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Long-Awaited Phnom Penh Bus Service Begins One-Month Trial
A fleet of 10 municipal buses was set to roll out early this morning, commencing a one-month public bus service trial along a single route on Monivong Boulevard. If successful, the bus route will mark the first step in establishing a long-overdue public transit system to ...
Simon Henderson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/long-awaited-phnom-penh-bus-service-begins-one-month-trial-51446/
National Rail Project on Hold ‘Indefinitely’
Work on a $143 million donor project to renovate the country’s creaking railway system, which is already over budget and years behind schedule, is now indefinitely postponed due to a lack of funds, with more than 300 km of rail still to be laid, a ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-rail-project-on-hold-indefinitely-51323/
Life as Living Nightmare Along National Route 6a
Two years after Prime Minister Hun Sen broke ground on a Chinese-funded project to widen National Road 6a in order to expand its capacity as a major trade and tourism thoroughfare, life for the tens of thousands of families living along the 50-km stretch of ...
Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/life-as-living-nightmare-along-national-route-6a-51156/
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded Senate buildings
The Cambodian Senate on Monday inaugurated three office buildings, which were constructed under the Chinese grant aid of 7.7 million U.S. dollars. The inauguration was presided over by Say Chhum, Acting- President of the Cambodian Senate, and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo, and was attended ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-01/20/c_133058978.htm
Hun Sen: Minimum wage of workers cannot be increased to USD160
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said it would be impossible to double the garment workers from USD 80 to USD 160 even though he wish to see them to have better life. “Which leaders and Prime Ministers don’t want to see their peoples have good ...
Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=M2EzNmZiZGVkNjA#sthash.0G8ytVha.dpuf
Road Safety Hit by Suspension of Law Enforcement
The continuing suspension of traffic-law enforcement by traffic police since the run-up to July’s national election has had a detrimental effect on road safety practices, a senior Ministry of Interior official admitted Tuesday. Road safety groups have already expressed concern that the decision to halt enforcement ...
Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/road-safety-hit-by-suspension-of-law-enforcement-50592/
Cambodia considering development of expressway to serve growing economy
Cambodia is considering the development of an expressway network to meet the need for the country’s growing economy, Minister of Public Works and Transport Tram Iv Tek said here Wednesday. The minister said many Asian countries, including neighboring Vietnam and Thailand, have formulated their national ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-01/08/c_133029001.htm
Second Chroy Changva Bridge Construction to be finished by late 2014
The Construction of Second Chroy Changva Bridge, which is funded by Chin’s loan, is expected to be finished by the end of 2014, reducing the heavy traffic on the current Chroy Changva Bridge, said a government official. The construction project costs USD 27.5 millions and ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MGI3MGVlYTAwYTY
Hun Sen, Tan Dung Sign 9 Agreements During Vietnam State Visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday signed off on nine wide-ranging deals with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung during a state visit that ends Saturday, including arrangements to tighten media, public security and trade cooperation, according to Cambodian and Vietnamese state media. Cambodian state news ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-tan-dung-sign-9-agreements-during-vietnam-state-visit-49735/
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
Air Pollution—The Latest Threat to Angkor Park
Air pollution from vehicles and electric generators inside the Angkor Archeological Park and in Siem Reap City is soiling and darkening the monuments at the World Heritage Site, an official at the Apsara Authority, which is responsible for the park, said Friday. Options to decrease ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/air-pollution-the-latest-threat-to-angkor-park-48814/
Students in safety protest
More than 500 students and teachers from two high schools in Banteay Meanchey province’s Sisophon district took to the streets on Friday demanding better safety around schools after a truck crashed into a rice mill near one of the schools, injuring a man. The students and ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-safety-protest
Capital to launch trial bus route
Phnom Penh commuters fed up with navigating the city’s increasingly busy streets will have a chance to test a new public bus service beginning in February. Phnom Penh Municipality spokesman Long Dimanche yesterday confirmed a one-month trial of a bus service along a 7.5-kilometre route running ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-launch-trial-bus-route
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/
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
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/
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
Barriers block streets, customers
Security barricades and razor-wire installations set up around Phnom Penh yesterday were supposed to maintain order as the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party kicked off what it promised to be three days of mass protests. But the show of force and control had more of an ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/barriers-block-streets-customers
‘Master Plan’ Drawn for Phnom Penh Public Transport System
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) met with Phnom Penh municipal authorities last month to present the first stage of a “master plan” for the construction of a much-needed public transport system for the capital. Masato Koto, chief of mission for JICA’s transportation planning group in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/master-plan-drawn-for-phnom-penh-public-transport-system-32712/
Construction Begins to Repair Phnom Penh’s Destroyed Street 63
Workers with heavy machinery began repairing Phnom Penh’s busy Street 63 on Thursday in order to get rid of the potholes and cracked concrete that has turned the street into a divot-ridden, water-logged throughway since new pipes were laid six months ago. The Japanese International Cooperation ...
Japanese Funder Blames City Hall
Japan’s aid arm, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which is funding a drainage project along Phnom Penh’s Street 63, said yesterday that while it was true sections of the busy road remained in a deplorable condition, responsibility lay with City Hall. “This is [a] ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japanese-funder-blames-streets-ruin-on-city-hall-29321/
Worse than Potholes, Street 63 Roadwork Hurts City’s Image
Skyscrapers, supermarkets and high-end clothing stores along Sihanouk Boulevard may reflect the increasingly affluent side of Phnom Penh, but turning down busy Street 63 toward Central Market the scene is more warzone than Asean capital, with air thick with dust and the road peppered with ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/worse-than-potholes-street-63-roadwork-hurts-citys-image-28799/