Homing in on the IPO price
From June 22 to 28, the price of Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) stock slowly approached its Initial Public Offering (IPO) price while trading volumes stayed within the range of 10,000 to 22,000 shares. The price dropped from KHR 6,6so (US$1.63) to KHR 6,3so (US$LS6) from June 22 to 28. ...
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Cambodian, U.S. senior officials meet to promote bilateral ties
Cambodian and U.S. senior officials met here on Monday to further promote bilateral ties and cooperation. The meeting was made between Ouch Borith, secretary of state at the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Scot Marciel, visiting principal deputy assistant to the United states Secretary of ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-11/04/c_132858319.htm
Land on capital’s riverfront is opened up for investment
The government has signed off on a proposal to designate more than 9 hectares of land along Phnom Penh’s riverfront as state-private land, opening it up for private investment or long-term leasing. The 9.25-hectare stretch of riverfront from the capital’s Night Market to the Chroy ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/land-capitals-riverfront-opened-investment
50,000 hectares in two sanctuaries registered as state land
The Environment Ministry has registered more than 50,000 hectares of protected area of the Peam Krasop and Phnom Prich wildlife sanctuaries as state land in a bid to eliminate land disputes in conservation areas. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50714774/50000-hectares-in-two-sanctuaries-registered-as-state-land/
Press release: USAID launches online tools to connect citizens to municipal services in Banteay Meanchey province
On 31 March 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued a press release introducing the online tool “Pidor, the Smart Villagers” an Interactive Voice Response, Facebook-based chatbot that can provide Cambodian citizens information on public services in Banteay Meanchey province. The tool ...
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Plan for airport faces resistance
Talks between officials in Preah Vihear province and local villagers whose land is in the way of a proposed domestic airport hit some turbulence on Tuesday, as homeowners bristled over the various forms of compensation being offered. ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-airport-faces-resistance
Cambodian Stock Exchange Set to Launch
The Cambodian Stock Exchange(CSX) has prepared its initial public offerings in a symbolic launch, though no public trading was offered. Finance Minister Keat Chhon and his South Korean partners hold a 49 percent stake in exchange. Two state-owned companies will go public including: the Phnom ...
Acleda, PPCBank granted listing eligibility
Two of Cambodia’s leading commercial banks – locally owned Acleda Bank Plc (Acleda) and South Korean-owned Phnom Penh Commercial Bank Plc (PPCBank) – have been granted listing eligibility from the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). This paves the way for the banks to move forward with plans ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-ppcbank-granted-listing-eligibility
Rights Groups Urge Censure of Thailand Over Abuses in Fishing Industry
Human rights workers say the US and other countries should censure Thailand over fisheries practices that mean near-slavery for many Cambodians and others. An investigative report by the UK-based Guardian newspaper exposed serious abuses in the Thai fishing trade, where workers are cheated of pay, kept ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-groups-urge-censure-of-thailand-over-abuses-in-fishing-industry/1935496.html
Hasty hydropower critiqued
Less than a week after Laos declared its “sovereign right” to develop hydropower regardless of neighbouring countries’ objections, the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) gathered an “extraordinary meeting” to stress the importance of sustainable waterways. During the two-day discussions in Pakse, Laos which concluded yesterday, the US ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hasty-hydropower-critiqued
Land dispute closes a national road
About 50 protesting villagers in Sihanoukville’s Mouy commune blocked National Road 4 yesterday for about one hour in an effort to stop authorities from demolishing their houses illegally built in the Kbal Chhay protected forest. Heng Sokhom, a representative of the group, acknowledged that their houses ...
Pech sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30114/land-dispute-closes-a-national-road/
Sokha’s pardon: ‘no conditions’
Freshly pardoned CNRP deputy leader Kem Sokha yesterday claimed the pardon that exonerated him on Friday was made without any conditions or concessions from the opposition party. The acting president of the opposition, who had been under de facto house arrest since May and had been ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32752/sokha---s-pardon-----no-conditions---/
Public road reopened after ditch filled in
Authorities yesterday dismantled fences and filled in a ditch in order to reopen a road, allegedly disconnected by two real estate companies several years ago, to public access in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-road-reopened-after-ditch-filled
Suspect accused of instigating squatting
A man was arrested in Kampong Cham’s Batheay district on Tuesday by police who allege that he was the ringleader of an illegal land grab in Mondulkiri. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suspect-accused-instigating-squatting
Illegal land markers removed on Mondulkiri province plot
More than 200 markers planted illegally in Mondulkiri’s O’Raing district have been removed, with provincial authorities now on the lookout for those responsible for the crime. O’Raing district governor Siek Mony told The Post on Saturday that some 10 police officers went to Sen Monorom ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-land-markers-removed-mondulkiri-province-plot
Governors told to look at public land seizures
The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Hing Thorasky, has issued a report ordering ministers and three provincial governors to check for irregularities among lower-level officers who have illegally seized public land. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governors-told-look-public-land-seizures
USAID provides additional grant to stimulate conservation action
The United States Agency for International Development yesterday announced the provision of an additional grant worth $100,000 to Sansom Mlup Prey Organisation, through the Greening Prey Lang Project. The grant seeks to stimulate conservation efforts which include the promotion of wildlife-friendly farming in communities living ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50732091/usaid-provides-additional-grant-to-stimulate-conservation-action/
US gives $56 mln to support Kingdom
The US government has provided a total of $56 million to support Cambodia’s social and economy development programme in 2020, including $18 million to promote the Kingdom’s agriculture sector, according to a joint statement. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50738964/us-gives-56-mln-to-support-kingdom/
U.S. government support assists more than 2,500 flood-affected families in Pursat
The U.S. Embassy provided food assistance to over 2,500 flood-affected households in the Cambodian province of Pursat last week, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and distributed through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778961/u-s-government-support-assists-more-than-2500-flood-affected-families-in-pursat/
Police detain K Speu land grabbers
Military Police personnel, in cooperation with environmental rangers in Kampong Speu province, have cracked down on natural resource crimes and illegal encroachment of state land in Oral district’s Ta Sal commune. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-detain-k-speu-land-grabbers