Seaport debuts on stock market
Shares in Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the state-owned enterprise that operates Cambodia’s only deep-sea port, debuted on Cambodia’s stock exchange yesterday after an initial public offering that raised $27 million. ...
Brian Ng and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/seaport-debuts-stock-market
PPSEZ’s rethink after sharp profit fall
Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) ‒ a listed company on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) ‒ reveled on Friday that by 2020, 50 percent of the company’s revenue would be generated by sales of services. This new target was made after PPSEZ informed the ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29024/ppsez---s-rethink-after-sharp-profit-fall/
Minister’s appeal to listed companies
The opening of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) was marked by a speech from Minister of Finance Keat Chhon, who urged three state-owned companies to speed up their initial public offerings. No companies, state-owned or otherwise are currently trading on the new market. Telecom Cambodia, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Business/lets-get-the-ball-rolling.html
Greater riel use could boost foreign reserves
When Cambodia began accumulating foreign reserves in 1997 – after it switched from a centrally planned market to an open economy – the central bank deposited the $276 million it had saved at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and allowed it to manage ...
Riel Gains
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36512/greater-riel-use-could-boost-foreign-reserves/
Road safety banners installed on streets for New Year
More than 300 road safety education banners have been put up along the streets of every province for display during the Khmer New Year as a reminder of the dangers of careless driving. Asia Injury Prevention Foundation director Kim Pagna told The Post on Sunday ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-safety-banners-installed-streets-new-year
ANZ may sell Asia bank stakes due to stringent capital rules
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ.AX) would consider selling some of its stakes in Asian banks if Australia does not ease stringent capital requirements, chief executive Mike Smith said on Wednesday. The plan raises questions about how Australia’s smallest ‘Big Four’ bank will meet the ...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/15/us-anz-asia-idUKBRE87E04L20120815
Drug-resistant malaria widespread in Southeast Asia: study
Drug-resistant malaria is now widespread in Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global efforts to control malaria, a new study warned Wednesday. An analysis of blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 countries across Asia and Africa found resistance to the world’s most effective anti-malarial drug, artemisinin, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-07/31/c_133521082.htm
Over 13M domestic trips during Khmer New Year
Cambodia received over 13 million domestic and international visitors to its resorts and tourist destinations in the three days of the official April 14-16 Khmer New Year holiday, according to an April 17 report from the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-13m-domestic-trips-during-khmer-new-year
New Year held in 2022: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the Khmer New Year celebration and holidays – which falls in mid-April – will be celebrated this year, following two years of cancellations of public celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-year-held-2022-pm
Cambodia sets second world record of week
Cambodia set yet another Guinness World Record on Wednesday—its second in three days—when 2,015 people participated in a synchronized line dance during the Angkor Sankranta New Year festival in Siem Reap City. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-sets-second-world-record-with-mass-line-dance-82040/
More national roads included in free New Year bus service
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that Cambodian people could ride public buses for free to their hometowns over the Khmer New Year along five national roads instead of only two as initially announced on Sunday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50299277/more-national-roads-included-in-free-new-year-bus-service/
Phnom Penh to roll out free bus services during Khmer New Year
The Phnom Penh government recently announced the provision of free bus services on a first-come, first served basis to the provinces during the Khmer New Year week. The plan will see 120 buses deployed to “transport civil servants, armed forces personnel, garment workers, students et ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-roll-out-free-bus-services-during-khmer-new-year
Over 40,000 benefitted from free bus services during KNY
More than 40,000 people benefitted from free bus services provided by authorities during the three day-long Khmer New Year (KNY), said Phnom Penh department of public transport. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501275423/over-40000-benefitted-from-free-bus-services-during-kny/
New Year sees over two million tourists nationwide
With the country having controlled the spread of Covid-19, Cambodians and foreigners were able to celebrate the New Year and more than two million tourists were recorded in two days. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501212322/new-year-sees-over-two-million-tourists-nationwide/
Interior Minister Sar Kheng chairs meeting on new road traffic law
The National Committee for Road Safety (NCSC) has organized a meeting to review and discuss the new road traffic law at Ministry of Interior office on Friday. ...
So Cheata
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501191753/interior-minister-sar-kheng-chairs-meeting-on-new-road-traffic-law/
Training offer for new councillors
The Ministry of Interior plans to offer training courses to new commune councillors, Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed yesterday after a closed-door meeting with National Election Committee officials. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066121/training-offer-new-councillors/
Police investigate murder of Vietnamese girl in Svay Rieng
Cambodian and Vietnamese police are investigating the suspected murder and kidnapping of an 8-year-old Vietnamese schoolgirl who was found dead in Svay Rieng province last week after going missing on her way to school in Ho Chi Minh City in January, a Cambodian official said ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-investigate-murder-of-vietnamese-girl-in-svay-rieng-80531/
JV aims for massive expansion of irrigation
Cambodia’s Cooperative Agriculture and Processing New Progressive of Pailin (CAPNL) and Thai-owned CLMV Holding Company Ltd. yesterday signed an $11 billion, five-year joint venture agreement to build a network of pipes and reservoirs around the country to supply water for farming and home consumption. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24370/jv-aims-for-massive-expansion-of-irrigation/
Hun Sen appeals for normal transport prices over New Year
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday asked all taxi drivers and transportation companies to not increase prices during the Khmer New Year and said public buses in Phnom Penh would be free for citizens during that time. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202110/hun-sen-appeals-for-normal-transport-prices-over-new-year/
Kandal factory workers protest representatives’ firings
Nearly 500 New Archid factory workers in Kandal province protested for the second day in a row yesterday, demanding the company reinstate three worker representatives they claim were fired without cause – along with pay increases Chem Somphose, Vay Vanny and Eng Sovann were last ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-factory-workers-protest-representatives-firings