Stretch of boulevard to be widened for Aeon Mall
Phnom Penh City Hall plans to expand a section of sothearos Boulevard outside a main entrance to the new Aeon Mall to help ease traffic congestion when the four-floor shopping center officially opens on Monday, officials said Wednesday. “We have a plan to expand the street ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stretch-of-sothearos-boulevard-to-be-widened-for-aeon-mall-62469/
Extra forces dispatched as KDC walls off land
A company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister suy sem, with the backing of a mounting police force, pushed ahead Tuesday with walling off a swath of land in Kompong Chhnang province that has been at the center of a seven-year land ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/extra-forces-dispatched-as-kdc-walls-off-disputed-land-63590/
Ocean settles as other worker strikes gain steam
Workers from the beleaguered Ocean Garment Factory on Monday came to an agreement with management over furlough pay, following more than a month of protests. “All the workers at Ocean Garment Factory have accepted the offer from the factory and the strikes are finished now,” said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ocean-settles-as-other-worker-strikes-gain-steam-64619/
Opposition Members Summoned Back to Court
Eight opposition members have been called back to court, facing lingering charges of insurrection and incitement as Cambodia’s dueling political parties continue to fine tune details of an agreement last month. The seven lawmakers and one assistant for the Cambodia National Rescue Party were released on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-members-summoned-back-to-court/1971167.html
Trade hurt by political and labour turbulence
Cambodian trade reached a total of $15.9 billion in 2013, equaling an 18 per cent rise from 2012, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Exports were valued at $6.9 billion, up from $5.5 billion a year earlier, with garment and textiles accounting for more than 80 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-hurt-political-and-labour-turbulence
Regulator wants licences
In the latest move to assert control over Cambodia’s saturated telecommunications industry and maintain tighter oversight, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) last week called for all industry providers to give proof of operations in a bid to snuff out inactive firms and reclaim wasted ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-wants-licences
Unions take big picture view
Union leaders yesterday said that despite having held strikes calling for a doubling of the minimum wage that were supported and encouraged by the country’s opposition party, they did not feel betrayed that the wage hike was taking a backseat in political negotiations. Following a government ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-take-big-picture-view
Government tries to solve land dispute by talking from others
Several dozen familieS in Banteay Meanchey province involved in land diSpute were given 100 hectareS of replacement land in O&rSquo;Chrou diStrict yeSterday, but have refuSed to accept it becauSe it iS already claimed by more than 230 other familieS, two village chiefS Said. The provincial government SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-tries-to-solve-land-dispute-by-taking-from-others-52614/
‘River town’ project sees budding prospects in sales
Borey River Town, a residential property development around three kilometres northeast of downtown Phnom Penh on National Road 6A has been selling well for the first two months of the year, according to Teng Rithy, the development’s general manager. Rithy said that the rate of sales ss='cambodia-color'>...
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/%E2%80%98river-town%E2%80%99-project-sees-budding-prospects-sales
Proposed law gives new powers to Justice Ministry
The last of three draft laws written with the aim of cleaning up the courts establishes four new judicial chambers, but legal and political experts worry that it does little to loosen the grip of Prime Minister Hun sen’s Justice Ministry over the courts. The draft ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/proposed-law-gives-new-powers-to-justice-ministry-54546/
The protester clause
A majority government-owned life insurance company has stopped paying out benefits to policy holders who die while taking part in protests and demonstrations, the company confirmed yesterday. The Cambodian Life Insurance Company – 51 per cent owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and 49 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protester-clause
Residential property prices see steady growth
A property expert and investor in the construction sector says that home prices have increased between 10 and 20 per cent so far this year compared to last year. Kim Heang, president of Khmer Real Estate, says that demand for property in boreys is healthy. Most ss='cambodia-color'>...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/residential-property-prices-see-steady-growth
A recipe for disaster
Small plaStic packetS filled with a mix of pillS of variouS SizeS, ShapeS and colourS Sit piled on the counter of a pharmacy in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict, home to Several large garment factorieS. At 2,000 riel a pop, about 50 centS, theSe packS are Sold SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kevin Ponniah and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/recipe-disaster
Rubber decline stokes worry
The government and industry insiders are worried about the steady decline of rubber prices over the last three years, during which the area it is cultivated in has grown. “Farmers and investors raised concern . . . over the trend of the market and the price of natural ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-decline-stokes-worry
Fire destroys 22 homes in Meanchey District
A raging fire in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district destroyed 22 homes early Wednesday morning as local villagers struggled to quell the flames and firefighters scrambled to gain access. At about 1 a.m., an electricity line snapped and sparked the fire, Phnom Penh Fire Department bureau chief ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-destroys-22-homes-in-meanchey-district-57866/
Tourism campaign to counter unrest
The Ministry of Tourism will hold an emergency meeting with industry leaders and representatives in Phnom Penh today to look at what can be done to curb the loss of cross-border visitors resulting from unrest in neighbouring countries. Minister Thong Khon yesterday emphasised the need for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourism-campaign-counter-unrest
Key demand lingers: Rainsy
While the opposition and ruling parties have been shuffling negotiating proposals back and forth to break the political deadlock over recent weeks, one main contentious point remains unresolved: an early election, Cambodia National Rescue Party leader sam Rainsy said yesterday. The CNRP responded affirmatively to a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/key-demand-lingers-rainsy
Court delays verdict for protesters
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday said it would delay issuing a scheduled verdict against six people tried for intentional violence against police and property damage during an opposition protest on Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass in september, saying that the case was very ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-delays-verdict-for-protesters-52974/
Forest promises ‘unfulfilled’
As illegal logging con­tinues to take a toll on the country’s woodlands, civil society groups yesterday called on the government to stay true to its commitment of providing an extra two million hectares of community forest by 2029. During a two-day conference in the capital, participants ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-promises-%E2%80%98unfulfilled%E2%80%99
Porsche dealership to open
The newly appointed local distributor of German carmaker Porsche broke ground yesterday on a $2 million dealership that is set to open within eight months across from the Phnom Penh International Airport on Russian Boulevard. Equipped with four service bays, the planned Porsche Centre Phnom Penh ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/porsche-dealership-open