Mining revenues questioned
The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy earned US$1.52 million in non-tax revenues in 2011, a figure that an opposition lawmaker said was far lower than the actual revenues brought in on mining licences. The intake was more than 15 per cent higher than in 2010, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255187/Business/mining-revenues-questioned.html
Exports to EU show promise
Cambodia’s exports to the European Union increased by 40 per cent to a total value of US$1.3 billion in 2011, according to European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, who is in Phnom Penh for the ASEAN-EU Business Summit. “I think it is fair to say ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040255365/Business/exports-to-eu-show-promise.html
Government reshuffles coastal managemet committee members
The government reshuffled members of the National Committee for Coastal Management and Development in late January, according to a government statement received by The Post on Tuesday. Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to serve as the committee’s honorary president, while Minister of Land Management, Urban ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-reshuffles-coastal-managemet-committee-members
City Hall to provide free buses for Pchum Ben exodus
City Hall has announced that it will provide free buses for the public to travel from Phnom Penh to 17 provinces for Pchum Ben later this month. According to a statement by Phnom Penh Governor Khoung Sreng issued on Friday, Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered ...
Ly Livsier
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50639676/city-hall-to-provide-free-buses-for-pchum-ben-exodus/
Kingdom’s rubber exports bounce high in first half
Cambodian rubber exports surged 21 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday. Local producers exported 84,419 tonnes of rubber during the first six months of this year, an increase of ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-rubber-exports-bounce-high-first-half
Minimum wage for 2019 set to be decided
Garment and textile factory workers are set for an increase in the minimum wage for 2019. The Labour Advisory Committee will decide on Friday how much the figure will rise by after a trilateral meeting on Thursday failed to come to an agreement. With no ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-2019-set-be-decided
New airport study set for 2019
A feasibility study on the construction of a new airport in the Kingdom will be launched later this year, according to a Ministry of Tourism spokesman on Monday. The plan was approved last week in a meeting held by the Ministry of Economy and Finance ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-airport-study-set-2019
Youths encouraged to become engineers
Senior government officials said yesterday that Cambodia needs about 35,000 engineers between 2018 and 2020 to serve in several sectors. Pich Sophorn, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry and also vice chairman of the Board of Engineers Cambodia, said yesterday at the board’s annual ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50484406/youths-encouraged-to-become-engineers/
China provides electronic equipment, cars to Senate
The Chinese government yesterday provided hundreds of thousands of dollars of cars and electronics to the Senate. According to a Senate statement, a handover ceremony was presided over by second vice president Tep Ngorn and Li An, an economic and trade adviser with the Chinese ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50614246/china-provides-electronic-equipment-cars-to-senate/
'Room for improvement' in land dispute resolution process
Cambodia continues to lack an effective way to resolve land disputes, which remain a major destroyer of livelihoods for many families, according to a study released by the NGO Forum yesterday.The study examines 26 sample villages in Battambang, Kampong Speu, Pursat and Kampong Chhnang provinces, ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/room-improvement-land-dispute-resolution-process
Mobile money transfer heats up
True Money, a new entrant to Cambodia’s growing mobile money-transfer market, said yesterday it will start operations across the Kingdom from January 1, with the first phase focusing only on local transfers, according to a company official.The money-transfer service, which comes under the Thailand-based Charoen ...
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mobile-money-transfer-heats
Aeonts wins Cambodia licence
The Cambodian hire-purchase subsidiary of Aeon Thana Sinsap (Thailand) or Aeonts has become the first Japanese financial firm to receive a specialised bank licence to do credit-card business in the neighbouring country, according to a statment to the Stock Exchange of Thailand Aeon Microfinance (Cambodia), ...
Darana Chudasri
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asean/756956/aeon-wins-cambodia-licence
For many LGBTs, a secret life
LGBT Cambodians face a formidable level of prejudice and discrimination, which for many means a life lived in secrecy and isolation, a major new study of attitudes has revealed.The survey of almost 1,600 people, straight and LGBT, across seven provinces, published yesterday, found that a ...
Jamie Elliott and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/many-lgbts-secret-life
Chamber of commerce expands
A new sub-decree to allow the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce to represent the business sector overseas, will come into force next year after Prime Minister Hun Sen signs the draft into law soon, according to a Commerce Ministry official. Soeng Sophary, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33044/chamber-of-commerce-expands/
Overview of 2016 natural disasters
More than 130 people died and nearly 300 were injured in accidents caused by natural disasters across the country this year, according to a government official.Keo Vy, the cabinet chief and a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management, told Khmer Times yesterday that ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33516/overview-of-2016-natural-disasters/
Government swaps 30 hectares
The Ministry of Interior is giving 30 hectares of land to a well-connected development company in exchange for a smaller piece of land on the southern outskirts of Phnom Penh. The land swap, announced in a sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 18, ...
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-swaps-30-hectares
Refined sugar for domestic market
Phnom Penh Sugar will begin producing white sugar this month for the Cambodian market to reduce the demand for imported sugar, according to a spokeswoman for the firm. Chheang Kemsoun, a representative of Phnom Penh Sugar, told the Post yesterday the company would produce white sugar ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759620/Business/refined-sugar-for-domestic-market.html
Construction costs low, but could rise
Construction costs in the Kingdom have increased only 1.36 per cent year-on-year, compared to Cambodia’s inflation rate, which is projected at 3.5 per cent for 2012, according to a new report from global estate agents CBRE. The company says the minimal increase is due to the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030761790/Real-Estate/construction-costs-low-but-could-rise.html
Official Says Electricity Prices Set to Increases
State power company Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) plans to increase the price of electricity to make up for a drop in revenue this year, according to a Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy official. “This year, oil prices went up, which meant the EDC did not ...
Last of Mondulkiri commune gone
Authorities in Mondulkiri province started tearing down the last of 195 houses claimed by villagers in Rayum commune at about 7am on Friday morning. Three hours later, not one was standing. Many villagers said they had no idea where they were going to live, and one man ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856422/National-news/last-of-mkiri-commune-gone.html