France to strengthen Cambodia’s aviation safety and security
French Development Agency or AFD has launched a project worth €450,000 (approximately $481,599) to strengthen safety and security as well as integrate environmental issues in Cambodia’s civil aviation sector.
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089870/france-to-strengthen-cambodias-aviation-safety-and-security/
Quality control to lift exports
China will work with Cambodian officials to broaden the range of agricultural products that the Asian economic giant allows to be imported from the Kingdom, government officials said yesterday.
Ken Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, confirmed that China’s General Administration, Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/quality-control-lift-exports
Vietnamese wary of planned census
Sok Hieng* is concerned about a government census of foreigners that some observers believe will focus primarily on those of Vietnamese descent.
“I am afraid that I will be forced to leave Cambodia because I do not have ID yet,” said Hieng, a 33-year-old construction worker
Sean Teehan and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-wary-planned-census
University dorm for orphans
Ol Sok Hour, a keen and promising student, had his life turned upside down two years ago when his parents died of AIDS.
Yesterday, the NGO celebrated the launch of its Graduation House, a facility that will offer accommodation and support for orphaned tertiary students.
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/university-dorm-orphans
Labour’s 10 per cent rule
The Ministry of Labour has issued a prakas urging employers to follow existing regulations in the Labour Law that limit foreign workers to 10 per cent of the total workforce at any one company.
It has warned that failure to stay within this limit – or
Sen David and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/labour%E2%80%99s-10-cent-rule
Koh Kong province to be declared landmine free soon
Cambodia Mine Action Authority (CMAA) plans to soon declare villages in Koh Kong province no longer threatened by landmines.
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50941766/koh-kong-province-to-be-declared-landmine-free-soon/
Auto, electronics marked as potential priority sectors
The Cambodian government identified the automotive and electronics sectors as potential priority sectors for promoting Cambodia’s participation in the global value chain, as well as promoting economic diversification and economic recovery after the Covid-19.
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501060029/auto-electronics-marked-as-potential-priority-sectors/
Cambodia rolls out 5th dose of COVID-19 vaccination even as second dose has not kept pace with first dose
Cambodia started providing the fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups across the country on Thursday, health ministry’s secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine said.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501091815/cambodia-rolls-out-5th-dose-of-covid-19-vaccination-even-as-second-dose-has-not-kept-pace-with-first-dose/
CCC declares constitutionality of law on amendment to election law
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) has declared the constitutionality of the Law on Amendment to the Election Law.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501318560/ccc-declares-constitutionality-of-law-on-amendment-to-election-law/
Military police shoot three farmers over land concession
Military police in Battambang province shot three villagers in the legs during a confrontation between local farmers and a private company that was granted a land concession, a police official said.
Phnom Penh district police chief Song Sopheak said employees of Suon Neang Sambath company, a
Million-home dilemma
A soaring population and increased migration to urban areas will create demand for more than a million new homes by 2030, according to a draft national housing policy.
Approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday after a series of revisions, the draft highlights the increasing
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/million-home-dilemma
Police say official had luxury logs
An immigration official at the Ministry of Interior’s office in Ratanakkiri province was arrested yesterday, accused of illegal logging, district police said.
O’Yadav police chief Sok Min said provincial court prosecutor Liv Sreng led military and police officials on a car chase that ended with the
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-say-official-had-luxury-logs
Tramway in Capital Feasible by 2017, Firm says
A public tramway system in Phnom Penh could be completed by as early as 2017, a representative of a French urban consultancy company said yesterday.
The municipality announced in October that Systra, a railroad consultancy firm based in France, was conducting a feasibility study on a
Weekend marked by spate of drunken shootings
A day after a military officer fired off a round from his handgun at a Phnom Penh restaurant, another officer and a government bodyguard were involved in separate drunken shootings on Sunday, police officials said Monday.
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/weekend-marked-by-spate-of-drunken-shootings-95795/
Union Official Forced to Sign ‘Confession’
A union representative who was beaten and detained by police during a protest Wednesday was released after being forced to sign a statement taking responsibility for starting a fight with authorities, union officials said yesterday.
A bloodied Rong Panha, a representative of the Cambodian Alliance of
Australia to continue assisting Cambodia’s vulnerable people
Australia has pledged to grant $50 million a year to support Cambodian vulnerable people, including people with disabilities, women who are victims of violence and the minority groups.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50811288/australia-to-continue-assisting-cambodias-vulnerable-people/
Pailin Governor takes action against encroachers
The government continues to move to crackdown on land encroachers, with Pailin Governor Ban Srey Mom took action against a group of land encroachers in the province.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501096310/pailin-governor-takes-action-against-encroachers/
Cambodia and China sign protocol of Phytosanitary requirements for fresh coconut export
Cambodia and China have recently signed a protocol of phytosanitary requirements to export fresh coconuts from Cambodia to China.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501363745/cambodia-and-china-sign-protocol-of-phytosanitary-requirements-for-fresh-coconut-export/
KOICA’s $10m project is launched successfully
A new $10 million project by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), to improve rural living conditions and strengthen governance of rural development in the northwestern region of Cambodia, has started successfully.
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501303486/koicas-10m-project-is-launched-successfully/
NEC praises smooth process of first day of election campaign
The first day of a three-week-long campaign for the 7th National Election was conducted smoothly with security, safety, good order and without violence.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317507/nec-praises-smooth-process-of-first-day-of-election-campaign/
