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Vendors want market to be restored as it was

More than 100 vendors in Stung Treng yesterday expressed concern that the location of their stalls would change after the town’s fire-damaged market is rebuilt by provincial authorities.   ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-want-market-be-restored-it-was

Malaysia’s Zhulian to tap Cambodian market

Malaysia-listed Zhulian Corp Bhd plans to expand its diversified Multilevel Marketing  (MLM) business into Cambodia and Laos to tap the strong potential of both countries, media reports said yesterday.    ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24199/malaysia---s-zhulian-to-tap-cambodian-market/

Malaysia’s giant opens first Cambodia supermarket

Malaysia-based retailer Giant, one of the largest players in Asia, has launched its first store in Cambodia, opening in Phnom Penh’s Grand City Mall as part of a major expansion into the Kingdom. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24085/malaysia---s-giant-opens-first-cambodia-supermarket/

UN agency to give $36 million for rural market access

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide $36 million to the Commerce Ministry to help improve market access for poor farmers and small entrepreneurs. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24087/un-agency-to-give--36-million-for-rural-market-access/

Cause of market fire found as rebuild starts

The reconstruction of the Stung Treng market, which was destroyed in a massive fire that was sparked in a jewelry shop on April 7, started yesterday, according to provincial officials. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23974/cause-of-market-fire-found-as-rebuild-starts/

Authorities clear furniture from Sihanoukville beach—again

Outdoor tables and chairs belonging to bars and restaurants on Sihanoukville’s Serendipity Beach were removed by local authorities on Tuesday as part of a campaign to beautify the city’s beaches by ridding them of illegal commercial activity, an official said on Wednesday. ...

Peter Ford and Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/authorities-clear-furniture-from-sihanoukville-beach-again-111301/

100,000 litres of bottled water going across the border to Cambodia every day

A severe water shortage is being blamed for the water travelling across from Rong Klua market to Poi Pet, reports Thairath.   ...

Thai Visa News Team
http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/100000-litres-of-bottled-water-going-across-the-border-to-cambodia-every-day/138199/

Beachfront evictions begin in Sihanoukville

Authorities in Sihanoukville followed through with their long-threatened eviction of vendors from the end of the popular O’Chheuteal beach on Saturday afternoon, demolishing nearly 100 structures along the 2 km strip known locally as Ariston.   ...

Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront-evictions-begin-in-sihanoukville-111101/

Booming middle class fueling mall construction

The rising incomes of Cambodians and the growing middle class as the Kingdom enters lower-middle income status is leading to a new trend in consumer spending, which in turn is fuelling a boom in the construction of malls to cater to changing lifestyles and the ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23337/booming-middle-class-fueling-mall-construction/

Companies making gains in trademark protection

The Commerce Ministry has received more than 5,000 applications from companies to register their trademark in the first three months of this year – the same as for all of last year – a senior ministry official said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23231/companies-making-gains-in-trademark-protection/

Gold, Riel not affected by dollar fluctuations

With global oil prices down and a devalued United States dollar, the price of gold has remained stable and has risen slightly while trade at gold shops has been steady, a gold shop owner said yesterday. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23066/gold--riel-not-affected-by-dollar-fluctuations/

Vehicle sales increasing, both new and old

The market for new cars in steadily increasing in the Kingdom, with more dealers and representatives setting up outlets, while the sale of used vehicles is also on the rise. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23065/vehicle-sales-increasing--both-new-and-old/

Evictions signal coastal development dilemma

With the threat of eviction hanging over businesses on Sihanoukville’s O’Chheuteal and O’Tres beaches, land rights advocates congregated in Phnom Penh this week to give voice to thousands of families locked in land disputes with powerful firms turning swaths of coastline into tourism destinations. ...

Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/evictions-signal-coastal-development-dilemma-110279/

Beachfront evictions to begin in Sihanoukville next week

The eviction of businesses along Sihanoukville’s popular O’Chheuteal Beach will begin as early as Monday, after the provincial governor returns from a trip abroad, an official said on Thursday. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront_evictions_to_begin-110076/

Preah Sihanouk officials meet over beach compensation plan

Preah Sihanouk provincial officials met on Monday to discuss an order from the national government to provide compensation for a number of families living and running businesses on O’Chheuteal Beach in Sihanoukville who are facing the threat of eviction. ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-sihanouk-officials-meet-over-beach-compensation-plan-109907/

As deadline passes, O’tres beach businesses fight on

Although an eviction deadline passed on Sunday for guesthouses, restaurants and bars along Sihanoukville’s popular O’Tres Beach, less than half of the businesses had left as of the evening, with others seeking to negotiate a deal with authorities that would allow them to stay. ...

Kang Sothear and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-deadline-passes-beach-businesses-fight-on-109828/

Knock-offs find a new home

The province of Banteay Meanchey will build a new market for vendors displaced from the Long Keur market on the Thai side of the Poipet border, a provincial official said yesterday, adding that vendors will be allowed to continue selling their counterfeit goods at the ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/knock-offs-find-new-home

Sihanoukville beach vendors asked to vacate shore

Vendors located along two of Sihanoukville’s most prominent beaches – Otres and Ochheuteal – have until March 13 to relocate, city governor Y Sokleng said yesterday. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-beach-vendors-asked-vacate-shore

Beachfront business owners protest impending eviction

Following an order from the government this week for businesses on O’Tres and O’Chheuteal beaches to shut down, about 100 protesters in Phnom Penh on Thursday called for the decision to be overturned. ...

Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront-business-owners-protest-impending-eviction-108704/

Alchemy adds more Cambodia business

Singapore head quartered creative agency Alchemy has been appointed as the digital marketing agency for Total Cambodge in Cambodia. The win will see Alchemy driving the overall digital communication planning, creative and production for the brand. ...

Maeketing Interactive Team
http://www.marketing-interactive.com/alchemy-grows-cambodia-office-client-roster/

Sihanoukville businesses want beach ban revoked

Dozens of businesses from Sihanoukville’s Otres beach will deliver a letter to the National Assembly today seeking intervention on a government order to vacate the beach or be forcibly evicted. X Otres BeachX Yun Min ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-businesses-want-beach-ban-revoked

Sihanoukville beach businesses given a month to move out

All bars, restaurants and guesthouses along O’Tres Beach near Sihanoukville, and some on neighboring O’Chheuteal Beach, must close up shop within a month or face forced eviction, local officials confirmed on Tuesday. ...

Sek Odom and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-beach-businesses-given-a-month-to-move-out-108604/

City hall pulls plug on market fee collector

Phnom Penh City Hall plans to replace the controversial contractor in charge of collecting parking and stall fees from markets around the city, according to a letter from the Council of Ministers posted on social media yesterday. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-pulls-plug-market-fee-collector

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