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For many, alcohol has become a ‘communication’ tool
Alcohol consumption in Cambodia is high enough that authorities are now drafting legislation for a drinking age. But as the country and its economy develop, many here say it has become an essential part of their social—and professional—lives. ...
Pang Chamnan
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-many-alcholol-has-become-a-communication-tool/2880192.html
Gov’t to finish Northern rail line in 2016
The government has set aside some $33 million to finish rebuilding Cambodia’s northern rail line by late next year, according to the Transportation Ministry, reanimating a long-delayed and over-budget project that had been one of the Asian Development Bank’s priorities in the country. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-finish-northern-rail-line-in-2016-89463/
Cambodia's construction sector attracts 808 mln USD investment in H1
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction had granted licenses to 915 construction projects with a total investment of 808 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2015, an official said Thursday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13599/cambodia-s-construction-sector-attracts-808-mln-usd-investment-in-h1/
Ministry awards sand dredging lots to 3 firms
The Mines and Energy Ministry on Thursday announced the winners of its public auction to award four sand dredging licenses along a stretch of the Mekong River where there is a buildup of silt. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-awards-sand-dredging-lots-to-3-firms-89313/
Judicial officials to access Chinese schools
A deal signed Thursday with the China Law Society will give Justice Ministry officials access to scholarships at Chinese universities and see Beijing fund the construction of a legal research center in Cambodia, ministry spokesman Chin Malin said. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/judicial-officials-to-access-chinese-schools-89317/
Capitol tours bus company, 5 drivers remain deadlocked
Following a meeting at the Labor Ministry’s conflict resolution department Thursday, the Capitol Tours bus company and five of its drivers—who claim they were fired for attempting to organize a union—remained deadlocked over their reinstatement. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/capitol-tours-bus-company-5-drivers-remain-deadlocked-89321/
Warning for illegal MFIs
The governor of the National Bank of Cambodia hit out at unlicensed microfinance institutions or lenders, who he said were the reason why interest rates in the sector were high, despite interest rates falling among registered lenders. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/warning-illegal-mfis
Students lag amid ‘lost hours’: report
Each year, more than a quarter of possible teaching hours are lost at the primary school level – the equivalent of 50.5 school days – due to teacher absences, missing class hours and the high number of school holidays, a report released yesterday found. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-lag-amid-lost-hours-report
PM hosts mass meeting of armed forces
Some 5,000 security personnel were called to the headquarters of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit in Kandal province on Thursday, where the premier said they must protect Cambodia’s territorial integrity, according to a number of officials in attendance. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-hosts-mass-meeting-of-armed-forces-89310/
For disabled, few opportunities and little sympathy
For more than 30 years, Svay Simorn, a social worker in Phnom Penh, has cared for her daughter and grandson, both of whom are mentally disabled. Over time, she has experienced discrimination and isolation. ...
Oum Sonita
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-disabled-few-opportunities-and-little-sympathy/2873543.html
“we can’t be rich among millions of poor”
Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol warned students at the elite Royal School of Administration on Tuesday: “We cannot live on a rich island in the middle of a poor ocean.” ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13548/---we-can---t-be-rich-among-millions-of-poor---/
Minister helps open controversial tycoon’s new rubber farm
Environment Minister Say Sam Al was in Preah Vihear province on Sunday to help inaugurate Try Pheap’s newest project, a $52-million rubber plantation and additional facilities that the timber magnate has cleared thousands of hectares of protected forest to build. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-helps-open-controversial-tycoons-new-rubber-farm-88896/
VN fishermen arrested in Koh Kong, deported
In their continuing effort to stop illegal fishing in Cambodian waters, the Kingdom’s Immigration Police impounded 11 Vietnamese fishing boats last week caught in Cambodian territorial waters off Koh Kong province and ordered their 39 crew members deported. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13462/vn-fishermen-arrested-in-koh-kong--deported/
Cambodia grants work cards to 25,000 foreigners in six months
Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor granted about 25,000 work permits to foreigners in the first six months of 2015, about 5,000 more than the total of last year, a local newspaper reported Friday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6617771/2015/07/17/cambodia-grants-work-cards-25000-foreigners-six-months
Governor holds meeting on helping homeless
Ahead of a visit to the Prey Speu social affairs center Friday, Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Wednesday urged NGOs to get homeless people off the streets and into safe environments where they can turn their lives around, according to a post on City ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-holds-meeting-on-helping-homeless-88711/
Gov’t grants funding for special olympic team
The Cambodian government has granted $20,000 to the national Special Olympics team, for travel and competition at this year’s games in Los Angeles later this month. ...
Socheata Hean
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/govt-grants-funding-for-special-olympic-team/2865153.html
Cambodia keeps tabs on trade
Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism has awarded star-ratings to 26 hotels according to information reported in the ministry’s latest update on registration in the hospitality and travel sectors. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/07/cambodia-keeps-tabs-on-trade/
Gaming tax revenue up 20% in first 6 months
Gaming tax revenue reached $12 million in the first six months of the year, a 20 percent increase over the first half of 2014, due to a greater number of Thai nationals crossing into Cambodia to gamble, a Finance Ministry official said Wednesday. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months-88562/
Drug rehabs offer more harm than help
When police brought Manly to his room in the Mundoul Orkas Knhom drug rehab center outside Phnom Penh, he saw blood on the wall. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13342//
Government releases draft law on food safety
The Commerce Ministry on Wednesday released a draft of the country’s first food law, which establishes a Food Safety Authority charged with protecting domestic consumers and ensuring that exports meet international standards. ...
Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-releases-draft-law-on-food-safety-88533/
Surge in electricity bills sparks confusion
Confused citizens in coastal communities like Kampot and Sihanoukville are complaining about surging electricity bills, which they say are not linked to higher usage or even rises in per unit cost. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13327/surge-in-electricity-bills-sparks-confusion/
More than 7,000 pass Korean language test
The results of a Korean proficiency test for would-be migrant workers were released Wednesday, with more than 7,000 Cambodians qualifying as prospective laborers in South Korea’s agriculture, manufacturing and construction sectors, according to officials. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-7000-pass-korean-language-test-88560/
Vietnam, Cambodia to increase cooperation in border control
Vietnamese and Cambodian officials have pledged to resolve border issues between their two countries on the basis of friendship and respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. ...
Tuoitrenews News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/29238/vietnam-cambodia-to-increase-cooperation-in-border-control
Chinese corners opened in Cambodia to boost language learning
The Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia on Tuesday launched Chinese Corners at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts. ...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.ecns.cn/2015/07-15/173177.shtml