Algae bloom was natural, says ministry
The Environment Ministry on Friday released its final study on the algal bloom that forced swimmers out of the water in Kep province in early April, stating no chemical substances were found in the bloom that would have negatively affected human or animal health. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25239/algae-bloom-was-natural--says-ministry/
Mesco closes in on gold licence
After an unexpectedly lengthy review, the Ministry of Environment has approved the environmental and social impact study of Indian mining firm Mesco Gold, clearing the last major hurdle for the company to receive a licence to operate the Kingdom’s first royalty-generating mine. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mesco-closes-gold-licence
Government unaware of at least 128 orphanages, report says
The government was unaware of about half of the residential child care centers operating in four provinces and Phnom Penh prior to a study conducted last year, according to a report released on Thursday. ...
Buth Kimsay and Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/110401-110401/
Six sanctuaries proposed
The Environment Ministry is to request the creation of six new protected areas to safeguard biodiversity and boost conservation in the country. Tim Sitha, deputy director of the general department of conservation, said the ministry has been studying the potential to establish the new areas. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087603/six-sanctuaries-proposed/
Cambodian-born Vietnamese deserve better: visiting official
A senior Vietnamese leader has met with Cambodia’s National Assembly to request the continued acknowledgement of Cambodian-born Vietnamese, Vietnamese investors and to request that young Vietnamese born in the country be allowed to study in Cambodian public schools. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078152/cambodian-born-vietnamese-deserve-better-visiting-official/
Banks give students some tips
The first Banking Careers Forum, organised on Friday by CamEd Business School with the support of leading banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), attracted hundreds of students – the majority of them studying accounting and banking – to participate and find job opportunities in the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010760648/Business/banks-give-students-some-tips.html
Visiting EU MPs have full agenda
A group of European Union parliamentarians will arrive in the Kingdom today to “study and research” the organisation of elections, the resolution of land disputes, democratic development and EU development projects, according to a statement issued by the National Assembly yesterday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visiting-eu-mps-have-full-agenda
Mixed outcomes in HIV fight
While the rate of HIV infections has consistently plummeted among pregnant women, the number of homosexual, bisexual and transgender men with the disease has yet to be curbed by current intervention methods, according to findings revealed in a behavioural study on HIV prevalence, released yesterday. ...
Rebecca Moss and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-outcomes-hiv-fight
Informal workers find jobs easy, conditions poor
Young workers employed in Phnom Penh’s expansive informal economy may find it easy to get a job, but they face a high likelihood of labor abuses and receive significantly less pay than their peers in the formal sector, according to a study released over the ...
Aun Chhengpor and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/informal-workers-find-jobs-easy-conditions-poor-93174/
Chanthol pushes for more women in leadership role
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol suggested that the ministry leadership study the possibility of appointing women as deputy heads of departments throughout the country in order to further promote gender equality. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chanthol-pushes-more-women-leadership-role
Photo tourism turns profits
Nathan Horton’s business model is straightforward. A professional photographer, Horton helps amateur photographers take pictures abroad. Photo tourism is an increasingly lucrative trade in Cambodia. Horton, who runs half-day jaunts in Phnom Penh and longer journeys into the provinces, is one of the practitioners capitalising on ...
Laura Ma
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/photo-tourism-turns-profits
Micro-insurance access urged
Cambodia’s finance sector should increase insurance accessibility to its smallest lenders to help protect against indebtedness at times of disaster, an industry expert said at a conference in Phnom Penh yesterday. Speaking at the Hotel Cambodiana to an audience of industry representatives on rural entrepreneurship, Jaime ...
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/micro-insurance-access-urged
Air Asia expands services, flights
Malaysia-based Air Asia will begin offering travel services in Cambodia, and may expand its flights to neighbouring countries, company officials said. The airline launched its first Air Asia Travel and Service Center in Phnom Penh yesterday. Air Asia will partner with tour operator Mekong discovery. So Mara, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011121353316/Business/air-asia-expands-services-flights.html
Environment Minister Denies Hardship at Tourism Project
The Minister of Environment has countered a rights worker’s claim that villagers relocated to make way for a Chinese-backed mega-tourism project in Koh Kong province lack proper access to medical care. About 1,100 families have been forcibly evicted from their coastal villages in Botum Sakor National ...
Charity assists thousands in Cambodia
An education program in Cambodia founded by a Taiwanese charity has benefited nearly 10,000 Cambodians over the past five years, which is comparable to a modern equivalent of the famed agricultural missions dispatched by the Taiwanese government to aid diplomatic allies in the 1960s. The ...
Chen Ping-hung
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/12/01/2003633762
India pledges $50,000 to ECCC
The government of India announced yesterday that it will give $50,000 to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the tribunal tasked with the prosecution of the country’s former Khmer Rouge commanders. “On behalf of the ECCC we would like to express our gratitude ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29660/india-pledges--50-000-to-eccc/
Japanese Hospital Opens for Tourists
At the unveiling of the new Japanese-owned Sunrise Hospital in Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that such tourist-focused medical facilities would boost confidence in visitors and investors to Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen described the $35 million hospital in Chrouy Changvar district, which on its ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29972/japanese-hospital-opens-for-tourists/
Move-out begins at White Building; no official deadline set
As residents began to move out of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building on Tuesday, government officials were also present, handing out documentation to those leaving while microfinance staff offered their services.While some residents piled their possessions into trucks or blocked narrow hallways with unwanted goods, ...
Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/move-begins-white-building-no-official-deadline-set-131081/
Sumimoto Mitsui sins agreement with Acleda
One of Japan’s biggest banks, Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed agreement with Acleda Bank to share market data and banking services. The deal will give Japanese investors information on the economy and offer other banking services and is aimed at improving bilateral trade and investment. The deal would ...
CIMBT expands intra-Asean ATM service
CIMB Bank Thai (CIMBT) clients will one day able to use ATMs for financial transactions anywhere in Asean. The regional linkage of ATMs is aimed at improving service and cost efficiency as a part of the CIMB Group’s regional strategy. Executive vice-president Dusanee Klewpatinontha said Cambodia has ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/312275/cimbt-expands-intra-asean-atm-service