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Insurance claims through the roof

Partly triggered by recent flood damage and an increase in road accidents, claims filed with the six general insurance companies in Cambodia spiked more than 160 per cent in the nine months through to September compared with the same time last year, the latest data ...

Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insurance-claims-through-roof

Cambodia’s tourism soars

Cambodia’s tourist arrivals registered a 16.9% growth in September according to the country’s statistics and tourist Information department. The country attracted 283,787 visits compared to 242,747 during the same month in 2012. Released by the Ministry of Tourism, late last week, data showed the percentage ...

Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2013/11/cambodias-tourism-soars/

Phnom Penh Port Says City Center Ban on Trucks Hurting Exports

The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port has requested that City Hall reduce the length of its daily ban forbidding container trucks from traveling on Phnom Penh roads between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. because cargo is unable to reach the port, resulting in a decrease in ...

Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-port-says-city-center-ban-on-trucks-hurting-exports-46759/

Next year fine for helmet penalties

Road-safety advocates will likely continue banging their heads against the walls as police in Cambodia wait until early next year to enforce a new traffic law relating to helmets. fines under a yet-to-be passed law will charge drivers and passengers $3.75, about five times the previous ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/next-year-fine-helmet-penalties

Butterly bridge to fly over to Island

Diamond Island may see another new concrete bridge, this time in the form of a butterfly. The proposed 100-metre long bridge from Phnom Penh to Diamond Island would be similar in height to the current Rainbow Bridge, Touch Samnang, a project manager of developer OCIC, said. No ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/butterly-bridge-fly-over-island

Cargo shipments up 16 pct

The volume of cargo shipments going through the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), the biggest deep-water port in Cambodia, saw a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in the first nine months of this year, data released by the port on Friday show. About 2.27 million tonnes of ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cargo-shipments-16-pct

Construction Set to Resume at CamKo City

Construction on Phnom Penh’s CamKo City project will resume after a year’s suspension following a fraud scandal that left its original financial backer bankrupt, an official at the Ministry of Land Management said Wednesday. CamKo City, located in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district, was halted ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/construction-set-to-resume-at-camko-city-45747/

CNRP Assured of No Roadblocks During Demonstration

Opposition CNRP lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua last night emerged from a meeting with Phnom Penh City Hall representatives proclaiming that she had the assurance of the Municipal police chief that there would be no roadblocks in or around Phnom Penh during the opposition’s three-day demonstration starting ...

Khuon Narim and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-assured-of-no-roadblocks-during-demonstration-45698/

Cambodia's city port sees 20 pct rise in shipment in 9 months

Cargo shipment entering and leaving Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port increased by 20 percent in the first nine months of 2013 thanks to growing business activities, according to port’s data released on Saturday. During the January-September period this year, the kingdom’s second largest port ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/818818.shtml#.UmSot_nTxe8

PAL vows to pursue Cambodia airline deal with local tycoon

Philippine Airlines continues to pursue talks to form a new Cambodian flag carrier with local telecommunications, banking and property tycoon Kith Meng despite missing a deadline to close the deal for a second time this week, its top executive said. PAL president Ramon S. Ang said ...

Business Inquirer Net News Staff
http://business.inquirer.net/148155/pal-vows-to-pursue-cambodia-airline-deal-with-local-tycoon

New highway to run through Boeung Tompong

A new highway that is being built is expected to not only reduce traffic jams, but to also open up a large area for real estate development. The new highway, called Samdech Techo Hun Sen Blvd, runs from the intersection of Road 271 and Monivong Blvd ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/new-highway-run-through-boeung-tompong

Opposition Asks ADB To Suspend Funding to Cambodia

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has asked the Asian Development Bank to suspend funding to Cambodia, whose government he says was not formed legally following the July elections. In a letter to ADB President Takehiko Nakao, Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said the ...

Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-asks-adb-to-suspend-funding-to-cambodia/1766436.html

Court Hears Garment Heist Case Involving Port Workers

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday heard the case of two port workers and a military police officer charged with stealing more than 8,000 articles of clothing from a shipping container while it was being driven to the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port. The three suspects—Sorn ...

Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-hears-garment-heist%E2%80%88case-involving-port-workers-44718/

At the Neak Leung Ferry Terminal, Bribes Pay the Way

Every year, tens of thousands of people cross the Mekong River from Kandal to Prey Veng province to celebrate the Pchum Ben festival with their families. For some, queuing at the Neak Leung ferry terminal breathing in the exhaust fumes of thousands of vehicles can ...

Matt Blomberg and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-the-neak-leung-ferry-terminal-bribes-pay-the-way-44330/

Lao Airlines set to resume flights to Phnom Penh

After a five-year break, Lao Airlines will revive the Phnom Penh-Vientiane route with direct flights three times a week starting in November, the company’s representative said yesterday. Ek Narun, assistant to the general manager of Lao Airlines in Phnom Penh, said tickets will be available for ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lao-airlines-set-resume-flights-phnom-penh

Cambodia's national airline launches daily flights to China's Guangzhou City

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — National flag carrier, Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) began regular flights to Guangzhou City in China’s Guangdong province on Thursday, aiming at attracting more Chinese travelers to Cambodia, a company’s senior official said. China is the third largest source ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-09/26/c_132752788.htm

PAL expects Cambodia Air deal to push through

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) expects no more delays in the completion of the deal with Royal Group of Cambodia (RCG) to form Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd. Yes, it should be done,” said PAL President Ramon Ang in a text message, when asked if the ...

Lenie Lectura
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/09/26/13/pal-expects-cambodia-air-deal-push-through

Philippine Airlines plans to add routes to Cambodia

Philippine Airlines plans to launch flights between the Philippines and Cambodia, according to an aviation official. The move would break the monopoly of domestic competitor Cebu Pacific Air, which started flying the route in April last year. Aviation authorities in the Philippines sent a letter to ...

Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/philippine-airlines-plans-add-routes-cambodia

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