Criticism for Cambodia’s tax revenue
Cambodia’s tax revenue increased 16 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the corresponding period last year – a rise economists have attributed to improvements in the Kingdom’s economy. Critics, however, say it amounts to little compared to the national gross domestic ss='cambodia-color'>...
(English) CBRE: Cambodia’s bright future
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Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/06/cbre-cambodias-bright-future/
Monitoring for Nothing: Is the ILO’s ‘Better Factories’ programme failing the Kingdom’s garment workers?
The United Nations in Cambodia has taken a beating in recent months. The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has been plagued by high-profile resignations and accusations of political interference. Elsewhere human rights activists have criticised the UN’s failure to take a firm stance against an increasingly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Frédéric Janssens
http://sea-globe.com/monitoring-for-nothing/
Building Boom Causes Asian Sand Smugglers to Expand
Singapore&rSquo;S decadeS-long effort to reclaim land from the ocean haS expanded the nation&rSquo;S coaStline and fueled itS building boom. But it haS alSo depleted itS Supply of Sand.&nbSp; In recent yearS, the maSSive Sand Shortage haS been worSened by export banS by neighboring countrieS, driving SS='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia hosts 3rd World Eco-Tourism Forum
Cambodia hosted the 3rd World Ecotourism Conference on October 3rd at the famous costal province—Preah sihanouk—in an aim at developing the Asia Pacific region as a leading ecotourism destination. To celebrate the acceptance of the Cambodia costal zone (Preah sihanouk Ville, Koh Kong, Kep and Kampot) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japanese Investment Grows; Hurdles Remain
Japanese investment in Cambodia is steadily increasing as a result of sharply rising wages in China and other southeast Asian nations. But experts warned this week that for sustained investment growth—and to avoid driving Japanese companies to other attractive investment destinations such as Burma —the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/japanese-investment-grows-hurdles-remain-5144/
Staff Protest Corruption at Telecom Cambodia
The director-general of Tele­com Cambodia, one of the country’s most highly regarded state-owned enterprises and a candidate for listing on the stock exchange, has left his post amid an investigation into corruption allegations, the minister of posts and telecommunications said on Thursday. Despite the staff’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/staff-protest-corruption-at-telecom-cambodia-10535/
Hun Sen and EU Ambassador Talk Elections, Land Reform
The European Union’s ambassador to Cambodia raised issues of judicial reform, land reform and the upcoming national elections in a meeting with Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday morning. The European Commission’s directorate-general for trade is currently reviewing a report by the U.N.’s human rights envoy ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-and-eu-ambassador-talk-elections-land-reform-11009/
Chinese sign deal on dam, villagers fear flooding
The massive and highly controversial Lower sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
Telecoms Regulator Calls For Price Meeting
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) is calling all mobile phone operators to attend a meeting next week in order to reconsider the costs for within-and across-network calls, after disputes over bonus promotions in Cambodia’s crowded telecoms market. TRC director Mao Chakrya said that for the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165340/Business/telecoms-regulator-calls-for-price-meeting.html
Homeowners petition ADB
The occupants of 90 Phnom Penh households whose homes were partially or completely dismantled to make way for the Railway Rehabilitation Project partly funded by the ADB have demanded the bank offer them fair compensation. In a letter submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee, the ADB, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165738/National/homeowners-petition-adb.html
Mekong basin countries target double-digit tourism growth
Five SoutheaSt ASian countrieS, Cambodia, LaoS, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam, are targeting a double-digit growth rate of international viSitorS annually by 2015 under the theme “Five CountrieS &ndaSh; One DeStination”, according to Hoang Tuan Anh, Viet Nam&rSquo;S MiniSter of Culture, Sport and TouriSm. In a SS='cambodia-color'>...
VietNamNet Bridge Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/travel/84268/mekong-basin-countries-target-double-digit-tourism-growth.html
(English) Labor Leaders Say Negotiations Should Continue
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Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/labor-leaders-say-negotiations-should-continue/1837064.html
ស្ថាប័នឃ្លាំមើលសាជីវកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុអន្តរជាតិនឹងដំណើរការស៊ើបអង្កេតលើក្រុមហ៊ុនមីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុកំពូលៗមួយចំនួនក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា
ស្ថាប័នឃ្លាំមើលសាជីវកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុអន្តរជាតិ (IFC) បានប្រកាសកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា ខ្លួននឹងដំណើរការស៊ើបអង្កេតលើ គ្រឹះស្ថានហិរញ្ញវត្ថុកំពូលៗនៅកម្ពុជាមួយចំនួន បន្ទាប់ពីស្ថាប័ន IFC បានដកសំណើសុំការពិនិត្យលើការសម្រេចស៊ើបអង្កេតនេះ។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
សហជីពថាកូនប្រុសប្រធាននាយកប្រតិបត្តិណាហ្គាខប បោកកម្ទេចទូរសព្ទកូដករម្នាក់
កូនប្រុសរបស់ប្រធាននាយកប្រតិបត្តិ ដែលជាមហាសេដ្ឋីណាហ្គាខប (NagaCorp’s ) ត្រូវបានសហជីពចោទប្រកាន់ថា បានធ្វើសកម្មភាពដ៏គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលមួយដោយបានឆក់យកទូរសព្ទរបស់បុគ្គលិកកាស៊ីណូណាហ្គាវើលដ៍ម្នាក់ដែលជាកូដករគប់ទៅនឹងដី ដែលក្នុងវីដេអូនោះក៏បង្ហាញថាបុរសនោះបានគប់កោណចរាចរណ៍លើអ្នកតវ៉ាដែលជាសមាជិកសហជីពផងដែរ។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
សុវណ្ណ ស្រីពេជ្រ និង Jack Brook
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/nagacorp-chief-ceos-son-smashes-casino-strikers-phone-union-says/
អត្រាអ្នកមានការងារធ្វើនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាមានរហូតទៅដល់ ៩៩.៣ ភាគរយ ដែលជាអត្រាដ៏ល្អបំផុតមួយនៅក្នុងពិភពលោក
អត្រាអ្នកមានការងារធ្វើនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបានបន្តកើនឡើងរហូតទៅដល់ ៩៩.៣ ភាគរយ ដែលរក្សាបាននូវអត្រាដែលល្អបំផុតមួយនៅក្នុងពិភពលោក។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501301991/cambodias-99-3-job-rate-among-worlds-best/
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trafficked numbers rising
Their stories have become all too familiar – Cambodian fishermen enslaved on fishing boats after being promised lucrative jobs overseas. They’re also becoming increasingly common. Anti-trafficking NGOs told the Post this week that they have noticed an exponential increase in the number of trafficking complaints from ss='cambodia-color'>...
Danson Cheong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052265773/National/trafficked-numbers-rising.html
After Factory Collapse, Questions Mount Over ILO Monitoring
Labor rights activists and a government official accused the International Labor Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program of ineffectiveness in its monitoring of factory conditions following a deadly ceiling collapse on Thursday at a shoe factory in Kompong speu province. Moeun Tola, labor program head of the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-factory-collapse-questions-mount-over-ilo-monitoring-24860/