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Global road safety ambassador encourages Cambodian passengers to use helmet
Actress and Global Road Safety Ambassador Michelle Yeoh joined Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng to donate 6,652 helmets to students and teachers here on Tuesday, encouraging passengers to wear helmets while traveling on motorcycles. Yeoh also instructed students on the proper use of helmets and ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=257486
Road accidents kill over 2,000 killed in 11 months
At least 2,148 people were killed in almost 11 months to November in road accidents across the country, according to a report of General Commissariat of National Police on Wednesday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/road-accidents-kill-over-2000-killed-in-11-months-7734
Cargo shipments via Cambodia’s 2 largest ports continue to grow in 10 months
The Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Cambodia’s largest shipping facility, reported a 14 percent increase in cargo shipments in the first ten months of 2014. The sea port received 2.84 million tonnes of goods during the January-October period this year, up 14 percent compared to the same period ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
http://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/cargo-shipments-via-cambodias-2-largest-ports-continue-to-grow-in-10-months/
Cambodia gets 18-mln-USD ADB loan for ferry terminal development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an 18-million-U.S. dollars loan to build a ferry terminal and other infrastructure in Cambodia’s southern Kampot province to open up new opportunities for tourism, the bank said on Tuesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141125/cambodia-gets-18-mln-usd-adb-loan-ferry-terminal-development
Japan grants US$ 2.1 mln for road project in Cambodia
Japanese government granted US$ 2.1 million in grand aid on Monday for road improvement project in Cambodia. The grand aid agreement was signed by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Japanese Ambassador to Cambodia, Yuji Kumamaru, for the implementation of the project ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/japan-grants-us-21-mln-for-road-project-in-cambodia-7673
46 killed and 197 wounded during Water Festival holidays
46 people were killed, and 197 others were injured in road accidents from 4-8 November 2014, up from 29 killed and 117 injured over the same period last year, according to a report of General Commissariat of National Police on Monday. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/46-killed-and-197-wounded-during-water-festival-holidays-7630
Cabinet approves the Thai-Cambodia railway bridge
The cabinet has approved a plan for a Thai-Cambodia railway bridge to achieve Southern Economic Corridor connectivity. ...
National News Bureau of Thailand News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5710300010011
ADB provides nearly 99 mln USD to Cambodia for 3 projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed to provide grant and loan agreements worth nearly 99 million U.S. dollars to Cambodia for three development projects, the bank said in a press statement. The agreements cover a rural roads improvement project, a technical and vocational ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/27/c_133746073.htm
Traffic accident provokers may face imprisonment: Traffic police
Drivers must be responsible for what they commit when they cause road accidents that lead to loss of lives; they not only face fine, but also imprisonment, said Pen Khon, deputy chief of Bureau of Land Traffic. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/traffic-accident-provokers-may-face-imprisonment:-traffic-police-7550
Phnom Penh port expansion seeks funding solution
With construction on the second phase of a new cargo terminal at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) set to begin in 2016, officials are now looking for ways to finance the project. Hei Bavy, director general for PPAP, said the $20 million expansion will see ...
Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-port-expansion-seeks-funding-solution
Railway communities dissapointed with ADB's same response
People living along the railroads in Phnom Penh city has made another demonstration in front of ADB’s office in Cambodia for the third time. However, there was not any better response from ADB than the previous times. People affected by the railroad development project which ...
Ngem Sophal
http://www.khmer.rfi.fr/residents-in-rail-road-community-are-disappointed-with-adb-20-10-2014
ADB to help find answers for railway families
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday promised to help pry answers out of the government for residents of Phnom Penh who fear losing all or some of their land to a bank-funded project to rehabilitate the country’s railway network. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-to-help-find-answers-for-railway-families-70398/
Input floated on traffic law
A coalition of NGOs are to submit to the National Assembly today a list of recommended additions to the amended traffic law, a draft of which was approved by the Council of Ministers in August. Road safety advocates hope the amended law, which creates higher fines ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/input-floated-traffic-law
VietJet starts Hanoi-Siem Reap in November
VIETJET will be introducing a new route connecting Hanoi and Siem Reap, effective November 3, 2014. The daily direct flight will depart Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi at 17.15 and Siem Reap International Airport at 18.05. ...
TTG Asia News Staff
http://www.ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=23970
Airport fight comes to city
About 80 villagers locked in a land dispute in Preah Vihear province found their planned march to the National Assembly blocked by security forces in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday. Village representative Meng Chanthorn said that the quashed march, which was ultimately abandoned without the use ...
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/airport-fight-comes-city
Drivers told to work or take a hike
About forty public bus drivers who protested over wages at the weekend were told yesterday to work or resign. The bus drivers claim Phnom Penh City Hall promised them salaries of between $300 and $350 per month beginning in September, but were still paying them only ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/drivers-told-work-or-take-hike
Road safety funding to end
A major funder of road safety programs in Cambodia will not be renewing its grant for the country, sparking concerns that traffic deaths in the Kingdom will continue unabated. Bloomberg Philanthropies, run by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, is launching the second part of its Global Road Safety ...
Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/road-safety-funding-end
Road accidents kill 1,630 people in Cambodia in 9 months
Cambodia recorded 3,638 cases of road accidents in the first nine months of 2014, killing at least 1,630 people, according to a report of the National Committee for Road Traffic Safety on Friday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/10/c_133704795.htm
New airline begins domestic flights in Cambodia
Apsara International Air, jointly owned by Chinese and Cambodian investors, on Wednesday started to operate daily domestic flights from the Cambodian capital to the tourist resort of Siem Reap. The airline operates with an Airbus-320 aircraft. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/08/c_133699903.htm
China firm proposes expressway for capital
A Chinese company has presented an ambitious plan to build an expressway over Phnom Penh in an effort to relieve traffic congestion. ...
May Kunmakara
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/china-firm-proposes-expressway-capital
Hun Sen asks Philippines to expand tourism cooperation
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday asked Philippines to expand tourism cooperation between the two countries. Hun Sen made the comments during a meeting with Neo A Wong, outgoing Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia, at the Peace Palace. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-asks-philippines-to-expand-tourism-cooperation-7381
US-bound cargo from Cambodia to face enhanced scrutiny
Cargo headed to the U.S. from Cambodia will face added scrutiny due to what the U.S. Homeland Security calls inadequate security measures. According to the Cambodia Daily, U.S. authorities asked Cambodia ports to put additional security measures in place for several Cambodia ports in 2008, but ...
Corianne Egan
http://www.joc.com/port-news/asian-ports/us-bound-cargo-cambodia-face-enhanced-scrutiny_20140926.html
Holiday traffic deaths up nearly 50 percent
The number of people killed in traffic accidents during this year’s Pchum Ben holiday and preceding two days increased by nearly 50 percent over the same period last year, a senior police official said on Thursday. From Saturday through Wednesday, there were 49 fatalities, compared to ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/holiday-traffic-deaths-up-nearly-50-percent-68466/
City route goes solar
Two solar-powered buses will soon be put to the test on Phnom Penh’s bus line 1, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. The test buses will operate from 6am to 6pm, saving enough energy to run more than four hours at nighttime along the route, ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/city-route-goes-solar