No consensus on next move in SL drama
After the management of an embattled garment factory this week refused to follow a government order to reinstate 19 dismissed union leaders and activists, unionists and observers are at a divergence of opinion over how the state should respond. “It’s fairly unprecedented,” Dave Welsh, country director ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-consensus-next-move-sl-drama
Port IPO road show kicks off
On course to become the third listed company on Cambodia’s stock exchange, Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) kicked off a road show for its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to prospective investors.PPAP, the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, is seeking to raise up ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-ipo-road-show-kicks
PM: Grade 12 exam still on
Public and private educational institutions across Cambodia reopened their doors on November 1 after being closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Prime Minister Hun Sen made it clear that high school diploma exams would be taking place this year and students will ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-grade-12-exam-still
Telecommunications ministry pushes tech education
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications urged the students who completed the recent High School Diploma examinations to embrace digital technology, which it said plays an important role in daily life, business, public service and other services. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/telecommunications-ministry-pushes-tech-education
RDB unveils new identity
The state-owned Rural Development Bank on Monday announced it will rebrand as the Agriculture Development Bank within the next couple of years, offering a wider range of funds and banking services. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5077255/rdb-unveils-new-identity/
Asean declaration allows Cambodia to flout human rights, warn campaigners
Human rights groups in Cambodia fear a new south-east Asian declaration of human rights could conversely offer the government in Phnom Penh a figleaf to clamp down on dissent. Cambodia signed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human rights declaration on Sunday, two days ...
Cambodia sees 2.65 bln USD trade deficit in 2012
Cambodia recorded a trade deficit of 2.65 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, according to the government’s statistics on Wednesday. The country’s total import and export volume had reached 13.63 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 19 percent from 11.48 billion U. S. dollars in a year ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/09/c_132091653.htm
Riot Police Stop March on Last Day of Summits
A group of roughly 100 anti-eviction protestors were blocked by riot police yesterday from marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Peace Palace to appeal to U.S. President Barack Obama for help in reforming Cambodia’s land rights policy. The protest, which took place at the Boeng Kak ...
Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3
Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578106160673901682.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Cambodian parliament passes fire prevention law
Cambodia’s National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a draft law on fire prevention with jail term punishment for arsonists, neglected firefighters, and false information providers on fires. Ninety-four out of ninety-seven lawmakers, who were present at the session, passed the law, saying it would help maintain security, ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/07/c_132365226.htm
Cambodian PM says state's institutions to be strengthened after opposition ends parliament boycott
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the state’s institutions will be further strengthened after the opposition ended a 10-months long boycott of parliament over disputed election results in July last year. “The normalcy of all state institutions in the legislative, executive and judicial ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-08/11
Cambodia eyes to become region's prominent gems, jewelry market
Cambodia has eyed to become a precious stone and jewelry hub in Southeast Asia region in the near future, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said Thursday. Speaking at the opening of the 5th international gems and jewelry fair here, the minister said that with the fast ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-06/13/c_132452793.htm
Hun Sen’s Land Titles Receive Rare Praise From Germany
Since Prime Minister Hun Sen announced an ambitious new plan some 10 months ago to make nearly half a million families official land owners, hardly a week goes by that a rural community does not complain of local officials trying to scam the project. But when ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-land-titles-receive-rare-praise-from-germany-17312/
Thai Trade Expo Draws Thousands of Cambodian Visitors Despite Ongoing Border Row
Thousands of Cambodian people visited and bought Thai products on Thursday at a large scale exhibition although simmering border spat between the two countries remains unsolved. “Even though border dispute is still going on, trade and investment ties between Thailand and Cambodia are still good,” Amparwon ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/02/c_132355223.htm
Cambodia Post launches e-payment, money transfer app
In a bid to modernise its offer of services, Cambodia Post, the state agency responsible for providing postal service in the Kingdom, on Friday unveiled a new application that enables electronic payments for a range of services as well as money transfers. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50499269/cambodia-post-launches-e-payment-money-transfer-app/
The Kingdom’s first IPO
The long awaited first security listing on the Cambodian Securities Exchange became a reality on February 23 with the Security Exchange Commission of Cambodia’s “in principle” approval of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s (PPWSA) “disclosure document for public issuance of equity securities”. This is effectively a ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030854926/Business/the-kingdoms-first-ipo.html
Japan offers $239 million in emergency assistance
Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Motegi Toshimitsu announced yesterday Japan will provide $239 million in emergency financial assistance to support Cambodia, saying it “has suffered from adverse economic impacts as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).” ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50775690/japan-offers-239-million-in-emergency-assistance/
No foreign aid offered to run National Election
No foreign country has offered to assist the National Election Committee (NEC) with financial assistance or in kind for running next year’s National Election. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147606/no-foreign-aid-offered-to-run-national-election/
ADB offers Covid recovery package
Cambodia could potentially benefit from a $20.5 billion financial package for the Asia-Pacific committed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and use the funds to support its post-Covid-19 economic recovery, as extreme weather events compounded by a worsening regional food crisis and the still-ongoing Ukraine ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-offers-covid-recovery-package
Sub-Decree to Require Licenses fro Tour Guides
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a sub-decree requiring tour guides to obtain licenses from the government in an effort to regulate and improve quality of service in the tourism sector. The sub-decree aims “to define the procedure to manage tourist guides,”and requires current ...