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‘Marine park’ off Koh Rong planned
The waters of the Koh Rong Archipelago may yet receive an additional layer of administrative protection, the Ministry of Environment announced last week, although how the proposed “marine park” will function remains to be seen, stakeholders said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marine-park-koh-rong-planned
Metfone branch found with lumber in Kandal
Authorities in Kandal province arrested 19 people in a timber raid at a Metfone shop, but released 15 after questioning, including the branch’s director. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-branch-found-lumber-kandal
Deportees quizzed in detention
Cambodia has sent officials to interview refugees in the United States who are subject to deportation orders. Interior Ministry spokesman General Khieu Sopheak said about 50 refugees had been interviewed but no decision had been made on their repatriation. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5090148/deportees-quizzed-detention/
No rallies for Sokha trial, says ministry
The Ministry of Interior has said it will not allow any demonstrations in front of the Supreme Court during a hearing on Thursday to decide if the opposition CNRP will be dissolved, while the Koh Kong provincial governor’s office warned it will prevent residents from ...
Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-rallies-sokha-trial-says-ministry
Two million urged to correct civil records
The Interior Ministry’s general department of identification has urged two million people with incorrect civil records to amend their personal information with officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089918/two-million-urged-correct-civil-records/
Kratie cops caught ignoring timber hauls
Police in Kratie province were caught on video letting potentially illegal timber transporters pass through their checkpoints on Monday night, with provincial police yesterday suggesting they were powerless to crack down on such shipments as many transporters possessed axes and machetes and were addicted to ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-cops-caught-ignoring-timber-hauls
Hun Sen gives nod to creation of ecotourism task force
Prime Minister Hun Sen approved the establishment of a new interministerial task force yesterday that will work to develop and manage community-based ecotourism locations in a bid to find sustainable ways to draw tourists to destinations across the Kingdom. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-gives-nod-creation-ecotourism-task-force
Hopes stay sunny for yearly tourist draw numbers
Foreign tourist arrivals to the Kingdom have gone up during the first nine months of this year, reaching roughly 3.9 million to represent a year-on-year increase of 11.5 percent, according to data released by the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hopes-stay-sunny-yearly-tourist-draw-numbers
Walmart deal boosts garment industry
The US multinational Walmart has said it will buy more garment, footwear and luggage products from Cambodia next year due to increased capacity from suppliers and improved labour conditions in the country. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089512/walmart-deal-boosts-garment-industry/
Small-scale farmers will suffer under draft agricultural law: advocates
Farmers and agricultural NGOs slammed the seventh and final draft of a controversial agricultural law at a workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday, claiming that the law would benefit large corporations at the expense of small farmers if passed. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/small-scale-farmers-will-suffer-under-draft-agricultural-law-advocates
Election delays 2018 census
The Minister of Planning yesterday announced the third national census set for next year will be delayed until 2019 because the government must focus on the July general election. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089529/election-delays-2018-census/
Handbook to boost contract farming
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recently released a handbook on contract farming to promote agricultural leasing arrangements among farmers and buyers in the hope it will aid sustainable development of the sector. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089360/handbook-boost-contract-farming/
Private sector urged to invest in cassava
Government officials yesterday called for more private investment in cassava production, arguing it will help boost and diversify Cambodian exports. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089297/private-sector-urged-invest-cassava/
Government plans new cassava policy
Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak has announced that the government will be spearheading a new National Cassava Policy which aims to address challenges in the industry and work towards ensuring a sustainable and resilient crop, strong value chains and greater regional market presence. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-plans-new-cassava-policy
NBC’s currency museum to launch in January
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will open a museum on finance and monetary matters in January 2018, a representative of the central bank has announced. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089178/nbcs-currency-museum-launch-january/
Few NGOs compliant with law
Thousands of organisations have failed to meet the deadline for filing their financial reports under the controversial Law on Associations and NGOs (Lango), according to a ministry official. ...
Kong Meta and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/few-ngos-compliant-law
EU expresses concerns over rights
A European delegation on a two-day visit to the Kingdom yesterday expressed concerns about recent political developments in Cambodia, saying that the deteriorating political and human rights situation could have consequences for development assistance and trade. ...
Mech Dara and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eu-expresses-concerns-over-rights
Student group suspended for ‘violating law on NGOs’
A student group was suspended by the Ministry of Interior yesterday for a series of violations of the Law on Associations and Non-governmental Organisations (Lango), including the highly controversial Article 24, which requires organisations to remain “politically neutral”. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-group-suspended-violating-law-ngos
Study finds worm more harmful than thought
Researchers have found that a little-studied variety of threadworm – strongyloides stercoralis – previously thought to be relatively benign is associated with “significant morbidity” in rural Cambodia. Peter Odermatt, a professor at Basel University in Switzerland who headed the team, said the researchers had been ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/study-finds-worm-more-harmful-thought
Rehab programme to be tested in Cambodia
A community-based treatment programme for drug users – which has reduced costs, rates of relapse and drug-user related crimes in trials in China – is set to be piloted in two Phnom Penh communes from December, stakeholders said yesterday. Community-based treatment has long been advocated ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rehab-programme-be-tested-cambodia
Stork nest discoveries celebrated
Government officials and environmental groups yesterday celebrated the discovery of 121 lesser adjutant stork nests in Preah Vihear province, chalking the success up to a joint programme to hire locals to guard the nests. Environment Ministry rangers and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) workers started counting ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stork-nest-discoveries-celebrated
EU agrees to observe election
Cambodia has asked the European Union to send observers to monitor next year’s general election. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry announced the move to the media yesterday after a meeting between Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and Werner Langen, head of a delegation from ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088386/eu-agrees-observe-election/
Businesses told to ban drugs
The Interior Ministry on Friday warned guesthouses and clubs that they will face the law if they do not step up their efforts to ban illegal drugs use in their facilities. As part of the ministry’s ongoing campaign against drugs, the ministry said it has ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088222/businesses-told-ban-drugs/
Stung Treng border brigade unveiled
The government on Saturday inaugurated a new Royal Cambodian Armed Forces brigade to serve a disputed part of the Cambodia-Laos border. Defence Minister General Tea Banh presided over a ceremony to mark the establishment of infantry brigade 128, which comes under the control of RCAF’s ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088220/stung-treng-border-brigade-unveiled/