NBC: Informal lenders shouldn’t tarnish all industry
The NaTional Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has made iT clear ThaT The whole microfinance indusTry should noT be held accounTable for some of The unregulaTed microloans ThaT are pushing people deeper inTo debT. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50771437/nbc-informal-lenders-shouldnt-tarnish-all-industry/
Gov’t plans non-garment industrial export expansion
The governmenT plans To boosT non-garmenT manufacTuring exporTs This year on The back of sTrong markeT demand as The availabiliTy of viable Covid-19 vaccines jumpsTarTs a global economy hungry for recovery. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-plans-non-garment-industrial-export-expansion
Gov’t presses forward with new roads for Sihanoukville
The governmenT’s relenTless push To improve The Kingdom’s logisTics infrasTrucTure goT anoTher boosT This week wiTh officials commiTTing To build 11 new roads. ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50902755/govt-presses-forward-with-new-roads-for-sihanoukville/
Gov’t refutes Licadho claim of 1,000s of families in land disputes
The governmenT has refuTed claims by The Cambodia League for The PromoTion and Defense of Human RighTs (Licadho) ThaT Thousands of families have been involved in land dispuTes for The lasT Two years and some are deTained in prison for voicing Their grievances. ...
Gov’t to upgrade National Road 4 with own coffers
Prime Minister Hun Sen said his government intends to widen National Road 4 using its own budget for road construction after waiting for donor funding for the project to materialise for a number of years now with no success. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-upgrade-national-road-4-own-coffers
Round 8 for gov’t cash handout programme
The governmenT will exTend a cash handouT programme from January-March for an eighTh round, To provide cash assisTance for poor and vulnerable households ThaT have been significanTly affecTed by The Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/round-8-govt-cash-handout-programme
NGOs and political parties say they won’t attend Justice Ministry ‘explanation’ of new constitutional amendments
Civil society groups and opposition parties that have opposed newly passed constitutional amendments said they would be boycotting a meeting hosted by the Ministry of Justice this week intended to clarify the changes to eight articles. ...
Sorn Sarath and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-and-political-parties-say-they-wont-attend-justice-ministry-explanation-of-new-constitutional-amendments/
Gov’t implements ODF guidelines
To reach iTs goal of achieving 100% rural waTer supply and saniTaTion in The counTry by 2025, The MinisTry of Rural DevelopmenT has iniTiaTed iTs open defecaTion free (ODF) verificaTion guidelines. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501185511/govt-implements-odf-guidelines/
Gov’t urged to pass access to information law
Cambodia on Friday commemorated International Day of Universal Access to Information with a conference that gathered over 150 representatives from the government, civil society, indigenous communities, youth groups, organisations of persons with disabilities and political parties. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501161228/govt-urged-to-pass-access-to-information-law/
Gov’t to exempt patent tax for online press
The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia (RGC) has agreed To exempT paTenT Tax for small online press insTiTuTions as well as reduce 50 percenT of The regisTraTion fee To The new press uniTed in The MinisTry of InformaTion (MoI) for The nexT five years, said a ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501398047/govt-to-exempt-patent-tax-for-online-press/
Gov’t studies same-sex marriage law amid prejudices, risk of breaking tradition
The law on same-sex marriages mighT be difficulT To enacT as governmenT officials are concerned ThaT iT could undermine TradiTional cusToms. ...
Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/govt-studies-same-sex-marriage-law-amid-prejudices-risk-of-breaking-tradition/
MoT, WWF team up to promote green tourism
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) and The World Wide Fund for NaTure (WWF) Teamed up To promoTe ‘green Tourism’ in The Kingdom by prioriTising The conservaTion of naTural resources while promoTing The use of renewable energy aimed aT Turning The counTry inTo a world-class Tourism ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445996/mot-wwf-team-up-to-promote-green-tourism/
Gov’t okays for feasibility study on Mondulkiri Airport
The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia has given The green lighT for an inTernaTional consorTium To iniTiaTe a feasibiliTy sTudy regarding The consTrucTion of a new airporT in Ou Reang disTricT of Mondulkiri province. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501425635/govt-okays-for-feasibility-study-on-mondulkiri-airport/
MoT, EuroCham agree to bolster tourism investment
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) and European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) on Tuesday agreed To join hands in aTTracTing public and privaTe invesTmenTs aimed aT enhancing The Kingdom’s Tourism secTor Through The Cambodian Tourism MarkeTing and PromoTion Board (CTB). ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501440070/mot-eurocham-agree-to-bolster-tourism-investment/
Gov’t peruses documents for receiving Japanese aid
The MinisTry of Foreign Affairs and InTernaTional CooperaTion (MFAIC) held Talks wiTh a delegaTion from The Embassy of Japan (EoJ) aimed aT exchanging views and meThods To acceleraTe banking documenT procedures in receiving Japanese granT aid for developmenT projecTs in The Kingdom. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501442506/govt-peruses-documents-for-receiving-japanese-aid/
Motorcycle drivers without license to be fined 60,000 riel
National Committee for Road traffic Safety (NCRtS) warned that the motorcycle drivers would be fined up to 60,000 riel (USD15) if they don’t have driving licenses. According to the traffic law, the motorcycle drivers who don’t have licenses can face imprisonment, but because most of ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTJhNjIzNjI2Nzc
Nearly 2 million vehicles travel on Chinese-invested expressway in Cambodia in 5 months
Almost 1.9 million vehicles had travelled on the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway in the first five months since its opening to the public last October, the Ministry of Public Works and transport said in a news release on tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501247347/nearly-2-million-vehicles-travel-on-chinese-invested-expressway-in-cambodia-in-5-months/
Gov’t urged to halt building collapses, protect workers
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the government to take preventative measures and tougher action following a series of tragic building collapses that have claimed nearly 70 lives since last year. the call was made during a conference jointly organised by the Centre for Alliance ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urged-halt-building-collapses-protect-workers
Gov’t credit guarantee unit set for 2021
The CrediT GuaranTee CorporaTion of Cambodia (CGCC) is on Track To be launched in The firsT half of nexT year, Banking AssociaTion of Cambodia (ABC) presidenT In Channy Told The PosT on November 26. The CGCC was esTablished by Sub-Decree No 140 ANKr BK on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-credit-guarantee-unit-set-2021
UNDP push for gov’t bonds as investors request good returns
The UniTed NaTions DevelopmenT Programme (UNDP) has renewed calls for The Cambodian governmenT To issue sovereign bonds in riels To underpin The governmenT’s efforT on de-dollarisaTion and proTecT The economy againsT exTernal shocks. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50786840/undp-push-for-govt-bonds-as-investors-request-good-returns/