P2P lending marketplace launches
<p>peer-to-peer (p2p) lending marketplace Rai Capital (Cambodia) Co Ltd on November 26 announced its official launch in the Kingdom. It said it is designed for micro-entrepreneurs and individuals to promote financial inclusion in the Kingdom and enable flexible local financing solutions for local businesses and ...p>
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/p2p-lending-marketplace-launches
Press release on the outcome of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister Prak Sokhonn
<p>On 06 February 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a press release on outcomes of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister prak Sokhonn from 01-03 February 2018. The official visit aims to foster the friendly ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cambodia selected to host the AWaP convention in 2025
<p>Cambodia has been selected as the host nation for the 4th annual Asia Wastewater Management partnership (AWap) convention in 2025. Five other countries are members of the organisation, Indonesia, the philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Japan. ...p>
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336034/cambodia-selected-to-host-the-awap-convention-in-2025/
Press release on agreement to meet between MLUPC and representatives to seek solution in land disputes
<p>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 ...p>
Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction
Oz, ministry launch quality infrastructure initiative P4I
<p>The Australian embassy in phnom penh – in collaboration with the Ministry of public Works and Transport – launched the “partnership for Infrastructure (p4I)” initiative to accelerate the development of quality infrastructure to drive inclusive and resilient development in Cambodia. ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oz-ministry-launch-quality-infrastructure-initiative-p4i
‘Beaten, unfed’ teen maid dies
<p>A 16-year-old died at Calmette hospital in phnom penh yesterday morning after succumbing to an illness she contracted while working in virtual slavery as a maid in Malaysia, her family said.
Toch Srey Neth signed up to go to Malaysia as a maid through the now-defunct ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062557002/National-news/teen-maid-dies.html
Villagers fight mining venture
<p>Nearly 70 representatives from 278 families in preah Vihear’s Rovieng district are seeking intervention after a national mining company began drilling on their farmland last week, locals said yesterday.
According to villager Yean Bunchan, 47, representatives from a company based in Kandal province called T p ...p>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-fight-mining-venture
Cambodian, Thai companies ink deal to build 50 mln USD rice mill
<p>Cambodia’s Soma Group and Thailand’s C.p. Intertrade on Thursday signed a joint-venture agreement to build a sophisticated rice milling and refining factory in the western Kampong Speu province of Cambodia.
The deal was inked between Sok puthyvuth, chief executive officer of Soma Group, and prasit Damrongchietanon, ...p>
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=225245
Shuttered but still collecting
<p>T & p, the notorious labour recruitment firm that was closed down last year because of its appalling record of abuse scandals, is continuing to receive and pocket remittances from maids stranded in Malaysia, a coalition of rights groups told a press conference yesterday.
At the ...p>
Stocks’ excellent first quarter
<p>preservation of capital is fast losing ground to increased risk-taking as global equity markets close the quarter with a stellar performance.
Investors are concerned that they will miss the accelerating upside move.
Out of the 78 major financial markets around the world, the score is 66 positive ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012040455410/Business/stocks-excellent-first-quarter.html
Wah Seong subsidiary inks deal to sell green power in Cambodia
<p>Wah Seong Corporation Bhd’s strategy to develop a portfolio of renewable energy and power plants in the region is taking off after it inked an agreement with Cambodia.
The company said on Monday its indirect subsidiary had signed a power purchase agreement with Baitang (Kampuchea) plc ...p>
The Star News Staff
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/12/08/Wah-Seong-inks-deal-to-sell-green-power-in-Cambodia/?style=biz
Wah Seong inks power deal with Cambodia
<p>Wah Seong Corp Bhd’s indirect subsidiary p.M.T.I Energy (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. has entered into a power purchase agreement with Cambodia’s Baitang (Kampuchea) plc to sell up to 3.5 megawatt (MW) per hour of any and all electric energy generated and available for sale. ...p>
The Sun Daily News Staff
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1262066
Government suspends Malaysia maids recruitment firm
<p>Officials said yesterday that the government had suspended a recruitment agency in Kompong Chhnang province suspected of forcibly confining 45 women and that plans were underway to shut it down permanently.
police rescued the women, including 26 girls under the age of 18, who were training ...p>
Complaint filed against T&P in Banteay Meanchey
<p>Thirteen construction workers have filed a complaint against the Banteay Meanchey provincial branch of T&p Co Ltd – the recruitment agency at the center of allegations involving illegal detainment of trainees – officials said yesterday.
The workers, who had previously worked illegally as construction workers in ...p>
Kuch Naren, P.24
http://www.cambodiadaily.com
S&P reaffirms rating despite political worry
<p>Cambodia has retained its B credit rating despite ratings company Standard & poor’s citing the country’s ongoing political standoff as a “major” constraint.
S&p affirmed Cambodia’s B/B credit rating last week, labeling the country as having a strong and stable long-term and short-term outlook.
Engagement of international ...p>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sp-reaffirms-rating-despite-political-worry
16 Cambodian workers rescued in Thailand, Malaysia
<p>Cambodian embassies rescued 13 Cambodian workers in Thailand and three maids in Malaysia, Koy Kuong, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said Saturday. ...p>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=YzZmNTA3ZTljZjN
Maid nightmares retold
<p>A Cambodia migrant worker who was at times threatened at knifepoint, tied up or punched in the head by her employer yesterday revealed her chilling experience of the labour recruitment industry. Following her testimony via video link, broadcast at Sam Rainsy party headquarters, opposition parliamentarian ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011082651282/National-news/labour-nightmares-retold.html
Migrants at risk of trafficking, Human Rights Watch says
<p>At least 20 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand have had their passports confiscated by a Thai recruitment agency, while another 10 have gone missing after they fled the same agency fearing they would be trafficked to work on Thai fishing vessels, Human Rights Watch and ...p>
As Case Delayed, Former Maid Trainee Suffers
<p>When Heng Hak escaped from phnom penh maid recruitment center in March 2011, falling several stories in the process, she unwittingly became part of a groundswell-one in a series of mounting cases highlighting severe mismanagment of recruitment agencies, and the abuses incurred by both trainees ...p>
Recruiting firm told to close
<p>The Ministry of Labour has been ordered to permanently close the labour recruitment firm T&p following the discovery of more under-age trainees in its Kampong Chhnang centre.
The move marks the first time the ministry has shut a labour reruitment firm, and follows intense criticism of ...p>
