Road safety policy planned
The Labour Ministry is planning to launch a national policy to cut the number of traffic accidents involving garment workers being driven to and from factories. The policy will encourage employers and drivers to prioritise road safety. Labour Minister Ith Samheng yesterday addressed a workshop on the ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103746/road-safety-policy-planned/
Path to responsible mining
In an effort to improve the governance of the Kingdom’s mining industry, with a focus on increasing revenue generation, the government has approved 11 articles largely concerning export permits for mined resources. A September 22 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, but released by the ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30964/path-to-responsible-mining/
Singapore’s data mirrors UN’s in Cambodia’s sand export numbers
Singaporean customs data on sand imports from Cambodia show near identical figures to those recorded by the UN, which last month were dismissed by a top official amid a reporting discrepancy in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/singapores-data-mirrors-uns-cambodias-sand-export-numbers
Floating villages to be grounded
A government minister has sounded the death knell for Tonle Sap picturesque floating villages after outlining a long-term plan to rehome all those living on the lake. Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday told Khmer Times he wants to relocate thousands of families living on the lake ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36334/floating-villages-to-be-grounded/
Notice on the publication of cadastral documents
On 05 July 2017, Pursat Provincial Government, through the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, published a notice on the publication of cadastral documents, including cadastral maps and lists of title holders, which are derived from the land valuation and data collection conducted ...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Cambodia
Labour minister visits illegal workers in Thailand
Labour Minister Ith Samheng visited migrant workers in Thailand over the weekend, urging them to make use of centres that Thai authorities are opening to provide them with legal documents to remain in the country. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074413/labour-minister-visits-illegal-workers-thailand/
City hall to measure land of lake families fearing eviction
Phnom Penh will begin measuring the homes of hundreds of families seeking land titles to stave off potential eviction by a massive real-estate project filling in a pair of lakes, a municipal government spokesman said on Tuesday. ...
Osaka investors eye Cambodia
A Japanese delegation from Osaka province has expressed its intention to invest in Cambodia’s agriculture sector, after its meeting with Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079416/osaka-investors-eye-cambodia/
Preah Sihanouk homes razed
Preah Sihanouk Provincial environmental officials and Military Police yesterday dismantled five homes that were built illegally in the Prey Toeksap Kbal Chhay protected area, leaving the inhabitants homeless. ...
Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-illegal-homes-razed
Firms lose land rights
The government had reclassified four economic land concessions as state property, reclaiming almost 20,000 hectares earlier handed to private firms to use for rubber plantations. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087586/firms-lose-land-rights/
Government gives land to villagers
The government has decided to transfer nearly 100 hectares of land on Koh Sdach island in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district to local residents, who were concerned they would be forced to relocate by development companies. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098727/government-gives-land-villagers/
Free state healthcare extended
The Health Minister has ordered civil servants to prioritise the implementation of new social security services for public officials, former government workers and veterans, which came into force at the start of this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099635/free-state-healthcare-extended/
Rubber exports jump as smugglers siphon off profits
The total amount of rubber exported by Cambodia surged 30 percent last year, but widespread rubber smuggling on the Vietnamese border crippled potential profits from the booming industry. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-jump-smugglers-siphon-profits
Bulldozers seized by authorities in Stung Treng sanctuary
Stung Treng provincial environmental officials on Sunday confiscated two excavators that were inside the Anlong Phe Wildlife Sanctuary and will send the case to court, according to an official. Eng Phirong, director of the provincial Environmental Department, said he received a report from villagers in ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bulldozers-seized-authorities-stung-treng-sanctuary
Koh Kong protesters return to Land Ministry
Villagers in a land dispute with companies producing sugar in Koh Kong province gathered again at the Land Ministry yesterday afternoon, demanding the ministry resolve their land disputes as soon as possible. More than 70 people from Sre Ambel and Botum Sakor districts are facing difficulties ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50115083/koh-kong-protesters-return-to-land-ministry/
ADB to launch $60M Labour Ministry program next year
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning to establish a new $60 million program focused on developing local technical skills and increasing the competitiveness of Cambodia’s labour force in 2019, according to Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-launch-60m-labour-ministry-program-next-year
Moo Moo plans more milk
American-owned dairy farm Moo Moo Farms is looking to markedly increase production of its raw – unpasteurized – milk and increase its current herd of 25 cows. The farm, located in Kandal province, began operations earlier this year. According to a statement from the Ministry of ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31519/moo-moo-plans-more-milk/
Seminar to discuss safety
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction is preparing to host a construction seminar next week that will discuss the criteria for issuing building permits and also tackle problems related to construction site management. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31661/seminar-to-discuss-safety/
Government limits teacher overtime
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday issued a sub-decree to limit teacher overtime in public schools in an effort to fix teachers’ working hours in accordance with government budgetary constraints. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-limits-teacher-overtime
Local EU statement on the political situation in Cambodia
EU Heads of Missions in Phnom Penh believe that it is in the interests of Cambodia, and in the interests of long-term stability in the country, for there to be elections that command the confidence of the voters, and that allow the people of Cambodia ...
European Union in Cambodia