Provincial Capital To Be Built on Teak Forest
The government has granted 322 hectares of state-owned teak forest in the newly formed Tbong Khmum province to the Interior Ministry so that the land can be used to build a new provincial capital, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. “The government has decided to use more ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/provincial-capital-to-be-built-on-teak-forest-51553/
EU Parliamentarian Probes Sugar Plantations in Cambodia
A member of the European Parliament is in Cambodia investigating agri-business firms accused of evicting hundreds of families while benefiting from a free-trade scheme with Europe worth millions of dollars, according to the NGO Equitable Cambodia. The visit from France’s Patrice Tirolien follows a resolution the ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-parliamentarian-probes-sugar-plantations-in-cambodia-51166/
‘Price Dumping’ in Telecoms Market Still Persists
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications implemented a law preventing mobile phone service providers from selling at less than cost over a year and a half ago, though the companies are still lowering their tariffs in an effort to remain competitive in the highly saturated ...
Election body asks Interior to pursue Rainsy, CNRP for boycott calls
Speaking during a meeting with stakeholders, officials from the National Election Committee (NEC) said it had requested the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party and its former leader, Sam Rainsy, for calling on people to forgo voting ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-body-asks-interior-pursue-rainsy-cnrp-boycott-calls
CPP inner circle expands, now dwarfing China’s and Vietnam’s
The Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee yesterday added more than 300 members to its ranks, the largest-ever class of inductees from government, civil society and law enforcement. The new members, which bring the committee’s ranks to more than 800, were sworn in to conclude a three-day ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cpp-inner-circle-expands-now-dwarfing-chinas-and-vietnams
Hun Sen Says 2013 Budget Will Balance Despite Spending
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that Cambodia’s budget for next year was balanced, claiming that a planned increase in public spending will be made up for by a rise in government revenue. Despite concerns from the opposition that foreign borrowing should be reduced, the National ...
As Wing Star Shoes strike enters third day, workers block road
Thousands of workers at the Wing Star Shoes Co. Ltd. on Wednesday blocked the road to the factory in Kompong Speu province for two hours. They demanded the company raise their bonuses by $5 and properly enforce labor laws after arbitration talks failed Tuesday. It was ...
ELCs to be taken from firms that break rules
Companies that transfer their land holdings to another firm in violation of government policy will have their concessions stripped from them, the Agriculture Ministry has said.But the ministry added that in such an event a “partner” firm may be sought to develop the offender’s economic ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elcs-be-taken-firms-break-rules
Multi-sectoral communities demand governments to address land, political, human rights, and employment crises
Land, political, labor, market, agricultural and social rights crises are being addressed by people from diverse communities, demanding that the government address them for the benefit of their livelihoods protected by law. ...
Tonle Sap Lake’s fisheries crimes campaign ongoing
Fisheries offences in the flooded forests around the Tonle Sap Lake, including those involving illegal nets and electric shock devices, persist despite an uptick in law enforcement pursuits. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tonle-sap-lakes-fisheries-crimes-campaign-ongoing
Civil society organizations believe that state land should be reclaimed after demolition of fence on Ochheuteal beach
Civil society organizations call on government to revoke land title legalized as legal entities on more than 8,000 square meters that is considered as a violation on the law and detrimental to the beauty of the coastal area. ...
Morm Moniroth
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2023/02/09/cso-seeing-that-the-goverment-should-take-back-on-state-land-to-control-in-hand/
More Bunong, Kouy, and Kroeung people have graduated from the university and returned to support their communities
Ms. Somart Sokhaii is Bunong. She is among a few indigenous people to have succeeded in her higher education with a bachelor’s degree in Laws. ...
Tackling Kingdom’s road safety challenges
Traffic accidents persist on Cambodian roads, driven by factors like non-compliance with traffic laws and driving under the influence, officials said. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tackling-kingdom-s-road-safety-challenges
Taiwan’s leading bank opens in Cambodia to boost trade
The China’s Taiwan leading bank, Mega International (ICBC), on September 30th, opened its first branch in Phnom Penh, aiming to attract more Taiwanese investors to Cambodia and boosting further business. “The Mega ICBC will bring capital investment injection into the economy of Cambodia, employment opportunities, upgrading ...
Cambodia rejoins the world of stocks
Enthusiasm about the start of trading at the exchange, which opened last July without a single listed company, extends beyond the borders of the Southeast Asian country. Investors including Templeton Emerging Markets Group Chairman Mark Mobius said they plan to participate in Cambodia’s stock market ...
Aeon eyes major Asean expansion
Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) plans aggressive business expansion both here and in neighbouring countries. The leading Japanese non-bank company is using Thailand as a centre to expand its businesses in other Asean countries. Aeon Thana Sinsap plans to offer more financial services in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/323617/aeon-eyes-major-asean-expansion
Rail Operator Restarts Train Services to Kampot
Toll Royal Railways (TRR), the current operator of Cambodia’s dilapidated rail network, restarted freight services to Kampot province yesterday, four months after it suspended its work. TRR’s resumption comes on the heals of a rival proposal to manage the train network by a consortium that includes one ...
Garment firm to list on CSX
The Taiwanese-owned garment company Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc says it intends to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) next month, in a boost for the Kingdom’s nascent stock market. Phnom Penh Securities (PPS), an underwriter for Grand Twins International (GTI), said yesterday the company ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020761223/Business/garment-firm-to-list-on-csx.html
Thousands protest outside Gladpeer Garment Factory
More than 2,000 workers demonstrated in front of Phnom Penh’s Gladpeer Garment Factory yesterday, demanding a higher minimum wage and several other concessions. The workers decided to strike after the Por Sen Chey district factory did not respond to repeated requests to raise their monthly minimum ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011560786/National/thousands-turn-out-for-strike.html
Sar Kheng Warns NGOs Not to Aid CNRP’s Demonstrations
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday released a statement warning civil society groups that they would be in breach of their operating contracts should they offer support, directly or indirectly, to the opposition CNRP at its planned three-day demonstration beginning Sunday. The warning comes a day ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/sar-kheng-warns-ngos-not-to-aid-cnrps-demonstrations-42204/