Port eyes public listing amid profits recovery
Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (SAP) could be ready to liSt on the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX) by mid 2015, the head of the State-owned enterpriSe SayS. Lou Kimchhunn, director-general at the port Said he iS awaiting evaluationS of the buSineSS&rSquo;S 2014 performance from an independent accounting firm SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/port-eyes-public-listing-amid-profits-recovery
Workers seek passports
The Interior Ministry is rushing to print passports for thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand before a March 31 deadline set by the neighbouring junta. so far, the Interior Ministry has received a list of just 60,000 workers in need of passports, according to the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-seek-passports
Hard life for kids in jail: report
Having begun life in an overcrowded cell with nowhere to play, little to eat and surrounded by abuse, when Dara* left prison at nearly 4 years old, he had not yet spoken a single word. According to the report, which was released on saturday, Dara’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alice Cuddy and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hard-life-kids-jail-report
New step towards adoptions
Despite Cambodia’s unofficial freeze on inter-country adoptions, the Ministry of social Affairs recently urged partner countries to reforge, in principle, their adoption partnerships with the Kingdom. In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry opened the application process for international adoption agencies, as only adoption agencies ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sarah Taguiam and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-step-towards-adoptions
Advans SA increases holdings in local MFI
Luxembourg-based Advans sA Group and two other foreign investors have increased their share holdings in local microfinance institution Amret, giving Advans a controlling stake in the company. Claude Falgon, executive director of Advans sA sICAR, said that since the first stake acquisition, the business had acquired ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/advans-sa-increases-holdings-local-mfi
Eight dead in widespread flooding
Cambodian officials say flooding across 12 provinces has left at least eight people dead. The flooding has been caused by major rain due to Typhoon Rammasun, which has hit coastal China hard. Authorities say they expect the waters to recede in coming days, making this year’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/eight-dead-in-widespread-flooding/1972045.html
National Audit Authority moves after land swap
The National Audit Authority (NAA), located on prime real estate on Phnom Penh’s street 240, is in the midst of moving to a new location in sen sok district after a property swap with a company owned by a military general, according to officials at ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-audit-authority-moves-after-land-swap-67586/
Cambodian garment workers suffer from anemia, food insecurity: study
A new study indicated that 43. 2 percent of Cambodian garment workers suffered from anemia and 15. 7 percent of workers are underweight, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Monday. The study also found that garment workers spent approximately 1. 3 U.s. dollars per day on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/29/c_133682574.htm
Cambodia police claim dissidents planning revolution
Police in Cambodia have stepped up pressure on an anti-Vietnamese dissident group, claiming it is planning the violent overthrow of the government, local media reported Monday. The Khmer National Liberation Front, which alleges that Prime Minister Hun sen’s government is a puppet of Vietnam, has “hundreds ss='cambodia-color'>...
World Bulletin News Staff
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news
Housing loans up in Cambodia but down in Singapore
Two of the biggest real estate lenders in Cambodia and singapore this week reported big movements in housing loans in their respective domestic markets. Cambodia’s Acleda Bank saw housing loans jump by 22 percent in the first quarter, year-on-year, and attributed this handsome growth to better ss='cambodia-color'>...
Property Report News Staff
http://www.property-report.com/housing-loans-up-in-cambodia-but-down-in-singapore-36957
New pier to attract tourists
Kampot province’s City Hall yesterday revealed plans for a new passenger pier to siphon more coastal tourism business from Thailand and Vietnam. sim Vuthea, administrative director of Kampot City Hall, said the new $40 million passenger pier, which will be funded by the Asian Development Bank ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/new-pier-attract-tourists
‘Realistic’ NEC expectations urged
A member of the ruling party’s election-reform negotiating team has told the Post that expectations of the depth of reforms that can actually occur before the 2017 commune and 2018 national elections need to be “realistic”. Prum sokha, a secretary of state at the Interior Ministry, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98realistic%E2%80%99-nec-expectations-urged
19 Cambodian monks arrested, defrocked in Phuket
Nineteen Cambodian monks were defrocked and arrested yesterday (December 2) after police found them to be in Thailand illegally and soliciting donations in Wichit. Police search three tents and found foreign and Thai cash inside each monk’s bag. some had around B1,000, others more than ss='cambodia-color'>...
Suthicha Sirirat
http://www.thephuketnews.com/19-cambodian-monks-arrested-defrocked-in-phuket-49949.php
Longtime opposition financier picked to chair new CNRP TV
The CNRP has selected longtime opposition financier Kun Lom Ang as chairwoman of the private company established in October to operate its new television station, party spokesman Yim sovann said Tuesday. The Ministry of Information late last month granted Cambodian Independent Media, which was registered by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/longtime-opposition-financier-picked-to-chair-new-cnrp-tv-73920/
Profits up in third quarter for PPWSA
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) Saw a dramatic increaSe in profitS during the third quarter of thiS year, according to the State-run firm&rSquo;S lateSt filing to the Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSX). PPWSA profitS after tax topped $4.5 million during the three-month period ending September SS='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/profits-third-quarter-ppwsa
Medical students protest price of final-year certification exam
About 50 students from the state-run University of Health sciences protested outside the school Thursday to demand a decrease in the $125 fee they must pay to take their exit examination, which certifies them as medical doctors. The Health Ministry began making medical students sit the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lawmaker asks minister to aid K Kong villagers
Opposition CNRP lawmaker Eng Chhay Eang on Thursday wrote to the environment minister urging him to ensure security guards for a Chinese firm building a $3.8-billion tourist complex in Koh Kong province do not evict some 30 families clinging to their homes in the areas. China’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-asks-minister-to-aid-k-kong-villagers-75711/
Crimes alleged: Investigation into hospital ‘corruption’
Officials are investigating Preah sihanouk Provincial Hospital after anonymous complaints were put forward against its director, accusing him of corruption and a lack of transparency. According to anonymous letters written by doctors and nurses in the hospital and widely disseminated, hospital director seng Nong has been ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crimes-alleged-investigation-hospital-corruption
PM calls for greater collaboration among ministries
With the realisation of the AsEAN Economic Community due at the end of the year, politicians and business delegates, at a conference to discuss Cambodia’s AEC progress, have stressed the need for a more coordinated approach during the transition into deeper regional integration. “Our ambitious ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/pm-calls-greater-collaboration-among-ministries
Holiday clemency requested for 900 prisoners
The names of more than 900 prisoners have been put forward to receive pardons and sentence reductions during next month’s Khmer New Year festivities, officials said yesterday. The inmates were selected by the Ministry of Interior and their cases are now being assessed by the Ministry ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/holiday-clemency-requested-900-prisoners