Economy and commerce

Manulife pays out to family over Everest climber’s death

Life insurance company Manulife has compensated its first client since it began operations in Cambodia in June this year, a company official said. Robert J Elliott, CEO and general manager, told the Post yesterday that Manulife disbursed its first claim to the beneficiaries of its client, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110959665/Business/manulife-pays-out-to-family-over-everest-climbers-death.html

Companies in Talks to Build Helicopter Factory

A U.S.-Korean joint venture is in talks with the government to build a helicopter manufacturing plant and a training facility for helicopter pilots and mechanics, an aviation official and a company representative said this week. Richard Pak, a representative of South Korean firm Samik Bio Energy ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/companies-in-talks-to-build-helicopter-factory-5362/

Tax revenue up from 2011

Cambodia collected $633 million in taxes over the first 10 months of this year, a 31 per cent rise from $483 million over the same period last year, according to the General Department of Taxation. However, an opposition watchdog claimed the amount is still far ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110959666/Business/department-officials-say-tax-revenue-is-up-from-last-year.html

$11 million for new serviced apartments

Approximately $11 million will be invested in the 14-storey Silvertown Serviced Apartments in BKK1, according to the president of agents Knight Frank last week. Sunny YL Soo, the managing director of Knight Frank in Cambodia, said that the demand for leased apartments in Cambodia is rising ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/11-million-for-new-serviced-apartments.html

Rise of housing loans

Although costs can be high for borrowing and it can be difficult to pay regularly every month, the trend of borrowing from banks by Cambodian people to buy property is still steadily increasing, according to experts. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, said ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/rise-of-housing-loans.html

MFI deposits seen growing

The value of deposits with Cambodia’s 31 microfinance institutions grew more than 96 per cent in the first nine months of the year compared to last year, a rise industry experts say is due to the political stability and economic growth of the Kingdom. Official data ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110859631/Business/mfi-deposits-seen-growing.html

E-commerce set to boom

E-commerce in the Kingdom would boom during the coming years as a result of technological developments and young Cambodians being eager to gain skills in new technology, a gathering of business people heard during “E-biz Tuesday”, a monthly meeting for discussion on Cambodia’s e-commerce industry. According ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110859633/Business/e-commerce-set-to-boom.html

Casino-Funded Election Committee Office Breaks Ground

The National Election Committee (NEC) broke ground yesterday on a $12-million tower being funded by the casino company NagaCorp that is set to take more than two years to complete and has drawn concern from election groups. At a ceremony that took place on National Assembly ...

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Refined sugar for domestic market

Phnom Penh Sugar will begin producing white sugar this month for the Cambodian market to reduce the demand for imported sugar, according to a spokeswoman for the firm. Chheang Kemsoun, a representative of Phnom Penh Sugar, told the Post yesterday the company would produce white sugar ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759620/Business/refined-sugar-for-domestic-market.html

Cambodian Prime Minister calls on Japan for more tourists, investors

Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia has called upon Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda for his support in encouraging more investments and tourism from Japan to help strengthen bilateral ties between the two Asian nations. The request was made at a meeting on Monday during the ...

http://japandailypress.com/cambodian-prime-minister-calls-on-japan-for-more-tourists-investors-0717985

As Climate Changes, Farmers Need More Help

The government is not doing enough to help farmers weather the destructive effects of drought and flooding brought on by climate change, leaving NGOs to provide aid and emergency relief in cases of natural disaster, agriculture industry leaders said at a forum yesterday. ...

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Illegal loggers, trafficker return

Fourteen Cambodian men jailed in Thailand for drug trafficking or illegal logging have been released in the past week after reaching the end of their sentences, a border official said yesterday. Touch Ra, director of the Chaom Sangam Cambodia-Thailand border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, said ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759616/National-news/illegal-loggers-trafficker-return.html

A factory’s fainting crisis

In a single factory that supplies some of the biggest international brands, faintings occurred every day for five years, a new investigation by the Cambodian Legal Education Centre has found. Until just weeks ago, when the management installed new fans, three to four garments workers were ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759624/National-news/a-factorys-fainting-crisis.html

Kingdom’s trade deficit widens

Cambodia’s total exports increased more than 13 per cent in the first nine months of this year, with a year-on-year comparison indicating a widening trade deficit. A private-sector representative, an exporter and an independent economist said the slow growth was mainly due to the slowing of ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012110759621/Business/kingdoms-trade-deficit-widens.html

Locals Lobby Ice Factory to Reduce Noise, Smell

A factory in Phnom Penh has been ordered to construct a barrier to reduce noise, and a bad smell, from ice-making machinery that runs 24 hours a day and has local residents losing sleep, district officials said. Seventy families from Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 ...

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