Gov't touts internet record despite telecom bill concerns
Government officials defended the Kingdom’s record on internet freedom yesterday, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-touts-internet-record-despite-telecom-bill-concerns
Japan’s top airline to add Phnom Penh route in September
All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Japan’s largest carrier – will begin flying between Tokyo and Phnom Penh on September 1, the spokesman for the Secretariat of State of Civil Aviation told Khmer Times yesterday, adding that the first direct flight from Japan to Cambodia will ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20134//
New campaign will fight plastic bag blight
UNESCO and the ministries of Tourism and Environment this weekend will launch a campaign aimed at ridding the capital of the plastic waste currently choking its waterways and piling up in its landfills.The campaign, starting on Friday, will seek to educate Cambodians about how to ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-campaign-will-fight-plastic-bag-blight
Gov’t decides on New Year prisoner pardons
The government has finalised plans for next month’s annual Khmer New Year clemency, with more than 800 prisoners across the country expected to receive pardons and sentence reductions, according to an Interior Ministry official. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-decides-new-year-prisoner-pardons
Stop issuing docs to ‘illegals’, officials told
The director of immigration at the Interior Ministry has warned local authorities to immediately cease distributing identity documents to illegal immigrants after recent census data revealed that allegedly crooked officials have been handing out papers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-issuing-docs-illegals-officials-told
Passes set to replace passports for migrants
In an effort to curb illegal migration, the Ministry of Interior issued a letter on Tuesday announcing that all migrant workers who want to gain employment abroad will be able to obtain so-called migrant passes instead of having to wait for a regular passport. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passes-set-replace-passports-migrants
Union helps resolve complaints brought against journalists
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia (UJFC) intervened to resolve 33 cases last year where complaints were brought against Cambodian journalists, according to a report issued on January 11. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/union-helps-resolve-complaints-brought-against-journalists
Latest property reports offer evidence of strong growth
In its latest Market View report, CBRE Cambodia Research concludes that Phnom Penh has well and truly put the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis – which saw many condominium developments in the city put on hold or even fail – behind it, and the ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/latest-property-reports-offer-evidence-strong-growth
Consumers’ complaint mechanism soon, NBC says
The National Bank of Cambodia has prepared a draft proclamation on standardised or common consumers’ complaint response mechanism for all banking, payment and financial institutions in the country to comply with NBC’s guidelines after consumers have expressed dissatisfaction over the existing mechanisms, said a senior ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501325554/consumers-complaint-mechanism-soon-nbc-says/
Tourism Ministry instructs to manage the fire system in adult entertainment centers
The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all the capital and provincial Tourism Departments to cooperate with relevant institutions to manage the fire system in adult entertainment centers such as karaoke, nightclubs, bar-discos, and beer gardens. ...
U.S.-Cambodia Looking for Investment Possibilities to Boost Economic Ties
Phnom Penh– A group of U.S. investors from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council on Thursday visited Cambodia to observe investment opportunities and to boost trade and investment ties between U.S. and ASEAN member countries. The group consisted of 11 U.S. firms led by Frances Zwenig, the Counselor ...
Petroleum law a step closer
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) yesterday sent the newly-drafted petroleum law to civil society organizations and other partner institutions working in the extractive sector for consultations before submitting it to the Council of Ministers for approval by the end of this year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27469/petroleum-law-a-step-closer/
No clubs near schools, Council of Ministers says
The Council of Ministers on Friday passed a sub-decree on the management of adult entertainment clubs and a draft of a new national housing policy to promote home ownership, a cabinet official said. The new Sub-Decree on Management of Adult Entertainment Places, consisting of 25 articles, ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-clubs-near-schools-council-of-ministers-says-58464/
Non-sovereign loan Forum guides private sector to directly access development partners’ financial services
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has held a forum on non-sovereign loans aimed at providing directions and guides to private sector and business associations to access loans directly from international financial institutions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340218/non-sovereign-loan-forum-guides-private-sector-to-directly-access-development-partners-financial-services/
IFJ seeks Press Law amendment
The International Federation of Journalists has urged the government to speedily amend the Press Law and bring it in line with current global press standards to ensure the protection of journalists. The appeal came after the Information Ministry last week announced that it is open to ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50656430/ifj-seeks-press-law-amendment/
FTU trio held at factory by rivals in union clash
Workers aligned with the Collective Union of Movement of Workers locked three officials from the Free Trade Union inside the Ocean Garment factory in Phnom Penh for eight hours Tuesday after the two unions argued over who would represent workers in a wage dispute. Ocean’s approximately ...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ftu-trio-held-at-factory-by-rivals-in-union-clash-63579/
Moratorium on new universities
The Ministry of Education has vowed to shift its focus from the quantity of the country’s universities to their quality by instituting a moratorium on the approval of new institutions, officials said yesterday. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said that with more than 100 universities already ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/moratorium-new-universities
Takeo garment workers protest at Ministry of Labour
More than 300 garment workers from Takeo province protested in front of the Ministry of Labour yesterday, following two weeks of strikes over working conditions.Workers requested intervention from the ministry over the dismissal of 1,000 striking workers as well as 13 demands including lunch money, ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-garment-workers-protest-ministry-labour
Commerce Minister calls on checkpoint officials to crackdown on expired goods
Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Thong Thira, Banteay Meanchey’s head of Department of Commerce, said that about 71 percent of 700,000 people living in Banteay Meanchey are farmers. He said the province has big 20 ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OWFjOTZkZjI0OTh
Drop-off in beverage imports questioned
Despite the fact that beverage consumption in Cambodia is on the rise, government statistics show that imports of alcohol and non-alcoholic products in the first half of 2013 have declined by 51 per cent year-on-year. The seemingly conflicting figures left some scratching their heads. Meng Saktheara, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-beverage-imports-questioned