Gov't Continues to Privatize State Properties
The privatization of state-owned land continued last month with several large government- owned plots in Phnom Penh transferred to state-private property, according to a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen. According to the document signed May 24, the state-owned properties, measuring 40,998 square meters in ...
National TV to Air Chinese-State Programs
Cambodia’s national television station TVK, is this week devoting 20 minutes per night of its schedule to shows produced by the state-run provincial Chinese broadcaster, according to the station’s chief. “The 2012 TVK-China Guangxi TV Showcase Week will show the Cambodian public about tradition, friendship, ...
Teen killed while logging in state forest
A teenager was killed and a man was badly injured on Friday while they were illegally clearing forest land for an unidentified businessman on the border of Stung Treng and Kratie provinces, officials said. Kam Dek villager Chhoun Pourn, 17, and Kam Yun, 40, were ...
Phark Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teen-killed-while-logging-state-forest
State-Owned Properties to Be Sold, Swapped
Six prime government-owned properties in Phnom Penh and Battambang province have been reclassified as privately held state properties in order to pave the way for the land to be sold or swapped with private companies, according to a sub-decree signed November 8. Signed by Prime Minister ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-owned-properties-to-be-sold-swapped-48527/
Lao President in Cambodia for state visit
Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, is paying a two-day state visit to Cambodia starting Thursday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/lao-president-in-cambodia-for-state-visit-8239
Seven ‘loggers’ released over clearing state land
The Stung Treng Provincial Court on Wednesday released seven men who were arrested for illegally logging in the province’s Sesan district, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/seven-loggers-released-over-clearing-state-land-80827/
US to help tackle illegal fishing
US Ambassador to Cambodia William Heidt said the US wanted to sign an agreement with Cambodia to better manage state-owned ports in the Kingdom to tackle issues related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29567/us-to-help-tackle-illegal-fishing/
Civil society, tech team up
With security footage of elephants, clouded leopards and other wildlife caught on hidden cameras in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains flashing on a TV screen, Toby Eastoe of Conservation International noted that their cameras also catch other activity. Presenters ranging from anti-corruption advocates to health service workers ...
Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-society-tech-team
Cambodia Far From Intellectual Property Targets
Cambodia is still a way off implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on intellectual property rights, despite a deadline to do so in just over a month. At the end of June, the group of the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), including Cambodia, run out ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-far-from-intellectual-property-targets-26805/
‘Fake news’ fuels smog fears
The Ministry of Environment has said concerns over Phnom Penh’s air quality are being fuelled by “fake news” on social media sites by companies aiming to promote the sale of air quality testing kits. “There has been a lot of fake news claiming that air ...
Husain Haider
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-news-fuels-smog-fears
Two more banks setting up shop
The National Bank of Cambodia has issued a commercial banking licence to a Taiwanese bank, while another banking licence is pending approval for a Chinese-Cambodian joint venture, central bank Director General and Spokeswoman Ngoun Sokha said yesterday. The central bank had licensed Taiwan’s Mega International ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011083051333/Business/two-more-banks-setting-up-shop.html
Innovation and inspiration are the basis of BarCamp
BarCamp Phnom Penh, a technology conference at the University of Puthisastra, promises to attract industry professionals from ASEAN countries, the US, Germany and other countries around the world later this month, Be Chantra, lead organiser of the conference, says. Be Chantra says BarCamp Phnom Penh is ...
Ministry to Survey Gap Between University, Jobs
The Ministry of Education is preparing to distribute questionnaires nationwide to assess the gap between the job market and subjects being studied by university students. As Cambodia’s economy develops, employers have complained that there are too many graduates in subjects such as management and business, ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-to-survey-gap-between-university-jobs-34764/
Cambodia delays human rights hearing for one week
A request by the Cambodian government for a delay in its universal periodic review (UPR) hearing at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, which was supposed to be Thursday, has been accepted, according to a rights group that was to deliver a statement on the ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-delays-human-rights-hearing-for-one-week-61863/
Students compete in counseling competition
About 30 law students on Friday participated in the seventh Client Counseling Competition to put their newly acquired professional skills into practice and compete for a trip to the international competition in Puerto Rico in April. “We created the case based on this year’s theme, ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-compete-in-counseling-competition-52970/
US University Prepares for Forum on Cambodian ‘Crossroads’
Ohio University is poised to hold its sixth annual Khmer Studies Forum, beginning later this month. Topics for discussion at the three-day conference include Cambodia’s current political climate, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and the country’s art, media and culture. The forum will be held at the ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-university-prepares-for-forum-on-cambodia-crossroads/1864080.html
Cambodia’s Economic Growth Will Help Poverty Reduction
Cambodia economic growth was 7.3 percent in 2012. Agriculture grew by 4.3 percent, crops by 4.9 percent, fisheries by 6.7 percent, industry by 9.2 percent, garment [sector] by 6.9 percent and the service industry by 8.1 percent, said Dr Hang Chuon Naron, Secretary of State ...
Ecuador, Cambodia Sign Antiquities Agreement
Government officials yesterday met with representatives from the Republic of Ecuador to discuss ways to improve economic and political ties between the two countries, Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Ouch Borith said. The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding to protect Cambodian artifacts ...
Cambodia-U.S. trade reaches 2.2 bln USD in 9 months, up 2 pct
The bilateral C volume between Cambodia and the United States reached 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first nine months of this year, a 2 percent rise compared with 2.15 billion U.S. dollars at the same period last year, according to the statistics of the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-11/19/c_131984263.htm
Low China demand may keep local rubber prices down until 2015
Cambodia’s rubber price is expected to fall further in coming years while government projects aimed at doubling rubber resin production will take effect by 2015, according to the latest figures from the Rubber General Department. Mak Kimhong, president of the Cambodia Rubber Association and owner of ...