Sihanoukville port revenues up 22% on economic growth
Revenues earned by the Sihanouk Autonomous Port for the first quarter of this year jumped 22 per cent year-on-year to US$8.3 million, according to figures released yesterday by SAP. Exports of the Kingdom’s rice, garments and timber, coupled with imports of textiles, electronics and construction materials, ...
GMAC calls on union leaders to respect law
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) released a statement on Tuesday asking union leaders to halt protests and comply with the incoming law on seniority indemnity back pay. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gmac-calls-union-leaders-respect-law
Ministry slams HRW over report on acid victims
The Justice Ministry yesterday hit back at US-based Human Rights Watch over a report accusing the government of failing to provide free medical treatment for victims of acid attacks or take action against perpetrators. HRW on Monday issued a 48-page report titled “What Hell Feels Like: ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50575560/ministry-slams-hrw-over-report-on-acid-victims/
Laos announces another controversial dam on the Mekong
The Laos government has announced plans for a fourth major dam on the Mekong mainstream just months after the feasibility of another of its hydroelectric projects was thrown into question by a delayed power deal. ...
David Boyle
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/laos-announces-another-controversial-dam-on-the-mekong/4445034.html
Authority lays down law on unpermited Angkor buildings
The Apsara Authority has renewed its warning that it will remove unauthorised constructions and take legal action against anyone fraudulently taking money in return for permission to build on the Angkor site. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506823/authority-lays-down-law-on-unpermited-angkor-buildings/
Kratie authorities ban homes on riverbank after collapse
Authorities in Kratie province’s Chhloung district yesterday ordered villagers not to build houses and to remove those already built along the riverbank after five houses collapsed into the river on Tuesday. District governor Heng Sitha yesterday said that the authorities have banned the construction of ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50553933/kratie-authorities-ban-homes-on-riverbank-after-collapse/
Government to spend $4 million on Lased II
The government will spend some $4 million on the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project Phase II (Lased II) to benefit almost 600 families in Prasat Balang district’s Doung commune in Kampong Thom province. The land allocation is aimed at alleviating poverty in ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-spend-4-million-lased-ii
Press release on the Grade 12 examination result
On 09 September 2019, the Ministry of EducatiOn, Youth and Sport issued a press release On the examinatiOn result of the Grade 12 examinatiOn which happened On August 19-20, 2019. There are 79,052 successful candidates, accounting for 68,62% (was Only 67,07% in 2018). AmOng the ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Thai, Cambodian SEC sign pact on capital markets
Cambodia and Thailand’s Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation for capital market development through cross-listing, dual listing and depositary receipt offerings. ...
Bangkok Post Staff
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1752539/thai-cambodian-sec-sign-pact-on-capital-markets
Opinion divided on current political situation in Kingdom
With an opposition figure having announced his return to the Kingdom next month to “arrest” the prime minister and major tariff-free export agreements under consideration, opinions are divided on the current political situation in Cambodia. Government spokesperson Phay Siphan said on Thursday that Cambodia was ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/opinion-divided-current-political-situation-kingdom
Government timber figures belie ‘ban’ on Vietnam trade
A series of quarterly reports from the National Bank of Cambodia raises questions about the government’s ban on timber exports, as they show that last year, more than $5 million in sawn timber was exported from the Kingdom. The latest report, released earlier this month ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-timber-figures-belie-ban-exports
Public lot on riverside eyed for major project
Plans appear to be in the works to develop a central stretch of prime riverfront real estate currently owned by a state-run enterprise into a sprawling commercial development, according to sources involved with the landowner, though key government officials professed to be in the dark ...
Hor Kimsay and Brendan O’Byrne
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/public-lot-riverside-eyed-major-project
Ministry to crack down on fake service charges
Tourism sector businesses will be fined up to 300,000 riel ($75) if caught imposing “service charges” without first applying to the Ministry of Tourism, an announcement issued on Monday said. The ministry’s director of the tourism, accommodation and food and beverage (F&B) management, Kim Serey ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-crack-down-fake-service-charges
Government to form on Sept 6, says PM
After paying a courtesy call on the King and visiting the chairman of the Constitutional Council, caretaker prime minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rescheduled the date on which a new National Assembly will be formed. The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) president also directed his ire ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-form-sept-6-says-pm
Kampong Cham cracks down on illicit wildlife sales
Kampong Cham provincial authority halted the sale of wild animals on National Road 6 in Batheay district, which is notorious for the illegal trade. Provincial deputy governor Keo Nearith said on Wednesday, police seized three species of wild animals and arrested a trader. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-cracks-down-illicit-wildlife-sales
Announcement on higher education scholarships for disabled students
On 03 May 2019, the Ministry of EducatiOn, Youth and Sport issued an announcement On higher educatiOn scholarships for disabled students. The ministry encouraged the disabled students (deafness, blindness, other disability) to have the privilege to receive scholarships for their tertiary educatiOn automatically for any major ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Cruise tourists on rise, but benefits are scant
While international tourist arrivals by cruise ship have increased every year at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP), Cambodia does not appear to be benefitting much from such visitors, the Ministry of Tourism has said. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cruise-tourists-rise-benefits-are-scant
Ministry calls on public participation in ASF prevention
The Agriculture Minister has called on the public, most importantly farmers, to provide information on cases of African Swine Fever to prevent the virus from spreading any further while pigs continue to die in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district. According to an announcement by the ministry issued ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50628127/ministry-calls-on-public-participation-in-asf-prevention/
Hun Sen blames forest loss on population rise
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday blamed the Kingdom’s rising population as a factor contributing to deforestation. He also told government critics who lived on deforested land to return it to the authorities for replanting. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-blames-forest-loss-population-rise
Koh Kong revokes land rights on clearing fears
Koh Kong provincial hall on Tuesday revoked ownership of land near the protected Peam Krasoap Wildlife Sanctuary to prevent further land clearing in the area. Its announcement raised fears among local communities of a potential forced eviction. “All illegal land ownership or unregistered land at ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-revokes-land-rights-clearing-fears