Economy and commerce

Hun Sen appeals for ASEAN military cooperation

Prime Minister Hun Sen has appealed for military cooperation between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a source said. Hun Sen was quoted as saying that regional military cooperation was needed as ASEAN countries would soon become one family. ...

http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTcwZjk2MTNjZWI5NGRiYWQxYmY4NzIwNWE0ZTY2

Worker Shortage Biggest Threat to Economy

A shortage of workers, particularly those with skills, is the biggest threat to economic growth in Cambodia today, Sok Chenda, secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), said yesterday. Speaking at the Greater Mekong Subregion Investment Policy Forum organized by the Organization ...

Hyatt Overtakes Siem Reap’s Hotel de la Paix

Hyatt Hotels Co will open its first hotel in Cambodia next year by rebranding the well-known five-star boutique resort Hotel de la Paix, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, KS Hotels and Resorts, a Thai-based firm, will retain full ...

Beer Promoters Seek Higher Wages and Increased Respect

Beer promoters are hoping a new documentary chronicling the conditions they face in the workplace will pressure beer companies to increase their wages and reduce harassment from customers. The documentary, launched yesterday at a meeting with members of the Cambodian Food and Service Workers Federation (CFSWF), ...

Koh Kong power to go to Thais

Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat has signed a US$3 billion joint-venture agreement with Thai energy firm Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Plc on what would be the Kingdom’s largest power station. Just under 90 per cent of the power, however, would be sold to Thailand. The 1,800 megawatt ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955308/Business/koh-kong-power-to-go-to-thais.html

Police deny baton beatdown

The Phnom Penh municipal police chief yesterday denied claims his officers had beaten three female garment factory workers with batons and shields during a protest in which a 21-year-old’s nose was allegedly broken on Tuesday. Police chief Touch Naruth called the Post yesterday claiming no weapons ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955319/National-news/police-deny-baton-beatdown.html

Supreme Court Wants $200K Cash Deposit in Renakse Case

The Supreme Court has requested that the owner of Phnom Penh’s shuttered Renakse Hotel deposit $200,000 with the court as proof that it is able to pay compensation to the hotel’s former manager, a lawyer said yesterday. In 2008, the ruling CPP sold the French colonial-era ...

Voices divided pre-ASEAN

Protecting human rights, especially those of Cambodian migrant workers traversing borders to countries such as Malaysia, dominated discussions at yesterday’s ASEAN Peoples’ Forum, one of two competing pre-summit forums that claim to be giving a voice to Cambodians. Speaking at yesterday’s forum, Seng Sakda, director-general ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955323/National-news/voices-divided-pre-asean.html

Canadia subsidiary buys 15% stake in CVI

Diamond Island Development Co Ltd, owned by Canadia Bank, yesterday bought a 15 per cent stake in Investment and Development Company of Cambodia (IDCC)’s Cambodia-Vietnam Insurance Plc. The companies declined to give the value of the stake. Ngay Mengly, sales officer at Cambodia-Vietnam Insurance Plc, said ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955307/Business/canadia-subsidiary-buys-15-stake-in-cvi.html

Svay Rieng shooting victims get their say

The three young women wounded in last month’s factory shooting in Svay Rieng province will meet with provincial prosecutor Hing Bunchea today to give their account of the February 20 incident that has yet to produce an arrest warrant. Bun Chinda, 21, Nuth Sokhorn, 23, and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955318/National-news/svay-rieng-shooting-victims-get-their-say.html

Bank Backs Displaced Families’ Compensation

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), one of the two major financiers of the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railways, yesterday rejected criticism that they were providing insufficient resettlement packages to residents displaced by the project. On Friday, the ADB released a cost study that showed that the compensation ...

Phnom Penh Cleans Up Prior To Next Week’s Asean Summit

In addition to security and public order initiatives in the lead-up to next week’s Asean Summit, Phnom Penh authorities said yesterday they would be redoubling their “clean city” efforts. “We’re keeping security and order, and we asked Cintri [waste disposal company] to double the numbers of ...

ASEAN aims to dodge crisis in West

ASEAN finance officials and the heads of regional central banks yesterday homed in on the possibility of economic crisis as well as potential means of averting contagion in fledgling Southeast Asian economies. The officials have also agreed “in principle” to doubling a regional currency fund to ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032855276/Business/asean-aims-to-dodge-crisis-in-west.html

Draft Law Aims to Combat Price Dumping

The government is finalizing a draft law that will aim to prevent importers from price dumping and protect local producers by allowing authorities to raise tariffs on goods, according to a copy of the draft law. In the past, local producers have been negatively affected by ...

No word on Philippines rice deal, exporter says

Green Trade, a state-owned, milled-rice exporter, had not been updated on a government-to-government rice deal with the Philippines despite recent media reports that claimed a deal was near. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032855275/Business/no-word-on-philippines-rice-deal-exporter-says.html

PPWSA edges closer to IPO

As expected, the book-building phase for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering was significantly oversubscribed, the estimate being 17 times. Interested investors had the opportunity to bid at a price  no lower than 4,050 riel a share, and at a maximum of 6,350 riel ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032855274/Business/ppwsa-edges-closer-to-ipo.html

Philippines set to sign rice supply deal with Cambodia

The Philippines is close to signing a government-to-government rice supply agreement that would make Cambodia a potential supplier of the grain staple to Manila, along with Vietnam and Thailand, agriculture officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian neighbours aimed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ...

http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183/1169751/

Thai agro-processing plant nears completion

BETAGRO Group, one of Thailand’s largest integrated agro-industry businesses, announced this week that its US$16.3 million animal feed plant in Cambodia is 95 percent complete. The plant, 12 kilometers from Phnom Penh, will initially produce 12,000 tonnes of animal feed per year, but that number ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Business/

PPWSA settles on IPO price

A price has been set for Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority’s initial public offering, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, after what was reported to be a significantly oversubscribed book-building process. PPWSA will sell for 6,300 riel, or US$1.57, a share, putting the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032755267/Business/ppwsa-settles-on-ipo-price.html

Villagers Protest Gov’t Plans To Turn Farmland Into SEZ

About 50 people protested in front of Pailin Provincial Hall yesterday against a government plan to turn their farmland in Sala Krao district into a special economic zone (SEZ), villagers and officials said. “It is the villagers that abuse the government land. They took the ...

Share Price Set for Stock at City Water Authority

Shares of the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will trade at 6,300 riel, or $1.57, when the firm launches its initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodian bourse on April 18, PPWSA announced yesterday. The price puts the company at the top of the ...

ASEAN’s finance ministers in capital

The 16th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting kicks off early today in Phnom Penh, where members of the 10-country association are expected to discuss strengthening regional financial ties and co-operation in the face of economic uncertainty in the West. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032755253/Business/aseans-finance-ministers-in-capital.html

Hu's visit in Cambodia boosts ties

The upcoming visit of Chinese president Hu Jintao to Cambodia next week will build closer ties between the two countries, China and ASEAN as the visit is coincided with the 20th ASEAN Summit, said a senior official Sunday. The visit will also create more confidence among ...

http://en.ce.cn/National/Politics/201203/26/t20120326_23188224.shtml

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