Infrastructure
Free pass to Thailand gets political in Poipet town
Local authorities in Poipet are grappling with a dilemma of their own making after the ruling party for months footed the bill to make day passes to enter Thailand free for Cambodian vendors – a populist move now complicated by the CPP’s apparent electoral loss ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/free-pass-thailand-gets-political-poipet-town
Dam resettlement site gets electricity
According to the Stung Treng Provincial Electricity Authority’s announcement yesterday, an electrical line was connected from the dam to a transmission network at the new site in Srekor. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-resettlement-site-gets-electricity
Businesses vacate White Building
As families begin to move out of the iconic White Building, small business owners who have operated in the capital’s dilapidated landmark are facing tough decisions. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/businesses-vacate-white-building
Audit backs airport improvements
International Civil Aviation Organisation experts have wrapped up a five-day review of Cambodia’s airports after an audit last year recommended areas for improvement. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39021/audit-backs-airport-improvements/
TRC: Ensure mobile networks OK
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia yesterday urged all mobile operators to ensure that their services remain uninterrupted throughout the remainder of the commune election campaign period and during this weekend’s polling. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38894/trc--ensure-mobile-networks-ok/
Makro supermart to open before year end
A branch of the cash and carry supermarket Makro will open in Phnom Penh by the end of the year after construction kicked off at an official groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38838/makro-supermart-to-open-before-year-end/
Makro breaks ground on capital’s first wholesale retail warehouse
Makro Cambodia, the local arm of international cash-and-carry wholesaler Makro, held a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for construction of its first outlet in the Kingdom, which is expected to launch operations in December. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/makro-breaks-ground-capitals-first-wholesale-retail-warehouse
Livelihood incentive for workers as industrial park enters JV
Having carved its niche in offering residential and commercial elements within its industrial park, Le Urban Eco Park (LUEP) entered into a joint venture with two Singaporean companies last month to further develop its commercial aspect. ...
Hanamariya Halim
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/livelihood-incentive-workers-industrial-park-enters-jv
Smart posts Q1 growth despite stiff competition
Cambodian telecom Smart Axiata retained healthy growth in the first quarter, with revenue rising 17 percent year-on-year to 318,000,000 ringgit ($74.5 million), fuelled by data monetisation and effective cost management despite aggressive price competition by other telecommunication players, according to financials released by Malaysian parent ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/smart-posts-q1-growth-despite-stiff-competition
Vertiv announces rebranding
Vertiv, formerly known as Emerson Network Power, officially announced its new branding on Wednesday in Cambodia to tap more markets in the country’s fast developing economy.Vertiv is a global provider of infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centres, communication networks, and commercial and industrial ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38734/vertiv-announces-rebranding/
Mekong bridge construction gets underway
A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed.Nou Vannak, director of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport’s technical department, told Post Property that construction works had recently started, however no official announcement ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/mekong-bridge-construction-gets-underway
Pursat to reap fruits of labour
It takes three hours by car to get to the quiet province of Pursat from Phnom Penh, winding westwards along approximately 200 kilometres on National Road 5. Recently, though, the sleepy town has been stirring under some ongoing developments in the form of a combined ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/pursat-reap-fruits-labour
Mekong bridge construction gets underway
A bridge being constructed over the Mekong River will connect the provinces of Kampong Cham and Tboung Khmum once completed. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/mekong-bridge-construction-gets-underway
Roadside families promised plots
Phnom Penh City Hall has said it will hold a public forum within two weeks on plans to develop a road on a disused stretch of railway in Russey Keo district. Locals from six communities have been protesting the development plans for the past few months ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38701/roadside-families-promised-plots/
Cross-border highways vital for bilateral trade
Cambodia and Thailand are keen to be better connected by cross-border highways to boost bilateral economic growth, said an official in the Thai Embassy yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38643/cross-border-highways-vital-for-bilateral-trade/
Final call for ISP that seems to have skipped town
The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has threatened to strip the operating licence of a local internet service provider (ISP) whose owners appear to have shut down operations and skipped town. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/final-call-isp-seems-have-skipped-town
Drop ICT tariffs to grow: study
Cambodia could add an additional $320 million to the economy over the next 10 years while increasing tax revenue by $24 million if it dropped its tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT), according to new research published yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-ict-tariffs-grow-study
Rubber prices sag under pressure
The slowdown of regional and global economies, especially in China, US dollar appreciation, unfavourable weather and global stock market speculation have plunged rubber prices, the Association for Rubber Development in Cambodia said. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38599/rubber-prices-sag-under-pressure/
Axiata sells 10% stake in Cambodia’s Smart
Axiata Group sold a 10 percent stake of its Cambodian subsidiary Smart Axiata to Japanese group Mitsui Co Ltd to form a strategic partnership and further the firm’s activity in the Kingdom, according to a company release on Friday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/axiata-sells-10-stake-cambodias-smart
Villagers hit with charges to use local road
Villagers in Mondulkiri province have pleaded with local authorities to intervene after a company behind a nearby rubber plantation began charging them 20,000 riel ($5) to use a local road. Security guards at the Tong Min Group property told villagers from Pech Chreada district’s Pou ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38528/villagers-hit-with--charges-to-use-local-road/
Kingdom’s largest wholesale outlet to kick off end of 2017
Earlier this month, Makro, a well-known wholesale supermart based in Bangkok, Thailand, began putting up signs on the zinc walls surrounding its sales office in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, advertising its imminent opening at the end of the year. ...
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/kingdoms-largest-wholesale-outlet-kick-end-2017
Increased consumerism points to demand for more malls
The demand for shopping precincts has risen three percent in this year’s first quarter when compared to the same time last year, a study by Bonna Realty Group has shown. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/increased-consumerism-points-demand-more-malls
New airline plans Thai flights
Cambodia-based JC International Airlines plans to expand direct flights to Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport to tap into the growth of tourists between the neighboring nations after the airline’s launch just two months ago. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38460/new-airline-plans-thai-flights/
National rail system in the pipeline
Royal Group, led by prominent businessmen Kith Meng, signed the agreement with China-based Railway 17th Bureau Group and Sino Great Wall International Engineering at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38434/national-rail-system-in-the-pipeline/