defiance works: Amnesty
In the face of increasing economic land concessions and ongoing restrictions on expression, disaffected Cambodians were increasingly taking to the streets with success, Amnesty International representatives said yesterday at the launch of their annual report. Amnesty reported that Cambodians continued to face challenges to their human href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/defiance-works-amnesty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052456368/National-news/defiance-works-amnesty.html
Striking the right balance
The number of strikes in Cambodia’s garment industry could be set to dip and workers could be on their way to free lunches after both sides of the industry signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday. The MoU – inked by the Garment Manufacturers Association (GMAC) in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/striking-the-right-balance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Banking made more accessible
The largest bank in Cambodia, Acleda Bank Plc, has extended its mobile banking and payments service to consumers without an existing banking relationship of any kind, according to a press release by global technology provider Fiserv. Established in 2010, Acleda Unity now reaches untapped consumer segments using href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/banking-made-more-accessible/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012103059461/Business/banking-made-more-accessible.html
ILO slams kingdom on union record
Adding to a growing list of foreign groups to censure the Cambodian government in the lead-up to the ASEAN Summit, the International Labour Organization yesterday ranked Cambodia among the biggest violators of the right to freedom of association. The Cambodia section of the report, which collated href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ilo-slams-kingdom-on-union-record/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Toll trains said to stop March 31
Toll Group has informed the Cambodian government that it will suspend all railway operations and lay off half of its Cambodian staff at the end of the month, according to a source familiar with the situation. The Australian logistics firm, which in partnership with Royal Group href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/toll-trains-said-to-stop-march-31/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032055123/Business/toll-trains-said-to-stop-march-31.html
Rice Milling
After the garment industry, Cambodia’s Rice Milling efforts have been seen as ripe for consolidation. Discussion has focused on what model to adopt. Industry members have taken varying stances, as have members of the government more href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rice-milling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
(English) H5N1 Avian Influenza: First Human Case Reported In Cambodia In 2014
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The Global Dispatch News Staff
http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/h5n1-avian-influenza-first-human-case-reported-in-cambodia-in-2014/
Phnom Penh's new apartments soar on high rents
Real estate developments covered in green tarp have sprung up across the capital’s Boeung Kang Kong commune, and housing units are filling before the projects are finished, insiders said. The value of construction approvals in Phnom Penh jumped by 557.5 per cent in March to US$150.5 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/phnom-penhs-new-apartments-soar-on-high-rents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Boutique hotels rising
An increasing number of boutique hotels are appearing in Cambodia and attracting foreign investment, insiders say, including a US$2 million investment in the Governor’s House, a newly opened, 10-room boutique hotel in Phnom Penh. The number of boutique hotels in Cambodia has increased rapidly, particularly in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/boutique-hotels-rising/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070257135/Business/boutique-hotels-cambodia.html
(English) Cambodians in Washington fundraise for children’s hospital
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Sophat Soeung
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodians-in-washington-fundraise-for-children-hospital/2491065.html
Cambodian airport traffic soars despite global slump
Passenger traffic at Cambodia’s three main airports climbed by 21.8 per cent during the year to date compared to the same period last year, according to data released yesterday by Cambodia Airports. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodian-airport-traffic-soars-despite-global-slump/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ៖ នៅទូទាំងពិភពលោក ចំនួនបំបែកកំណត់ត្រានៃអ្នកផ្លាស់ទីលំនៅដោយបង្ខំមាន៦០លាននាក់
ទីភ្នាក់ងារអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ព្រមានពីចំនួនមនុស្សផ្លាស់ទីលំនៅ ដោយបង្ខំពីផ្ទះសម្បែងរបស់ពួកគេ ទំនងជាកើនឡើងលើសពី ៦០លាន នាក់ នៅក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៥នេះ។ឧត្តមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ទទួលបន្ទុកជនភៀសខ្លួន (UNHCR) បានចេញរបាយការណ៍ស្តីពីនិន្នាការពាក់កណ្តាលឆ្នាំ២០១៥ href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/un-record-breaking-60-million-forcibly-displaced-worldwide/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Lisa Schlein
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/record-breaking-60-million-forcibly-displaced-in-the-world/3109147.html
ADB maps Kingdom's needs
The private sector and industry professionals were engaged yesterday in the first consultation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government in an effort to understand the factors affecting Cambodia’s economy, and ultimately determined that human capital, infrastructure, innovation and regulatory issues as the key areas href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/adb-maps-kingdoms-needs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
CIMB aiming to be top 10 in Cambodia
CIMB Bank plc, which aims to be among the top 10 banks in Cambodia over the next five years, is targeting more than US$100mil (RM317mil ) in deposits and US$90mil (RM285mil) in total loan size by year-end. Its deputy general manager and head of commercial banking href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cimb-aiming-to-be-top-10-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/18/business/11474729&sec=
Union out of loop in MoU negotiations
The garment industry could be close to renewing an industrial relations memorandum of understanding, but an independent union believes it is being edged out of negotiations because it opposes the use of short-term and fixed-duration contracts. Ath Thorn, president of the Cambodian Labour Confederation, said yesterday href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/union-out-of-loop-in-mou-negotiations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...