Urban administration and development

Police in Siem Reap City on Thursday questioned a traffic police officer over an incident on Tuesday in which the son-in-law of the Siem Reap provincial prison director allegedly punched the woman in the arm and threatened to run her over after she pulled him ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off a sub-degree for penalties on those who commit the road offenses such as speeding and drunk driving. ...

A group of Phnom Penh families from a flood-prone community living along the city’s abandoned railroad tracks managed to secure the last $2,250 they need to build their own drainage system after protesting outside the Russei Keo district governor’s office Wednesday. ...

Record-breaking rains flooded Phnom Penh during a two-day storm, prompting City Hall to ask residents to be “understanding” yesterday. ...

The storm that swept through Phnom Penh on Saturday evening resulted in the city’s highest rainfall on record, the municipal government said in a statement posted to its Facebook page Sunday. ...

Residents of the Phnom Penh suburb of Ta Ngov have reached a verbal agreement with the Chbar Ampov district government to make room for the expansion of a road along Barang Canal. ...

District authorities have again moved to quash long-running rumours that residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building will be evicted to make way for development. ...

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. ...

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. ...

During a time when skyscrapers are emerging one after another in the capital of Cambodia, the Overseas Cambodia Investment Company (OCIC) is commencing the development of a 60-storey building and several high-rises to its’ Olympia City project. ...

Demand for driving lessons is growing along with car ownership in Cambodia. ...

Implementation of the new Land Traffic Law that was passed in December will officially begin on January 1, an official said Monday, with police focusing on the leading causes of traffic accidents, starting with speeding. ...

Mortgage rates are set to continue their decline, driven by strong bank competition, say banks and home lending experts.  ...

About 500 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Phsar Doeum Kor market on Wednesday gathered at City Hall to protest plans to demolish and rebuild the wholesale hub, worried that they will lose their stalls and be forced to purchase new ones. ...

At midnight in some parts of Phnom Penh, the party is just getting started.But on Monday, City Hall said it was considering ordering all businesses that serve alcohol to close their doors by 12 a.m. to reduce fatal traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers. ...

Every year since 2007, the Phnom Penh government has sent letters to residents of the iconic White Building warning that it is unsafe and urging them to move out. Every year, most of the 547 families packed into the aging apartment complex choose to stay.  ...

A pilot project to create the first-ever mechanical toll-parking system in the Cambodian capital has sparked concern among the city’s freelance parking attendants, who eke out a living on the tips they receive from helping drivers find space to park their car. ...

Phnom Penh authorities have issued a notice to evict residents of a run-down historical building in the middle of the city. ...

Every day Dr. Chhor Nareth treats injuries caused by the anarchy on Cambodia’s roads, where few drivers wear helmets, traffic lights are routinely ignored, and driving on the wrong side of the road is common. He has worked in the emergency Intensive Care Unit at ...

Cambodian national police have begun installing closed-circuit TV cameras at traffic lights, in hopes of better enforcing traffic laws and to assist authorities in solving crimes. ...

Life as a street vendor begins as early as 4 o’clock every morning. As soon as dawn breaks, business hours begin for vendors in Kilometer 4 Market. ...

Residents of Phnom Penh’s historic White Building have been warned by local authorities that DIY repairs and jam-packed apartments could be putting the iconic structure at risk.A letter signed by Tonle Bassac commune chief Khat Narith, which was signed on July 1 but distributed among ...

Chinese police began installing surveillance cameras on the streets of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, following a donation from Beijing to assist authorities in monitoring crime and traffic in the capital, an official said Wednesday. ...

The government has finished drafting a sub-decree that lays out the fines that will be levied against violators of the country’s new Land Traffic Law, officials said Tuesday. ...