Prek Toal wetlands sanctuary gets international recognition
Sixteen years after the Ministry of Environment and conservation groups began to protect the Prek Toal wetlands on the western edge of Tonle Sap Lake, the area has been designated a site of global importance. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18304/prek-toal-wetlands-sanctuary-gets-international-recognition/
Illegal mine may be filled in
A task force to curb natural resources crimes has cracked down on an illegal mine in Kratie province and is proposing to fill it in after there were four deaths at the site last year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-mine-may-be-filled
White Building surveyed
Land Management Minister Chea Sophara led a veritable battalion of ministry officials in a survey of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building on Saturday morning in preparation for a proposed development project on the site. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-surveyed
Clean water shortage at Sesan
Even as floodwaters pour into their villages and encroach upon their resettlement sites, villagers displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II Dam in Stung Treng province say they are now facing shortages of potable water. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clean-water-shortage-sesan
Ministry praises redevelopment of White Building as ‘model for future’
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has released a book detailing the process of development at the site of Phnom Penh’s White Building leading to the iconic structure’s demolition in 2017. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-praises-redevelopment-white-building-model-future
Tour guides voice concern over app that will offer audio tours
Tour guides at the Kingdom’s historical sites are voicing concern over an audio tour app they said is threatening their careers. developed by local company Angkor Audio, the app provides spoken tours in 14 languages. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tour-guides-voice-concern-over-app-will-offer-audio-tours
Residents angry over canal wall collapse
Residents living next to a sewage canal in Chomchao commune are concerned about their safety after the walls containing the canal and the ground around it began to collapse when contractors began work on a nearby construction site. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18259/residents-angry-over-canal-wall-collapse/
Trucks to be weighed before hitting the road
The use of mobile weighing stations to combat overloaded transport trucks will be extended next month to factories, warehouses, quarries, construction sites and other sources of heavy shipments, the Transport Ministry has announced. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/trucks-to-be-weighed-before-hitting-the-road-115281/
City pushes for better fire safety
City Hall officials urged the public yesterday to take fire safety seriously and called for help in dealing with fire-related problems beyond their current capacity, including handling infernos in high-rise buildings and construction sites. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35873/city-pushes-for-better-fire-safety/
Thirteen more White Building families accept compensation
The Ministry of Land Management yesterday convinced another 13 White Building families to accept compensation packages and vacate the site ahead of a major redevelopment project, leaving just 28 holdouts who continue to reject the terms. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thirteen-more-white-building-families-accept-compensation
China overtakes S. Korea to become largest tourist source of Cambodia's Angkor
China has overtaken South Korea to become the largest tourist source of Cambodia’s Angkor world heritage site, Cambodia’s state-run Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) reported on Monday, citing a senior tourism official. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/08-04/175675.shtml
Vietnamese migrants nabbed at ACLEDA building
Twenty undocumented Vietnamese laborers are being held for deportation after they were arrested Friday during a raid on a construction site for a new Acleda Bank branch in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, an immigration official said. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-migrants-nabbed-at-acleda-building-92327/
Length of Time Taken to Export Goods Declines
The time it takes to export goods has fallen 40 percent according to the UN. Southeast Asia has seen an improvement in the average time it takes for trade procedures to be completed, dropping to 19 days, though this is still three times longer than ...
Government urged to tackle waste
With rapid growth in its economy and population, the Cambodian government was urged on Wednesday to recycle and reduce as it faces a growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. The call came from the country director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Nick ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-urged-tackle-waste
Heavy trucks banned amid Koh Kong roadwork
Koh kong provincial authorities have announced a plan to temporarily ban heavy trucks from travelling on National Road 48, while it’s being repaired by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. According to the ministry’s assessment, about 22.26 per cent of the road or around ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-trucks-banned-amid-koh-kong-roadwork
Int’l Groups Urge Gov’t To Free Boeng Kak 15
Freedom House and several other international human rights groups condemned the conviction of 13 Phnom Penh women last week who are locked in a land dispute with CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin and called for their release in a joint statement issued Tuesday. The women were arrested ...
Ground broken on Koh Pich for Japan-Cambodia venture
Popular Japanese hotel chain Toyoko Inn has embarked on a joint-investment with Cambodian company OCIC to build a three-star hotel on Phnom Penh’s Koh Pich, to cater to the growth of foreign investors and visitors to Cambodia. The groundbreaking ceremony for the 22-storey, 304 unit Toyoko ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/ground-broken-on-koh-pich-for-japan-cambodia-venture.html
Construction Revival Behind Import Growth
A 22.8 percent increase in the value of imports to Cambodia this year is partly due to a high demand for construction materials, a Commerce Ministry official said yesterday. In the first 11 months of 2012, total trade in and out of Cambodia reached $12.31 billion, ...
Joint statement on proposed amendments on internal regulations of the National Assembly (NA) of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Cambodian Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) and independent experts believe that the July 22 political leader’s agreement between the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) provides a framework for basic principles to ensure the effectiveness and transparency of the parliamentary process in accordance ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights
Australian diplomat bites back
Austalian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has responded to one of her predecessors, Gareth Evans, who accused her of failing to deliver a “robust critique” when she met Hun Sen on February 22 in a Friday op-ed that excoriated Cambodia’s political leaders for abuses. In an interview ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australian-diplomat-bites-back