Phnom Penh Int’l Airport wins award as passenger traffic soars
The Phnom Penh International Airport has been awarded Best Asia Pacific Regional Airport 2019 for its sustained high growth in passenger traffic in recent years. The award was presented by the Capa Centre for Aviation (Capa) – a world-leading and trusted organisation that provides market intelligence ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-intl-airport-wins-award-passenger-traffic-soars
Grant for organic vegetables
The Japanese government has given a grant to the International Volunteers of Yamagata (IVY) group, which supports poverty reduction projects and organic product markets in Svay Rieng and Preah Vihear. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22332/grant-for-organic-vegetables/
Cambodian journalists to receive training in the US
Cambodian journalists will visit the U.S. to observe the presidential election in November to learn from their American colleagues’ experience of covering the polls, a media development group has said. ...
Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-journalists-to-receive-training-in-the-us/3313932.html
Giant coal plant taking shape in Sihanoukville
Nearly half of a massive 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant that will fuel the country’s biggest industrial park and feed the national grid is set to be completed by the end of the year, according to officials at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/giant-coal-plant-taking-shape-sihanoukville
IBA denies political influence claims
The Cambodian Bar Association has refuted a scathing critique of its independence and ethics by the International Bar Association (IBA) that questioned Cambodia’s membership in the global group, calling the assessment an unfounded “insult.”Following a visit to the country by a team of legal experts, ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/bar-association-denies-political-influence-claims-95607/
Credit growth poses economic risk, IMF warns
Rapid credit growth – increasingly financed by bank flows from abroad – poses significant risk to Cambodia’s economy and requires prudential policies to cool lending and reduce exposure, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a report released yesterday. It said while Cambodia’s short-term economic ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/credit-growth-poses-economic-risk-imf-warns
Another toll road contract canceled by prime minister
For the third time in as many months, the government has canceled a contract with a private company operating a toll road in response to complaints from motorists. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-toll-road-contract-canceled-by-prime-minister-107691/
Capital’s airport starts adding more space next week
An extension of the terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport will be officially opened late next week, a senior official from the State Secretary of Civil Aviation (SSCA) told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22474/capital---s-airport-starts-adding-more-space-next-week/
Malaysian firm wagers on Sihanoukville's potential
An obscure Malaysian company has obtained approval from Cambodia’s Council of Ministers to develop hotels and casinos in Sihanoukville, with an online promotional video claiming the firm will transform the coastal city into the “Macau of Southeast Asia.” ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/malaysian-firm-wagers-sihanoukvilles-potential
Extra scrutiny of teachers urged
The arrest on Saturday of a registered British sex offender, employed at a Phnom Penh school for the past year, has cast doubt on the screening of foreign nationals working with children in Cambodia.With wanted sex offender Paul Prestige’s extradition pending, the British Embassy yesterday ...
Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/extra-scrutiny-teachers-urged
Groups aim to end violence against women
A worldwide, 16-day campaign to end violence against women kicked off in Cambodia yesterday, with NGOs, the United Nations and government agencies intensifying their efforts toward preventative measures.Spanning from yesterday’s International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women and Girls until Human Rights Day on December ...
Mom Kunthear and Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groups-aim-end-violence-against-women
Apsara announces Angkor restoration plans
Angkor Wat is to receive significant new restorations in 2017, according to the Apsara Authority, which manages the historic temple complex.The announcement came following yesterday’s 24th session of the International Coordinating Committee for Angkor (ICC-Angkor) at which conservation, restoration, sustainable development and tourism were discussed. ...
Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/apsara-announces-angkor-restoration-plans
Hundreds protest Tbong Khmum land disputes in capital
Several hundred protesters representing some 4,000 families from Tbong Khmum’s Memot and Dambe districts arrived in the capital yesterday to petition against powerful private interests they say are encroaching on their land. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-protest-tbong-khmum-land-disputes-capital
Donaco’s Poipet gamble pays off
Casino operator Donaco International Ltd posted a seven-fold increase in revenue in its first full-year financial filing since acquiring the Star Vegas Resort and Club in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet commune, according to the company’s audited annual report, released yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/donacos-poipet-gamble-pays
Bird flu outbreak halted
Health officials in Svay Rieng province, which was hit by an outbreak of bird flu (H5N1) early this month, said the virus has been stopped and there was no sign of a continuing outbreak. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35658/bird-flu-outbreak-halted/
Minor hiccups at elections
While yesterday’s commune elections went more smoothly than past iterations, they were not free from claims of irregularities, with opposition activists bearing the brunt of the legal punishments. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-hiccups-elections
Partnership to lift rice standards in Kingdom
The International Finance Corporation and Amru Rice, one of Cambodia’s biggest rice exporters, launched a new partnership yesterday to improve the competitiveness of the Kingdom’s rice sector, according to a press release. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/partnership-lift-rice-standards-kingdom
PM asks Japan to invest $800m in skytrain
Prime Minister Hun Sen is to ask Japan to invest $800 million in building a skytrain link between the city and Phnom Penh International Airport. ...
May Kunmakara and Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077056/pm-asks-japan-invest-800m-skytrain/
Conservationists warn government of encroachment
Conservation NGOs yesterday raised the issue of alleged land grabs in the country’s protected areas by the military and local authorities at a resources protection forum, asking Environment Minister Say Sam Al to intervene. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservationists-warn-government-encroachment
Government fails to recoup on rubber expenses
Despite a 31 percent increase in Cambodian rubber exports during the first 11 months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture is failing to recoup on expenses it has spent sending expert technicians into the field in order to help boost production. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-fails-recoup-rubber-expenses