Thailand drops quotas on flights to Cambodia
Thailand has dropped its seat quota on commercial flights to Cambodia after its government approved the removal of the restrictions in accordance with an aviation agreement between the two countries signed in May. The approval comes months after Cambodia did the same, liberalising air travel ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thailand-drops-quotas-flights-cambodia
New film on the garbage dump kids
To mark 20 years of the work of NGO Pour un Sourie d’Enfant (PSE), a new film about the founders was premiered at the Chaktomouk Hall on Phnom Penh’s riverside on Friday evening when Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was the guest of honor. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29610/new-film-on--the-garbage--dump-kids/
ICC move fuels debate on Cambodian case
A new paper from the International Criminal Court laying out a shift in focus to crimes linked to environmental destruction and the unlawful dispossession of land has rekindled the debate over whether the court will launch an investigation into a case highlighting land-grabbing in Cambodia. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/icc-move-fuels-debate-cambodian-case
Cambodia and Thailand agree on border security
Both Cambodia and Thailand agreed on Tuesday to adopt an approach of nonviolence when dealing with those found illegally crossing the border after a meeting between the two nations’ border authorities. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31624/cambodia-and-thailand-agree-on-border-security/
SVI to lay groundwork on electronics plant
A Cambodian subsidiary of Thai electronics manufacturing services company SVI Plc is moving closer to commencing construction on a factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh that will manufacture electronics equipment for export to the US and Europe, a company representative said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/svi-lay-groundwork-electronics-plant
Ministry to be grilled on sand exports
The National Assembly’s anti-corruption commission will summon Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem to answer questions about an apparent $700 million discrepancy in sand exports to Singapore. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-be-grilled-sand-exports
PM calls on US to revise law
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday defended himself from critics who claim the massive flow of workers leaving the country is indicative of a lack of development at home, and sought to clarify any misunderstanding on Cambodia’s recent request to amend a repatriation agreement with the ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-us-revise-law
Steady FDI helps keep economy on course
Total foreign direct investment receipts have remained consistent over the past five years, according to a new government report that incorporates central bank data. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/steady-fdi-helps-keep-economy-course
GDT’s hands tied on sign fees
The tax authority yesterday refuted local media claims that it had endorsed a private sector call to end Phnom Penh City Hall’s taxation of billboards and commercial signage throughout the capital, which advocates have said imposes an onerous levy on local businesses. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdts-hands-tied-sign-fees
Should Western countries impose sanctions on Cambodia?
Cambodian politics reached a new boiling point with the arrest of the opposition leader last week. Kem Sokha was handcuffed in the middle of the night in his house and accused of “treason” by the government. ...
Chhoeun Kongkea
http://www.atimes.com/western-countries-impose-sanctions-cambodia/
RDB closes bidding on rice storage facilities
The state-run Rural Development Bank (RDB) received a total of 10 proposals from Cambodian agricultural firms expressing interest in developing rice storage and drying facilities across three provinces using government-backed low-interest loans, a bank official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-closes-bidding-rice-storage-facilities
ADB stays hopeful on forecast for Kingdom
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its economic growth forecast for Cambodia at 7.1 percent for 2017 and 2018 buoyed by the strong performance of developing economies across Asia and the ongoing recovery of large industrial countries, according to a release yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-stays-hopeful-forecast-kingdom
Ministry cracks down on ‘coarse’ TV adverts
The Ministry of Information is inspecting the content of TV commercials accused of damaging social values following a request for intervention from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088218/ministry-cracks-coarse-tv-adverts/
EU not taking action on garment industry
The European Union ambassador to Cambodia assured union officials on Tuesday that no sanctions on the garment sector had been taken. Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy and several civil society groups have called for sanctions on the garment industry following the dissolution of the opposition CNRP ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095913/eu-not-taking-action-garment-industry/
Government fails to recoup on rubber expenses
Despite a 31 percent increase in Cambodian rubber exports during the first 11 months of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture is failing to recoup on expenses it has spent sending expert technicians into the field in order to help boost production. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-fails-recoup-rubber-expenses
Sokha questioned on family’s private lives
Jailed former opposition leader Kem Sokha was questioned by a judge in prison yesterday, according to his lawyers, who classified the questioning as “aggressive” and “inappropriate”. ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokha-questioned-familys-private-lives
Apsara takes on tycoon in land row
The Apsara Authority yesterday demarcated some of its land in Siem Reap town’s Slakram commune to prevent encroachment by a development tycoon. ...
Khmer Times
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101348/apsara-takes-tycoon-land-row/
GMAC asks for delay on truck ban
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has appealed to Prime Minister Hun Sen to delay a crackdown on oversized trucks, which has already forced more than half of the vehicles serving the garment industry off of the roads since it was called for by ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gmac-asks-delay-truck-ban
Government considers a tax on carbon aviation
Cambodia is considering adopting an aviation tax for flights leaving the Kingdom, local media reported yesterday. The announcement came as Environment Minister Say Samal delivered remarks at the COP22 UN Climate Conference in Morocco. The conference comes one year after the historic signing of the Paris ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-considers-tax-carbon-aviation