No motion in shooting probe
<p>More than two weeks after the slaying of 29-year-old Mao Sok Chan in clashes at phnom penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass, police have yet to launch an internal investigation into the use of force, officials said yesterday.
National military police spokesman Kheng Tito said he had no ...p>
Amelia Woodside and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-motion-shooting-probe
Tourists flock to beaches, temples
<p>While the streets of phnom penh were quiet this holiday period after the Water Festival was cancelled, numbers swelled in the provinces as tourists flocked to Cambodia’s temples and beaches, provincial officials said yesterday.
Chhoeuy Chhorn, director of the Siem Reap provincial Tourism Department, said Angkor ...p>
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourists-flock-beaches-temples
Fears for tourism during rally
<p>The opposition’s planned demonstration in Siem Reap next month could affect the tourism industry in Cambodia’s most important visitor destination, the government and industry representatives said yesterday.
Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon told the post that the Cambodia National Rescue party’s (CNRp) December 10 rally could ...p>
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fears-tourism-during-rally
New election? No chance: CPP
<p>Senior government ministers yesterday rejected the Cambodia National Rescue party’s call for Cambodia to follow the lead of Thailand and take the country back to the polls.
Interior Minister and Deputy prime Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday that there was no chance a new election would ...p>
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-election-no-chance-cpp
An unsettling prospect
<p>Resettlement studies are being carried out at the site of the proposed Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, officials said yesterday, amid suggestions that yet another Chinese company is now involved in the controversial project.Tou Savuth, Thma Bang district governor, said staff ...p>
Shane Worrell and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unsettling-prospect
Flood death toll hits seven
<p>Relentless floodwater in Banteay Meanchey has killed at least seven people since late last month, when water began inundating the province, national disaster officials confirmed.
Fatalities from the deluge in Banteay Meanchey include four adults and three children, National Committee for Disaster Management chief Keo Vy ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-death-toll-hits-seven
Two Months After Sentencing, Chhouk Bundith Still at Large
<p>Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted in June of shooting into a crowd of protesters and injuring three garment workers, is still at large avoiding an 18-month prison sentence, the national police spokesman said yesterday.
“We have ordered all of our authorities to ...p>
Software giant targets piracy
<p>Microsoft Cambodia has appointed Thakral Cambodia Industries Limited as its second authorised software distributor in the country, a move intended to help the computer giant’s local operation combat the rampant use of pirated software.
Thakral, one of the largest distributors of IT products in Cambodia (its ...p>
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/software-giant-targets-piracy
Government salaries to no longer be paid in cash
<p>The wages of 400,000 civil servants from 39 government ministries are to be paid via a new electronic banking system due to be rolled out next month.
Secretary of State for the Ministry of Economy and Finance Chu Kim Leng announced the new payroll system on ...p>
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-salaries-no-longer-be-paid-cash
Convicted killer back on stand
<p>More than six years after the slaying of Free Trade Union president Hy Vuthy, one of the men convicted of his murder, Chan Sophorn, 35, appeared in court yesterday for a retrial.
Sous Sam Ath, the judge presiding over the case at the phnom penh Municipal ...p>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/convicted-killer-back-stand
Condo market continues to grow despite over-supply
<p>New projects involving 20 condo complexes are continuing to be built despite an already narrow market sector and a future surplus of condos in the Kingdom.
According to research on the condo market by Bunna Reality Group in first half of this year, phnom penh now ...p>
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/condo-market-continues-grow-despite-over-supply
Profits dip for water authority
<p>Second-quarter net profit for the exchange-listed phnom penh Water Supply Authority dropped nearly 26 per cent to $2 million from the same quarter a year ago, according to the most recent financial report released on October 11.
Sim Sitha, the director-general of ppWSA, said the decrease ...p>
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/profits-dip-water-authority
Bandith lawyer ‘in dark’
<p>The lawyer of wanted fugitive Chhouk Bandith yesterday said key witnesses had not been summonsed to an appeal hearing of the sentencing of the powerful former Bavet town governor, scheduled for Thursday.
Defence lawyer Sun Bannarith told the post he had found out about the hearing from the ...p>
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bandith-lawyer-%E2%80%98-dark%E2%80%99
‘Millions’ to be made off energy efficiency
<p>Against the backdrop of high electricity costs and energy imports, Cambodian businesses could save millions of dollars annually by implementing energy-efficient business practices, insiders said yesterday.
“It is clear that energy efficiency has multiple benefits, not only to the tourism sector but also other economic sectors ...p>
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/%E2%80%98millions%E2%80%99-be-made-energy-efficiency
Kids key in disaster planning
<p>Stronger disaster planning is needed to avoid future devastation and loss of life caused by flooding, according to a report published by World Vision yesterday.
The report, titled Cities prepare, recommends that the Cambodian government and civil society work to place “a stronger emphasis on disaster risk ...p>
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-key-disaster-planning
Koh Russey Resort to exhibit in Hong Kong
<p>Cambodia’s Koh Russey Resort development project is aiming to attract large foreign investment by exhibiting in Hong Kong.
The resort will showcase its properties and facilities at an exhibition from November 29 until December 1, according to the real estate company CBRE.
Expert staff of all departments ...p>
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/koh-russey-resort-exhibit-hong-kong
Cambodian garment export earns 5.53 bln USD in 2013
<p>Garment industry, Cambodia’s largest foreign currency earner, reported a 20 percent rise in exports last year, according to the figures of the Ministry of Commerce on Monday.
The Southeast Asian nation exported apparel products in equivalent to 5.53 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 20 percent ...p>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/27/c_133078498.htm
Authority warns as unionists ready to convince 100,000 workers to join nationwide strike
<p>100,000 leaflets would be printed and distributed next week to garment workers in the country to urge them to join nationwide strike to put pressure on the government and the Cambodian courts to release 21 workers in jail and to increase the minimum wage of ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NWQ1OTJjNzNiMWI
Fishermen may no longer use traditional fish-catching net
<p>Catching fish by using simple net has existed for generations for fishermen along the rivers. It is also common among Vietnamese and Islam families who earn their livings through this way.
Nowadays, this career seems to be gradually abandoned as fish in natural rivers is ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MDkxZjUwYWYzZTg
Mass faintings occur at two garment factories in Cambodia
<p>At least 104 workers at two Cambodian factories fainted on Thursday morning due to exposures to chemical substances, the country’s union and factory officials said.
Soeun Kea, head of the Free Trade Union at the Shimano factory in Kampong Speu province, said that at least ...p>
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=203520
