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Labor shortage hits coastal SEZ

Preah Sihanouk province’s special economic zone (SEZ) does not have enough workers to keep its manufacturing plants and services running at full capacity, officials said.​ ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21963/labor-shortage-hits-coastal-sez/

Korean firm plans JV expressway to Sihanoukville

Cambodia’s Global CAM Project Development Plc on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea’s Green Eco Energy Co. Ltd. to build a high-speed expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, executives from the two firms said. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18056/korean-firm-plans-jv-expressway-to-sihanoukville/

Sihanoukville gets a wake up call

Sihanoukville has long been a part of the government’s plan to develop the Southern coast as Cambodia’s next tourism hotspot after Siem Reap, and if recent arrival numbers are anything to go by it seems to be growing in appeal. However, as new property developers ...

George Styllis
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-gets-wake-call

Interior official calls for eviction suspension

The Interior Ministry has issued a letter calling for the removal of vendors at Ochheuteal Beach near Sihanoukville to be suspended, though it is unknown whether the incoming provincial governor will adhere to the call. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-official-calls-eviction-suspension

Sihanoukville beach vendors ordered to move

Authorities in Sihanoukville have ordered 26 vendors on O’chheuteal Beach to move their stalls away from the popular stretch of sand by Saturday next week in the interest of “aesthetic beauty” or face eviction. ...

Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-ordered-to-move-90207/

Preah Sihanouk at center of new industrial plan

The Council of Ministers released a new policy on Friday aimed at boosting Cambodia’s industrial development beyond the garment and food sectors, placing Preah Sihanouk province at the center of plans to modernize the country’s economy. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-sihanouk-at-center-of-new-industrial-plan-79255/

Sihanoukville construction sites scaled back

Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Chhit Sokhon ordered three construction sites near Sihanoukville’s O’Tres Beach to scale back their projects on Friday after the owners overstepped building limitations, officials said Sunday. Mr. Sokhon ordered three construction sites along the O’Tres stream, an inlet that stretches about 2 ...

Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-construction-sites-scaled-back-67371/

Cambodian airports to double capacity

Expansion plans will double passenger capacity at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports in Cambodia, according to a local aviation official. The project will expand parking areas, terminals and all facilities at the two international airports, Khek Norinda, communications director for Cambodia Airports, said. ...

Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/396752/cambodia-airports-to-double-passenger-capacity

Cambodia's 2nd largest port reports 16 pct rise in shipments last year

Cargo shipments entering and leaving Cambodia through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port rose by 16 percent in 2013 thanks to better economic situation, according to a port’s data on Friday. The kingdom’s 2nd largest port received 110,500 twenty-foot-equivalent units, or TEUs (standard-sized containers), last year, up ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/839204.shtml#.UuYAYRD-LIU

Cambodia’s tourism anchored to Angkor

More than 90% of tourists visiting Cambodia will end up at Siem Reap’s world heritage site Angkor Wat, despite efforts to open other areas of the country to tourism. Officials attending the Asean Tourism Forum admitted that efforts to convince tour operators to include trips to ...

TTR Weekly News Staff
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/01/cambodias-tourism-anchored-to-angkor/

The Sihanoukville option

As property prices in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap continue to push upwards, many investors are quickly being priced out of these first-tier markets. Looking at second-tier cities around the Kingdom, Sihanoukville in particular stands out as an investment destination worth serious consideration. Named after the ...

Chris Horton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-option

Tourists flock to beaches, temples

While the streets of Phnom Penh were quiet this holiday period after the Water Festival was cancelled, numbers swelled in the provinces as tourists flocked to Cambodia’s temples and beaches, provincial officials said yesterday. Chhoeuy Chhorn, director of the Siem Reap Provincial Tourism Department, said Angkor ...

Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tourists-flock-beaches-temples

Ningbo Thermal to Establish JV in Cambodia

Ningbo Thermal Power (shse:600982) will invest less than USD 16.67 million in building a thermal power arm to develop a heat and power cogeneration project in Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ), Cambodia. The joint venture will be responsible for building the heat and power cogeneration ...

Menafn.Com News Staff
http://www.menafn.com/7e447384-ee07-4dd1-b250-d464da6e40c1/Ningbo-Thermal-to-Establish-JV-in-Cambodia?src=main

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

Chinese hospital ship arrives in Cambodia for goodwill visit

Chinese hospital ship “Peace Ark” arrived at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port on Tuesday as part of its overseas voyage to further enhance China- Cambodia ties and to provide medical services to local residents. The ship’s visit was to provide medical service to local people and ...

CCTV News Staff
http://english.cntv.cn/20130924/104726.shtml

Travel Restrictions in Cambodian Province Ahead of Mass Protest

Authorities in Cambodia have imposed unusual travel restrictions in a southeastern province ahead of a planned opposition mass protest against election results this weekend, residents and non-governmental groups said Tuesday, criticizing the move as a violation of freedom of movement. Some of them suspect that the ...

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/travel-09032013234418.html

Rail gets rice exports on move

For the first time since a railway rehabilitation project was launched in 2006, Cambodian rice is now being transported from Phnom Penh to the Sihanoukville port along the country’s southern line for export, operators Toll said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Phnom Penh cargo loading station, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rail-gets-rice-exports-move

Cambodia’s bourse sees record low volume

In the frenzied run-up to the national election Sunday, Phnom Penh has been the site of concerts, rallies and streets packed with campaigners. But the energy hasn’t spread to the halls of the Cambodia Securities Exchange. At the close of trading Tuesday, five business days had ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-bourse-sees-record-low-volume

Trading Floor Silent Two Years After CSX Launch

It is almost two years to the day since Cambodia’s stock market launched in Phnom Penh in front of proud government officials, senior financiers and eager investors from across the region. Initial expectations were that a total of three state-owned firms would be listed within six ...

Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trading-floor-silent-two-years-after-csx-launch-35211/

Sihanoukville to be the site of first marina

Russian sailor Andrey Mantula plans to build what he is calling Cambodia’s first marina off the beaches of Preah Sihanouk province. Mantula, who has lived in Cambodia for one year, is heading up the project. He expects construction to start on October 1 of this year. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070366628/Business/sihanoukville-to-be-the-site-of-first-marina.html

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