Senior CPC official meets Cambodian PM, party officials to further enhance ties
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is visiting Cambodia to further promote ties and cooperation between the ruling parties of the two countries. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-12/22/c_133871746.htm
Bank sector at risk: S&P
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) lacks the resources to enforce regulatory standards and bail out underperforming banks during times of need, credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says. Cambodia’s banking sector was labelled high-risk, with a score of nine out of 10 on S&P’s2014 Banking ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-sector-risk-sp
PM proposes law to prevent rent increase
During a graduation ceremony at Royal University of Law and Economics, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he and the opposition leader agreed to create a law to prevent landlords from raising rent. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-proposes-law-to-prevent-rent-increase-8172
SME policy needed by AEC
Public and private sector representatives have urged the Cambodian government to fast-track policies to foster a more “formalised”, compliant and productive small- to medium-size enterprise (SME) sector. Chea Serey, director general at the National Bank of Cambodia said the high cost of regulatory compliance, a ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sme-policy-needed-aec
ASEAN disaster control officials meet in Cambodia to enhance cooperaiton
Disaster management officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered here Tuesday to discuss ways to promote regional cooperation in response to disasters, a senior Cambodian official said. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://bit.ly/1OdcoIo
‘Press pause’ on border
Opposition lawmakers said they will demand that Prime Minister Hun Sen halt ongoing efforts to demarcate Cambodia’s border with Vietnam until after the 2018 election to guarantee a consensus on the controversial boundary. This came as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday again moved to ...
Meas Sokchea and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/press-pause-border
Career fair tackles skills gap
Thousands of students and fresh graduates gathered on Diamond Island this weekend for the 11th edition of the annual Career Forum. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12484/career-fair-tackles-skills-gap/
UN and social affairs officials convene to discuss Prey Speu
Social affairs officials met Thursday with the U.N.’s office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss the notorious Prey Speu social affairs center, with the government giving permission for the U.N. to visit the center Friday and identify residents who require psychiatric assistance ...
ELC plantation land: use it – or lose it
One decade ago, villagers celebrated when a 10,000 hectare Economic Land Concession here was awarded to a prominent Phnom Penh tycoon. ...
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13247/elc-plantation-land--use-it-----or-lose-it/
Law on food safety edges closer to approval
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Commerce held a workshop yesterday to garner feedback from NGOs and businesses on the draft National Food Law.The new law deals with the safety, labelling and advertising of food and agricultural products for local consumption ...
Xueying Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/law-food-safety-edges-closer-approval
Rainsy tells FTU to push for $180
Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy yesterday told unionists that his party supports a minimum wage increase in the Kingdom’s garment industry to $180 per month in 2016. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-tells-ftu-push-180
Two women charged with extorting factory
Two women were charged with extortion and placed in Kandal Provincial Prison on Wednesday for accepting $4,500 from the factory where they worked and had recently set up a union, a court official said. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-women-charged-with-extorting-factory-89453/
Gov’t revises trade union law
Several of the more contentious points from Cambodia’s draft trade union law have been dropped, a pro-government union leader said yesterday, although at least one major union remains unsatisfied with the pending legislation. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-revises-trade-union-law
Council rules NGO law constitutional
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia on Wednesday deemed new legislation regulating the country’s non-governmental organizations to be in full compliance with the Constitution, rejecting all arguments—from the U.N. down to the NGOs themselves—that it flies in the face of the highest law of the land. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/council-rules-ngo-law-constitutional-91532/
Corners cut in crowded ISP war
A Google search for Cambodian Internet service providers (ISPs) turns up a dizzying number of results, some advertising monthly rates as low as $18 for 4 Mb/s. ...
Jonathan Cox and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14734/corners-cut-in-crowded-isp-war/
Report slams logging in northeast
National parks and other protected areas are being gutted at a rapid rate in Stung Treng and Ratanakkiri by private business interests, among them the powerful Try Pheap Group, a report launched yesterday claims, though authorities have disputed certain figures.The report, titled Logs and Patronage: ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-slams-logging-northeast
Council OKs energy projects
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted official licences approving two projects with a combined capital investment of $100 million in the energy sector, it said on Wednesday. The projects are a $71 million power line network in Preah Sihanouk province developed by ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/council-oks-energy-projects
Land Ministry toughens measures to guarantee safety at building sites
A day after officials were instructed to check construction projects nationwide, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Friday issued another directive to the relevant authorities and construction companies in the Kingdom to enforce the Law on Construction. The directive was issued ...
Meng: FTA with China will help us forget EBA
The loss of trade preferences in Europe would be more than offset if Cambodia manages to enter a free trade agreement (FTA) with China, said Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) president Kith Meng. Meng on Tuesday said landing an FTA with the second-largest economy in the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/meng-fta-china-will-help-us-forget-eba
Cambodia labour abuse claims disputed
UK retailer Marks & Spencer and the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) have disputed the details of a report alleging labour rights abuses are still rife in the country’s garment factories, with both claiming they are committed to providing and supporting safe working conditions. ...
Katie Smith
http://bit.ly/1Ckp3lx