Economy and commerce

Gov’t to meet recruitment firms over migrants

Labor Ministry officials are set to meet today with about 40 local recruitment agencies to talk about formalizing the procedure for sending migrant workers to Thailand, an agency director said. The meeting will focus on how the agencies can help migrants obtain work permits and other ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-meet-recruitment-firms-over-migrants-62202/

Gambling on change

The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change

Six unions call for pay, acquittals

Union leaders made another appeal for the Cambodian government to raise the minimum wage to $160 and rescind convictions of 25 workers arrested during deadly demonstrations in November and January. ...

Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-unions-call-pay-acquittals

Nine karaoke parlors closed after clash

Nine karaoke parlors in Pur Senchey district were closed indefinitely Monday after an early morning clash between employees of the clubs, district governor Hem Darith said. Mr. Darith said a large group of men working for the different clubs got into a violent scuffle using rocks, ...

Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nine-karaoke-parlors-closed-after-clash-62227/

Half-year protest shutters factory

A six-month protest over unpaid bonuses has seen production at a Por Sen Chey district box factory grind to a halt over the past four days, with more than 200 former employees blocking gates and preventing shipments. Former employees at Harta Packaging Industries began barricading gates ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/half-year-protest-shutters-factory

Aid, Aeon on agenda for Japan

The Japanese government will offer more than $21 million in grant aid and loans to Cambodia when Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida visits later this month, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the statement, Kishida will ink a number of ...

Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aid-aeon-agenda-japan

Company launches energy-efficient light program

A South Korean company on Monday completed a $100,000 energy-efficient street light initiative in Pursat province, and said it will now invest $100 million to construct a factory to manufacture the lights, officials said. The Global Digital Media Group Co. Ltd. installed 200 light-emitting diode (LED) ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-china-policy-stymies-citizenship-scam-62210/

South Korean bank buys local MFI

South Korea-based Woori Bank has purchased Cambodian microfinance institution Malis Finance for $4.9 million. Hun Soopheak, general manager of Malis Finance, said the deal was finalised two weeks ago; however, the firm is still awaiting approval from Cambodian regulators. ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-bank-buys-local-mfi

UN visits evictees, site of $3.8B tourism project

About 50 families gathered under a timber roof here Sunday among muddy fields granted to them as compensation after China’s Union Development Group (UDG) began to turn their coastal homeland into a $3.8-billion tourist mecca. The families, who now live in timber houses dotting the barren ...

Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-visits-evictees-site-of-3-8b-tourism-project-62081/

Surin Chamber of Commerce: Thai-Cambodia border trade surges

The Surin Chamber of Commerce has revealed that border trade between Thailand and Cambodia has risen since the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) launched a number of measures on politics, the economy, society, and security. ...

National News Bureau of Thailand
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNECO5706220010004

Workers block gates, burn tires at Japanese-owned box factory

About 80 workers protesting against a Japanese factory in Phnom Penh that produces cardboard boxes blocked the gates Friday after managers refused to hold a meeting with employees. Workers burned tires in front of the Harta Packaging factory, which they have been protesting against since February, ...

Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-block-gates-burn-tires-at-japanese-owned-box-factory-62067/

New business registrations in Cambodia rise 55 pct in 5 months

Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it has granted operating licenses to 1,676 new firms in the first five months of 2014, up 55 percent as compared with the 1,084 companies for the same period last year. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-06/20/c_133424091.htm

On the World Cup clock

It’s day seven of the FIFA World Cup, and the night staff at Phnom Penh’s popular Score Sports Bar and Grill are looking a bit sleep-deprived. Score is paying its staff “very well” in extra wages during the World Cup for the long nights they ...

Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-cup-clock

Chinese firm acquires large stake in Kampot $100m cement factory

Chinese firm Huaxin Cement Co has purchased a 40 per cent stake in Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory Co, a cement-making factory currently under construction in Kampot province. Huaxin’s $24 million investment Cambodia Cement lifted the local factory’s working capital to $60 million, up from $32 ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-acquires-large-stake-kampot-100m-cement-factory

Will the World Cup hurt productivity?

Once every four years, when the FIFA World Cup rolls around, business surveys and studies are inevitably released telling us that all those hours spent watching football, thinking about football and talking about football have a tangible effect on the global economy. During the 2010 World ...

Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/will-world-cup-hurt-productivity

Slow start for GTI as public firm

Grand Twins International (GTI) ended trading yesterday with a slight decline. The newly listed company was changing hands at 9,480 riel ($2.36) per share at the 1pm close, down from 9,640 riel ($2.40) at the morning’s opening. ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-start-gti-public-firm

Woori to buy Cambodian microfinance institution

Woori Bank has decided to acquire Cambodia’s microfinance institution Malis Finance for 5 billion won ($4.9 million) to accelerate its global expansion. The Financial Services Commission approved Woori Bank’s acquisition of Malis on Wednesday, according to bank officials. ...

Suk Gee-hyun
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140619000883

Cambodian, Thai companies ink deal to build 50 mln USD rice mill

Cambodia’s Soma Group and Thailand’s C.P. Intertrade on Thursday signed a joint-venture agreement to build a sophisticated rice milling and refining factory in the western Kampong Speu province of Cambodia. The deal was inked between Sok Puthyvuth, chief executive officer of Soma Group, and Prasit Damrongchietanon, ...

Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=225245

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