Ministry warns of possible flooding
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday warned local authorities and people throughout the country to pay close attention and use caution as heavy rain, which could lead to flooding, was expected throughout the country this week. Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29658/ministry-warns-of-possible-flooding/
High waters close Ta Mok bridge
Authorities in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district have suspended traffic on the Ta Mok bridge since Monday night after the water level rose beyond the warning level because of heavy rain. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said yesterday that traffic was suspended from ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29707/high-waters-close-ta-mok-bridge/
Chinese outfit moots two new railway lines
Representatives from Jiangxi International (Cambodia) Ltd met with Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol on Monday and expressed interest in conducting feasibility studies for two new lines – one running from Banteay Meanchey’s Sisophon town to Siem Reap and one from Phnom Penh to Bavet in Svay ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chinese-outfit-moots-two-new-railway-lines
Temple revenues rise slightly
Revenue from ticket sales for foreign visitors to the Angkor Wat temple complex rose slightly in the first 11 months of this year to $53.5 million, a 1.15 percent rise over the same period last year, the government agency that manages Angkor Archaeological Park said ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18477/temple-revenues-rise-slightly/
Petroleum law delayed
The release of the anticipated draft petroleum law – expected by the end of this year – has been postponed until several technical issues are clarified, a senior official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy said. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18476/petroleum-law-delayed/
Revenue from business registration fees rises
Revenue from business registration fees rose 13 percent to about $2.4 million in the first 11 months of the year over the same period last year, with 4,076 businesses registering at the Commerce Ministry compared to 3,618 in the year-ago period, the ministry said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18655/revenue-from-business-registration-fees-rises/
Draft law to join china-led development bank passes national assembly
The draft law to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank passed the National Assembly yesterday with lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition party supporting it, saying it will open the door to a new source of funding for the development of the Kingdom’s ...
PM threatens to remove official because of poor roads
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to remove Sam Piseth, Phnom Penh’s Public Works and Transport Department Director, saying he was not satisfied with inefficient road maintenance in the capital. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23642/pm-threatens-to-remove-official-because-of-poor-roads/
Establishment of 18 natural protected areas under the management of Ministry of Environment
On 9 May 2016, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen signed on sub-decree on the establishment of 18 natural protected areas (NPA), with a total land area of 2,674,503 hectares, to be under the management and conservation of Ministry of Environment. Prey Lang, one of the 18 ...
Ministry of Environment
Ministry calls for better workplace safety
The Labor Ministry has called for improvements to workplace safety in response to an International Labor Organization (ILO) report stating that 181 workers died in more than 30,000 workplace accidents across the Kingdom last year, according to officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24766/ministry-calls-for-better-workplace-safety/
$16-million condo project in BKK1
Construction workers broke ground yesterday in Boeung Keng Kang I at the site of a $16 million dollar condominium project partially funded by Malaysia’s Chip Hock Realty and Development. This project gets off the ground as foreign investment in the Kingdom sees increased growth. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26065/-16-million-condo-project-in-bkk1/
Interest shown in Siem Reap rail connection
Private sector companies have expressed interest in building a high-speed railway to connect Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and the Thai border town of Poipet, Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol announced yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/interest-shown-siem-reap-rail-connection
China to help Cambodia’s military
China will help Cambodia improve its military capacity and provide military technical skills, National Defense Minister Tea Banh said yesterday. ...
Ban Sokrith and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30614/china-to-help-cambodia---s-military/
Hometown of Samrin not in swap: gov’t
Minister in Charge of Border Affairs Var Kimhong yesterday moved to quash the latest outbreak of rumours that National Assembly President Heng Samrin’s native village of Thlok Trach would be given to Vietnam in a land swap. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hometown-samrin-not-swap-govt
Ministry of health bans surrogate pregnancy
The health minister has banned surrogate pregnancy arrangements in the country, putting the brakes on what appeared to be a quickly expanding—if controversial—industry. The move comes just days after the justice minister called for the practice to be outlawed. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-health-bans-surrogate-pregnancy-120116/
Rail link to Thailand on schedule
Cambodia and Thailand will be linked by a railway by the end of 2016 as planned, according to senior official, but some sections of track from Phnom Penh to Banteay Meanchey province remain unrestored. Minister of Public Works and Transportation Sun Chanthol said this week that ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32895/rail-link-to-thailand-on-schedule/
Thais waive border fees for New Year
Thai officials will next month waive fees at border gates to allow workers from Cambodia to return home for the New Year. The Cambodian embassy in Thailand yesterday confirmed the move to Khmer Times and said the free pass will apply to all Cambodian workers and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36583/thais-waive-border-fees-for-new-year/
Online trademarks go live
The Ministry of Commerce is urging local and foreign businesses to register their trademarks in Cambodia via a new online system.Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said the system will serve both the public and private sector and make it easier for organisations to protect their intellectual ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38781/online-trademarks-go-live/
International group demands severance for shuttered factory’s workers
An international alliance of NGOs has started a campaign to urge two prominent U.K. clothing retailers and a Canadian brand to compensate 208 factory workers who lost their jobs when the Chung Fai Knitwear factory abruptly closed a year ago. ...
Julia-grace Sanders
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/intl-group-demands-severance-for-shuttered-factorys-workers-132451/
Number of building projects up in 1H
The number of construction projects approved in Cambodia during the first half of the year increased 28 percent compared with the same period last year, amounting to a total value of around $4.9 billion, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Land Management, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-building-projects-1h