New scrutiny for centres
Unlicensed orphanages have six months to register with the government under new legislation that also strictly defines the circumstances under which children can live at such facilities.The sub-decree “management on children care centres” signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 11 sets out nine ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-scrutiny-centres
New tax payment center
The Ministry of Economy and Finance in partnership with Cambodian Public Bank Plc. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday, establishing the bank as the Ministry’s prime tax collecting institution nationwide. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26108/new-tax-payment-center/
New parties to register
As Cambodia inches closer to the 2017 commune elections, the Interior Ministry has implored all of the Kingdom’s political parties to get their affairs in order and finish the necessary paperwork so their organization is listed on the ballot. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27603/new-parties-to-register/
New pangolin protections announced
Yesterday was hailed as a “good day for pangolins” after a meeting of signatories to the CITES wildlife protection treaty decided to move the Asian species of “scaly anteater” to the agreement’s Appendix 1 category, which bans all commercial trade in the small mammals in ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-pangolin-protections-announced
Larryta buys new fords
As demand for pan-Cambodian transport increases, transport company Larryta Car Rental Express announced yesterday that it was increasing its fleet of minibuses by another 12 after signing an agreement with Ford Transit importer, RMA Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28510/larryta-buys-new-fords/
New maid training DIY
Cambodian recruitment agencies are drawing up more extensive training programs for maids being sent to Malaysia following a lifting of a ban on the practice in December. ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-maid-training-diy
New NEC members approved
The National Assembly approved the replacement of three members of the National Election Committee yesterday. It also recognized 16 new members of parliament from the ruling CPP. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094772/new-nec-members-approved/
Apsara gets new partner
The Apsara Authority announced yesterday that it will begin sharing preservation knowledge and collaborating in restorations with the city officials behind Beijing’s ancient Imperial City. Officials from Cambodia’s heritage preservation authority met with Du Jingxin, an official from Beijing’s Xicheng district, to discuss ways the ...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-gets-new-partner
New spy school announced
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the creation of a school to train spies to combat “colour revolution” and terrorism in Cambodia yesterday, tapping his son and Ministry of Defence Intelligence Director Hun Manith to lead it. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-spy-school-announced
New Lango committee formed
The government has created a new interministerial committee to manage the activities of international NGOs, with an Interior Ministry official yesterday saying the body was intended to monitor organisations’ compliance with the controversial NGO Law. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-lango-committee-formed
New UK envoy incoming
Cambodia will have a new British ambassador in June. Tina Redshaw, most recently the British consul general to the Chinese city of Chongqing from 2013 until 2016, will take over the role from Bill Longhurst, according to an announcement from British Foreign & Commonwealth Office ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-uk-envoy-incoming
New container terminal okayed
The construction of a new container terminal as part of an expansion project of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS) will start by early 2019 after Japan signed an agreement to provide a low-interest loan of about $209 million. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079196/new-container-terminal-okayed/
New benefits for workers
Maids, labourers and other so-called “informal workers” are set to receive free health care and maternity benefits next year – as long as they can get their employer to register them with the government. ...
New benefits for workers Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-benefits-workers
New local products campaign
The Federation of Associations for Small and Medium Enterprises of Cambodia (FASMEC) will launch its “Selling Cambodian Products” campaign throughout the country early next year to boost the sale of local products and reduce imports, the organization’s president said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30667/new-local-products-campaign/
New REDD+ framework announced
The Ministry of Environment signed a framework agreement yesterday with Conservation International and the Mitsui Banking Corporation to launch the planning phase of a new REDD+ project for the Prey Lang forest, officials confirmed. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-redd-framework-announced
New facility worries activists
Activists say a new sand-processing facility is under construction in Koh Kong’s Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary, in the vicinity of the area where two companies were granted permission to conduct environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for sand-dredging projects, documents show, despite a standing government ban on sand ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-facility-worries-activists
RDB unveils new identity
The state-owned Rural Development Bank on Monday announced it will rebrand as the Agriculture Development Bank within the next couple of years, offering a wider range of funds and banking services. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077255/rdb-unveils-new-identity/
Sweden stops new aid
Sweden said yesterday it was stopping new aid for Cambodia, except in education and research, and would no longer support a reform programme after the CNRP was dissolved last week. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091718/sweden-stops-new-aid/
Cambodia's new corporate darling
Industries such as tourism and garment production are booming. Mining is taking off and the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) is finally up and running after a 10-month delay with Phnom Penh Water Supply (PPWS) its first listing. “PPWS is considered one of the best managed state ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/291098/cambodia-new-corporate-darling
Cambodia Reaching New Heights
As much of the world struggles with post growth, Cambodia’s tourism and hospitality sector continued to expand and diversify, attracting more intraregional activity and especially from major emerging markets in Asia, MICE segments, as well as traditional leisure clientele. Like neighboring countries Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Laos, Cambodia has quickly emerged into a well sought-after tourist ...