Strike action still on table, unions say
Leaders of unions that declared a nationwide garment worker strike said the work stoppage and protests, which they temporarily suspended, will resume unless government officials renegotiate the industry’s minimum wage. The announcement was their first since authorities cracked down on strike demonstrations on January 2 and ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strike-action-still-table-unions-say
Unlicensed medicine sale banned
The Ministry of Health has banned the sale of medicine without a legal permit at supermarkets, mini-marts and baby shops nationwide. It said offenders face strict legal measures, including fines of up to 10 million riel ($2,500). A letter signed by secretary of state at ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unlicensed-medicine-sale-banned
Pilot flight launches at Koh Kong’s new airport
Dara Sakor International Airport in Koh Kong province is operating a pilot flight to ensure full equipment functionality and staff capability before it applies for government licensing to officially operate. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pilot-flight-launches-koh-kongs-new-airport
Cambodia's cassava export drops 13 pct in Q1
Cambodia had exported 213,530 tons of fresh and dry cassava in the first three months of 2014, down 13 percent compared with 245,440 tons over the same period last year, according to the figures provided by the Commerce Ministry on Sunday. However, the country saw a ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140525/cambodias-cassava-export-drops-13-pct-q1
Exports of bicycles to dip in 2014
Cambodia’s bicycle exports to the European Union are expected to decline this year after changes to EU trade preferences in early January excluded Malaysian and Singaporean parts from the scheme. Under EU preferences, a bicycle is considered a Cambodian product when at least 30 per cent ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-bicycles-dip-2014
Hard life for kids in jail: report
Having begun life in an overcrowded cell with nowhere to play, little to eat and surrounded by abuse, when Dara* left prison at nearly 4 years old, he had not yet spoken a single word. According to the report, which was released on Saturday, Dara’s ...
Alice Cuddy and May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hard-life-kids-jail-report
Real estate boosted last year but likely to suffer this year
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the real estate sector in Cambodia was estimated at more than $437.3 million in 2019, according to data from the just-issued National Bank of Cambodia’s (NBC) Annual Banking Supervision Report 2019. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50718100/real-estate-boosted-last-year-but-likely-to-suffer-this-year/
Sand mining contracts cause serious concerns
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has called for bids for sand mining licences across 2,000 hectares in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces. Sand mining is conducted mainly at open pits, beaches, inland dunes or from the dredging of ocean and river beds. ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801310/sand-mining-contracts-cause-serious-concerns/
Sokha calls for cheaper passports
New Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. Speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on September 4, Sokha said the move would ...
Orm Bunthoeurn and Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-calls-cheaper-passports
Broken rice from Cambodia affects export
Exports of milled rice had fallen dramatically last year because of the poor quality of paddy rice, insiders said yesterday. Milled-rice producers told the Post that a large amount of paddy rice broke. From every 100 kilograms of paddy rice, 20 to 23 kilograms of milled rice ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010960686/Business/broken-rice-from-cambodia-affects-export.html
Potato trials identify growth areas
Researchers at the Potato Research Centre at the Royal University of Agriculture announced yesterday that five provinces and the capital itself will become Cambodia’s hub for potato growing after successful tests of verities were recently finished. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50269548/potato-trials-identify-growth-areas/
Phnom Penh to get new $23 million domestic airport terminal
A Malaysian company will begin construction on a new domestic terminal at Phnom Penh International Airport soon, at a cost of about $23 million, the firm announced in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange on Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-to-get-new-23m-domestic-airport-terminal-111342/
Judges required to explain reasons behind pre-trial detention
Judges are now required to write a reasoned explanation when placing citizens in pre-trial detention, instead of simply checking a box as was previously practiced, Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana said Tuesday. But the Ministry of Justice is also considering amending the criminal procedure code to ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judges-required-to-explain-reasons-behind-pre-trial-detention-54913/
Kingdom to host Asean ministerial meeting for environmental issues
Cambodia is set to host the 15th Asean Ministerial Meeting for the Environment from October 7-11 in Siem Reap province. Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Wednesday that the ministry and stakeholders alike are prepared to host the event but could ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-host-asean-ministerial-meeting-environmental-issues
Khmer-Vietnamese Association gets nod
The Interior Ministry has authorised the Khmer-Vietnamese Association to register on its list of organisations, Vietnamese media have reported. The association was established to bring together Khmer people of Vietnamese origin and other Vietnamese in Cambodia for humanitarian work and to spread information about the ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502313/khmer-vietnamese-association-gets-nod/
Officials close tobacco factory in Phnom Penh
The Interior Ministry’s Counter Counterfeit Committee has suspended a company operating a tobacco factory in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh after officials found that it was involved in the illegal production of tobacco products. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50502239/officials-close-tobacco-factory-in-phnom-penh/
Sar Kheng slams fake news
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday rebuked reports that the new Phnom Penh police chief Lieutenant General Sar Thet is his brother. Lieutenant General Sar Thet officially took over as Phnom Penh police chief on Tuesday, filling a void left by General Chuon Sovann, who took ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533027/sar-kheng-slams-fake-news/
Ministry rejects Prince Chakravuth’s position
The Interior Ministry has rejected the decision of the royalist Funcinpec Party to appoint Prince Norodom Ranariddh’s son as acting president while the Prince continues his recovery from a car crash in Thailand. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533006/ministry-rejects-prince-chakravuths-position/
Ministry to revoke licences of media over fake news
The Information Ministry yesterday warned that it would revoke the licences of print and online media outlets which distribute fake news that endanger national security. Phos Sovann, director-general of General Department of Information and Broadcasting, said in a Facebook video post that the ministry will strictly ...
Ly Livsier
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50632885/ministry-to-revoke-licences-of-media-over-fake-news/
Cambodia gears up for Ebola prevention
The Health Ministry has issued advice to be careful about the Ebola virus disease after the World Health Organisation announced a renewed outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50492103/cambodia-gears-up-for-ebola-prevention/