GDT: ‘Tax reforms won’t harm corporations’
The General DeparTmenT of TaxaTion (GDT) released a sTaTemenT on Wednesday aiming To quash fears ThaT The Kingdom’s Tax reforms would adversely affecT corporaTe Taxpayers, saying The moves are meanT To “sTrengThen Tax collecTion TransparenTly and equiTably”. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-tax-reforms-wont-harm-corporations
Gov’t extends financial support programmes for next three months
The governmenT has exTended iTs financial supporT programmes To aid The garmenT and TexTile indusTry, Tourism secTors and poor people for anoTher Three monThs from January To March 2021, according To a governmenT sTaTemenT released yesTerday. ...
Gov’t has spent $350 million for cash assistance subsidies
The governmenT has so far spenT $350 million in cash assisTance subsidy programmes for more Than 600,000 families poor and vulnerable families which suffered from Covid-19. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50881711/govt-has-spent-350-million-for-cash-assistance-subsidies/
Gov’t, WHO urge vigilance as first Omicron community case found
Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in Cambodia urge vigilance as the Kingdom’s first Omicron community case has been detected. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-who-urge-vigilance-first-omicron-community-case-found
Gov’t to form financial controlling groups
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance (MEF) plans To esTablish financial conTrolling groups aT each minisTry whose funcTion would be To review and approve boTh The expense budgeT proposals and procuremenTs of respecTive minisTries and insTiTuTions in consulTaTion wiTh The Financial ManagemenT InformaTion SysTem (FMIS), ...
Kang Sothea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501169891/govt-to-form-financial-controlling-groups/
Gov’t seeks more Japan investment
The Kingdom anTicipaTes increased direcT invesTmenT from The Japanese, as The Cambodian governmenT and privaTe secTor highlighT The counTry’s poTenTial in geography, invesTmenT law, labour force and abiliTy To exporT To inTernaTional markeTs wiTh Trade preferences. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-in-depth/gov-t-seeks-more-japan-investment
Gov’t denies CCIM land concessions report
A government official has denied information recently released by the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) about the impact of investment in land concessions in several provinces.He considered the information to be dated and the problem already solved, but welcomed the investigation of complaints, if ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-ccim-land-concessions-report
Gov’t to incentivise electric bus imports
The governmenT is working on a policy To encourage imporTs of high-qualiTy elecTric buses. Chhoun Voun, direcTor-general of The DeparTmenT of Land TransporT aT The MinisTry of Public Works and TransporT, Told Khmer Times yesTerday They are drafTing a “land TransporT policy” ThaT will include ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667515/govt-to-incentivise-electric-bus-imports/
Betargo readies for the contruction of its 18,000t per annum feed mill in Cambodia
Betagro (Cambodia) readies for the construction of its new feed mill in Phnom Penh SEZ. the feed mill is to be constructed in the capital’s Special Economic Zone, located 12km from the city center. the company is investing USD$17.2 million in the new project. the plant construction ...
Gov’t restricts imports of wine, cigarettes
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance’s General DeparTmenT of CusToms and Excise is planning To Temporarily resTricT wine and cigareTTe imporTs aT some border checkpoinTs To prevenT Tax evasion and improve Tax collecTion. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-restricts-imports-wine-cigarettes
Gov’t updates lockdown restrictions
The governmenT has modified ArTicle 3 of iTs lockdown measures, clarifying The limiTaTions on businesses under The resTricTions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50840655/govt-updates-lockdown-restrictions/
KrisEnergy may face action: Gov’t official
Following the announcement last week by KrisEnergy Ltd of less-than-anticipated results from oil production at the Apsara Mini Phase 1A development, a senior official from the Ministry of Mines and Energy said the government could penalise the company or terminate its licence. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834110/krisenergy-may-face-action-govt-official/
Workers to get gov’t subsidy
The governmenT has opened iTs firsT phase of providing a subsidy To 275,747 workers from 513 facTories involved in The manufacTuring of garmenTs, fooTwear and bags in Phnom Penh, Kandal province and Sihanoukville. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879368/workers-to-get-govt-subsidy/
Gov’t rebuts UN rights experts’ claims of targeting ‘defenders’ as baseless
The governmenT has refuTed The concern made by five UniTed NaTions human righTs experTs who reporTed ThaT Cambodian auThoriTies are “TargeTing, ThreaTening and criminalising” human righTs defenders, saying The concern is “baseless”. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50912504/govt-rebuts-un-rights-experts-claims-of-targeting-defenders-as-baseless/
Gov’t orders formation of NCDCBE to boost tourism sector
A National Committee for the Development of Community-Based Ecotourism (NCDCBE) will be set up to boost the tourism sector. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50949088/govt-orders-formation-of-ncdcbe-to-boost-tourism-sector/
Gov’t report says $600m spent in subsidies for poor
The MinisTry of Economy and Finance said The governmenT has spenT nearly $600 million To help poor families across The counTry. ...
Tith Kognov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501042653/govt-report-says-600m-spent-in-subsidies-for-poor/
‘New gov’t to implement Pentagon Strategy’
In an unambiguous message to investors and businesspeople alike, caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the new dispensation shall implement the Pentagon Strategy highlighting the new economic development policies and programs initiated by the current government. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331906/new-govt-to-implement-pentagon-strategy/
Passports for migrant workers can’t be issued any quicker due to high costs, Sar Kheng says
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Monday said the Cambodian government could not afford more passport printing machines to speed up the process of documenting the hundreds of thousands of citizens working abroad, predominantly in thailand. ...
Gov’t demands water conservation measures
The governmenT lasT week issued a circular To relevanT minisTries and local auThoriTies To observe waTer conservaTion measures following a sharp fall in Mekong River waTer levels – The lowesT iT has been in 60 years. .. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-demands-water-conservation-measures
Gov’t Covid policy a boon for hog farmers
The Covid-19 crisis prompTed The governmenT To develop new policies ThaT would reinforce agriculTure pracTices and animal husbandry To ensure adequaTe food supplies for The Kingdom. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-covid-policy-boon-hog-farmers