Tobacco firms told to get in line by City Hall
Phnom Penh’s City Hall warned tobacco companies at a meeting yesterday to stop flouting a sub-decree that prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, or else face closure or fines. The municipality said some companies were skirting the 2011 sub-decree by using more creative ways to sell href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tobacco-firms-told-to-get-in-line-by-city-hall/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/tobacco-firms-told-get-line-city-hall
Naga aircraft set to take flight
Nagacorp, owner of Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld, is on track to begin flying in high-rollers from China on a fleet of its own commercial aircraft, according to the company’s latest earnings statement and government officials. In a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/naga-aircraft-set-to-take-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/naga-aircraft-set-take-flight
20ha of land from Tamouk Lake for Calmette Hospital branch
The government has allocated a 20-hectare site for the construction of a Calmette Hospital medical branch in Kork Roka commune, Prek Pnov district in Phnom Penh. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/20ha-of-land-from-tamouk-lake-for-calmette-hospital-branch/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50800479/20ha-of-land-from-tamouk-lake-for-calmette-hospital-branch/
ADB urged to help upgrade R&D ‘skills for future economy’ in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank is engaged in developing a new project called ‘Skills for Future Economy’ with the purpose of improving the industry in Cambodia, according to a senior officer of the Royal Government of Cambodia. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-urged-to-help-upgrade-rd-skills-for-future-economy-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147792/adb-urged-to-help-upgrade-rd-skills-for-future-economy-in-cambodia/
EU gives $3.9 million to attract investment
The European Union will spend €3 million ($3.9 million) on a program to encourage small and medium enterprises to invest in Cambodia. Speaking at a conference yesterday in Phnom Penh, EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain said the five-year grant – to be managed by EuroCham href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eu-gives-3-9-million-to-attract-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-gives-39-million-attract-investment
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Projects worth nearly $24 million approved by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has just approved four new investment projects with a total investment of nearly $24 million that will create more jobs in the country. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/projects-worth-nearly-24-million-approved-by-cdc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501093977/projects-worth-nearly-24-million-approved-by-cdc/
Significant drop in maternal, infant and mortality rates
A recent report from the Ministry of Health has indicated that maternal, infant and neonatal mortality rates have decreased significantly. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/significant-drop-in-maternal-infant-and-mortality-rates/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
យឹម ស្រីលីន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501102956/significant-drop-in-maternal-infant-and-mortality-rates/
Japan grants $383.22 million for Sihanoukville port modernisation project
PPAP revenue up 14% in 11 months, SSEZ trade volumes surge 40%
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) reported a 14 percent rise in 11 months revenue, compared with the same period last year. It earned $30 million from January through November, the majority from port operations. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ppap-revenue-up-14-in-11-months-ssez-trade-volumes-surge-40/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50988542/ppap-revenue-up-14-in-11-months-ssez-trade-volumes-surge-40/
Stranded migrants on their way home
To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stranded-migrants-on-their-way-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stranded-migrants-their-way-home
Union leader attacked with brass knuckles and cleaver
A union representative led a 1,000-strong protest at a garment factory in the capital’s Russey Keo district yesterday, alleging the company hired a gangster to beat him up on Sunday – a claim the manager has denied. Chhim Sam On, a union leader with the Coalition href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-attacked-with-brass-knuckles-and-cleaver/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560452/National/union-leader-attacked.html
Ratanakkiri villagers claim mountain
Minority villagers from Ratanakkiri’s O’Chum district climbed up a mountain to a community forest yesterday morning to challenge a company they claim is illegally felling their trees. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ratanakkiri-villagers-claim-mountain/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-villagers-claim-mountain
Cambodia’s election body says PM’s party wins 82.3 percent of the popular votes in election
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen won a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election, said the National Election Committee (NEC)’s preliminary results released on Wednesday. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-election-body-says-pms-party-wins-82-3-percent-of-the-popular-votes-in-election/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332138/cambodias-election-body-says-pms-party-wins-82-3-percent-of-the-popular-votes-in-election/
Police, soldiers, military complete good men march
Capping a week in which footage emerged of a tycoon viciously beating a female entertainer and a man entering a Phnom Penh school to slap a teenage girl, some 160 security personnel marched down the riverside here on Friday chanting slogans to conclude the “Good href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-soldiers-military-complete-good-men-march-87963/
Caper to free official works
Military police in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district on Monday were duped into letting a detained immigration official walk free just hours after he was arrested for alleged involvement in the cross-border illegal timber trade, police said yesterday. District military police chief Sok Min said yesterday that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/caper-to-free-official-works/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/caper-free-official-works
Draft law to address underage drinking
A draft law regulating the purchase and consumption of alcohol in Cambodia will, if passed, set the country’s legal drinking age at 21 years old, according to officials involved with the legislation, which many see as a tool to fight excessive youth drinking and drunken href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-law-to-address-underage-drinking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Joe Freeman
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-law-address-underage-drinking
Sonatra takes one-year hiatus
Local stock brokerage company Sonatra Securities has announced it will completely dilute its books and put a halt on all business activities from October 1. In a press release posted on Sonatra’s website last week, the firm stated without an explanation that it was suspending all href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonatra-takes-one-year-hiatus/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/sonatra-takes-one-year-hiatus
‘SMEs have role’ in graft fight
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to intensify self-regulatory efforts against corrupt practices to help foster a stronger business environment, NGO Transparency International (TI) Cambodia said yesterday. At a seminar in Phnom Penh, TI Cambodia executive director Preap Kol told business representatives that while government corruption href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/smes-have-role-in-graft-fight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/%E2%80%98smes-have-role%E2%80%99-graft-fight
More than 200,000 garment workers in Phnom Penh get jabs
More than 200,000 garment workers in the red zones in Phnom Penh have been vaccinated during a vaccination campaign. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-200000-garment-workers-in-phnom-penh-get-jabs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50858647/more-than-200000-garment-workers-in-phnom-penh-get-jabs/