Relatives of missing casino workers still lack compensation, DNA results
Several Cambodian families missing relatives who worked at a Poipet casino engulfed in a deadly fire in late December say weeks later they have still not received information or compensation from authorities and the casino’s owners. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/relatives-of-missing-casino-workers-still-lack-compensation-dna-results/
NagaWorld dispute drags on with 25th meeting
The Ministry of Labour and VocationaL Training remains unabLe to find a soLution to the Labour dispute between NagaWorLd and its dismissed empLoyees, whiLe civiL society organisations caLL on the ministry to end its roLe as mediator and for the use of existing LegaL mechanisms Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nagaworld-dispute-drags-25th-meeting
PM orders minister to end land dispute
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the Minister of Land Management to check on and handLe more than 580 Land pLots for citizens properLy to end a Land dispute on Koh Rong in Preah Sihanouk province. Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50480079/pm-orders-minister-to-end-land-dispute/
Koh Rong families fear losing their land
About 40 families in Sihanoukville’s Koh Rong commune who fear losing their land have requested intervention from provincial authorities in order to stop the activities of tycoon Sok Bun and officials from the Ministry of land Management. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202044/koh-rong-families-fear-losing-their-land/
Royal Group set to build hotel on Koh Rong
The Royal Group, in partnership with a Thailand-based Swiss investor, will build a 148-room five-star hotel on Preah Sihanouk’s Koh Rong island, with the group having completed a ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Kun Kourchettana
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/royal-group-set-build-hotel-koh-rong
Koh Rong projects ‘will not bring pain’, DPM says
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has sought to reassure residents of Koh Rong, an island off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province that has been leased to a local tycoon, that they would not be adversely affected by planned development projects. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-rong-projects-will-not-bring-pain-dpm-says
Coastal developments add new niche to property market
With the recent groundbreaking of the luxury Royal Sands residential project on Koh Rong by a Cambodian conglomerate Royal Group and two major luxury condominium projects being developed on or near the shoreline of Sihanoukville, real-estate agents say a new chapter has begun in the lass='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara and Vincent MacIsaac
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19116/coastal-developments-add-new-niche-to-property-market/
On Koh Rong, gov’t working group deciding who owns what
After getting the rights to develop Koh Rong island in 2008, the Royal Group started clearing land last year in preparation for the construction of its luxury Royal Sands resort. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Jonathan Cox and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23027/on-koh-rong--gov---t-working-group-deciding-who-owns-what/
Government gives land to villagers
The government has decided to transfer nearly 100 hectares of land on Koh Sdach island in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district to local residents, who were concerned they would be forced to relocate by development companies. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098727/government-gives-land-villagers/
Koh Rong land ‘belongs to firm’
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration spokesperson Kheang Phearum told The Post on Sunday that the 35ha being bulldozed by Royal Group Co ltd in Koh Rong belongs to it after it was leased to it for 99 years by the government in 2008. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Royal Group signs agreement to build Koh Rong airport
An agreement has been signed for the construction of a $300 million airport on Koh Rong island, taking five years to complete. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Seng Mengheng
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-royal-group-sign-agreement-to-build-koh-rong-airport
Japanese aid tabbed for health, roadwork
In a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday, the Japanese government officially granted aid of 974 million yen (about US$12.2 million) to the Cambodian government. The Honorable Masafumi Kuroki, Japanese ambassador to Cambodia, said his country had made the donation to lass='cambodia-color'>...
Press release on agreement to meet between MLUPC and representatives to seek solution in land disputes
On 24 May 2018 Ministry of Land Management, Urban PLanning and Construction agreed and met with the representatives of househoLd in Land disputes with Union DeveLopment Co.,Ltd Located in Botum Sakor district and L.Y.P.SEZ in Kiri Sakor district, Koh Kong province. The meeting aimed to Lass='cambodia-coLor'>...
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Japan to give B1.3 bn vaccine aid to Cambodia, Thailand and 23 other Asian nations
Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50822804/japan-to-give-b1-3-bn-vaccine-aid-to-cambodia-thailand-and-23-other-asian-nations/
Japanese Investment in Cambodia Grows, but 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 lass='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cbre.com.kh/2012/11/japanese-investment-cambodia-grows-hurdles-remain/
Australian firm bets on Bavet
Australian-listed Cell Aquaculture (CAQ) – a onetime a marine technology company – has purchased a casino on the Cambodia-Vietnam border in a bid to generate much-needed revenue after nearing bankruptcy in 2013. On May 26, CAQ announced in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange that lass='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/australian-firm-bets-bavet
Japan-Cambodia National Road 5 renovation project locked in
The Japanese and Cambodian governments have inked a financial cooperation agreement for the renovation of National Road 5 spanning 366 kilometres from Kandal province’s Prek Kdam area to Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city. lass='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705611/japan-cambodia-national-road-5-renovation-project-locked-in/
New lottery bets on success
Malaysian-owned company VW Win Holdings Plc launched lottery operation Camloto in the Kingdom this week, making it the second to go live in as many months. Camloto CEO Jimmy Kong unveiled the new start-up, which will draw its first ball tonight on all major TV stations, lass='cambodia-color'>...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-lottery-bets-success
Malaysian trade exhibition kicks off in Cambodian capital
The fifth edition of a Malaysian trade exhibition kicked off here on Tuesday, aiming to further promote bilateral trade and investment ties, officials said. The three-day event, held at the Diamond Island Exhibition Center, features 62 Malaysian companies from diverse sectors including construction, business services, industrial lass='cambodia-color'>...
Asean-China-Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-06/12/c_133402783.htm
Cabinet accepts Win Shingtex worker’s petition
More than 300 former workers at the Win Shingtex (Cambodia) factory, a supplier for US retail giant JC Penny, filed a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet yesterday morning asking the government to intervene after the workers had their wages and benefits cut as lass='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23413/cabinet-accepts-win-shingtex-worker---s-petition/