Capital’s apartments set to triple by 2030
Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon and Tuol Kork districts will continue to see investment in apartments, while sen sok will become a new target market, as the number of apartments in Phnom Penh is set to almost triple by 2030. According to a report issued on Tuesday by ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/capitals-apartments-set-triple-2030
Climate change may undermine Kingdom’s mango production
Mango production is expected to decrease this year as climate change severely impacts yields, according to a mango association in Kampong speu province – the Kingdom’s largest regional producer of the fruit. Kampong speu Mangoes Association president In Chayvan said the impact of climate change ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/climate-change-may-undermine-kingdoms-mango-production
U.S. sees Cambodia's anti-trafficking efforts floundering
Cambodia is not doing enough to combat human trafficking, the United states said on Thursday, leaving the Asian nation at risk of economic sanctions unless it takes firmer action. Corruption impedes law enforcement, prosecutions and provision of services to victims, the influential Trafficking In Persons ss='cambodia-color'>...
Matt Blomberg
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trafficking-cambodia/u-s-sees-cambodias-anti-trafficking-efforts-floundering-idUSKCN1TL21Q
Cambodia’s total mortgages near $3.5B
Mortgage loans in Cambodia continue to surge this year, according to Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC). The credit body’s consumer report showed that outstanding mortgages hit $3.42 billion at the end of June. CBC’s data showed that loans have increased by 30 percent from the same ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50635423/cambodias-total-mortgages-near-3-5b/
NGOs draft petition to improve women’s rights
As International Women’s Day approaches, 12 organisations have finished drafting a petition calling on the government to continue to address challenges women are facing, including violence, inequality and poverty. The 12 organisations include the Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights, Coalition of Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50583888/ngos-draft-petition-to-improve-womens-rights/
Rapid economic growth props up Cambodia’s strongman
Between 1995 and 2017 Cambodia grew at an average rate of 7.7%; gdp per person rose from $321 in 1994 to $1,137 in 2017, after accounting for inflation. Foreign money has flooded in and Cambodia’s economy, which war and the Khmers Rouges had destroyed, has ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Economist
https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/04/20/rapid-economic-growth-props-up-cambodias-strongman
Rubbish at S’ville port from US, Canada
The plastic waste found in 83 containers at the sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday came from the Us and Canada, the Ministry of Environment said. The huge shipment of rubbish weighed some 1,600 tonnes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rubbish-sville-port-us-canada
ILO: Cambodia’s footwear sector ripe for investment
Cambodia’s footwear sector will provide more opportunities for investment and production than the garment sector due to significant growth over the last five years, said an International Labour Organisation (ILO) research bulletin on Cambodia’s garment, textile, and footwear (GTF) industry. The bulletin said the footwear ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ilo-cambodias-footwear-sector-ripe-investment
The macro challenges in Cambodia’s microfinance sector
In August, two local Cambodian organizations, Licadho and sahmakum Teang Tnaut (sTT) published Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia’s Microfinance sector, a report about the dangerous growth of the country’s microfinance sector. It spotlighted an issue that researchers have been warning about for years. A report ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/
Climate change to slash Cambodia’s productivity: report
Even if current levels of spending on climate change adaptation are maintained, rising temperatures in the Kingdom will continue to impact economic performance, reducing the country’s GDP by almost 10 percent by the year 2050, a report released Tuesday has found. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50497852/climate-change-to-slash-cambodias-productivity-report/
Trade war may boost Kingdom’s US exports
Exports of travel goods from the Kingdom are set to gain from the ongoing Us-China trade war as Us lobbyists for the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) claim that President Donald Trump plans to raise duties on such China-made products from 10 to 25 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/trade-war-may-boost-kingdoms-us-exports
SMEs set to boost the Kingdom’s economy
More than 100 local small and medium enterprises (sMEs) were registered during the first three quarters of this year, and officials expect the government’s tax incentive policy for sMEs to boost growth, said a Ministry of Industry and Handicraft report. The sMEs – 105 of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smes-set-boost-kingdoms-economy
Outlook good for the Kingdom’s agro sector
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries expressed optimism that this year would be another good year for the sector, with ministry spokesman srey Vuthy saying many agro-processing factories are expected to commence operation this year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/outlook-good-kingdoms-agro-sector
PP gov’t to clean capital’s canal
The municipal Department of Public Works and Transport said on Thursday that it planned to remove tonnes of waste disorderly disposed of in the capital’s sewage canal next week. The move followed widespread criticism of mass floating rubbish and the municipal authority’s alleged inaction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pp-govt-clean-capitals-canal
Smith learns of Cambodia’s anti-corruption mechanism
Rhona Smith, the UN Human RightS Council&rSquo;S (UNHRC) Special Rapporteur for Cambodia, met with a Senior Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) official to learn about the agency&rSquo;S methodS and progreSS, and urged the government to Step up itS fight againSt corruption. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/smith-learns-cambodias-anti-corruption-mechanism
Cambodian firm probed over S’ville plastic waste
Kun Nhem the director-general of the General Department of Customs and Excise, said on sunday that the owner of a Cambodian business is being questioned over the discovery last week of 83 plastic-rubbish filled containers at sihanoukville Autonomous Port. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-firm-probed-over-sville-plastic-waste
All factories need infirmaries by year’s end
The Labour Ministry has announced that all factories across the country must have their own infirmary completed by the end of this year, noting that 88 percent of factories having built infirmaries already. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487734/all-factories-need-infirmaries-by-years-end/
China’s mobile clinics to boost rural health
Twenty mobile clinics out of 40 provided by the Chinese government were deployed yesterday in 11 citities and provincial health departments to bring timely and effective services to people, especially in rural areas. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50492136/chinas-mobile-clinics-to-boost-rural-health/
Cambodia’s tax revenue enjoys rise once again
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected over $2 billion in tax revenue last year, up 13.37 per cent from the same period in 2017, according to a statement released by the department on Tuesday. At the December 2018 tax collection revenue meeting, General Department ss='cambodia-color'>...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-tax-revenue-enjoys-rise-once-again
NEC seeks Japan’s help on election education
The National Election Committee has requested the Japanese government to send experts to teach Cambodian officials on ways to educate the public on the importance of participating in democratic elections both at the national and subnational levels. sik Bun Hok, NEC president, made the request to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50648902/nec-seeks-japans-help-on-election-education/