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Government to ramp up provincial budgets by $276 million next year
The government will ramp up the budget for provinces by more than $276 million next year to provide high quality and efficient services to the public, an increase of 32.28 percent from this year’s budget. Public Functions Minister Pich Bunthin yesterday said at a workshop ...
Ministry pushes motorists to utilise QR code licence plates
The Transport Ministry is encouraging drivers to replace their old licence plates with ones displaying QR codes in a bid to curb the use of fake plates in the Kingdom. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667607/ministry-pushes-motorists-to-utilise-qr-code-licence-plates/
Government contract officials to get $5 raise in wages next month
The government has issued a sub-decree to increase the monthly salary of government contract officials from $162.5 to $167.5 starting next month. The sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on December 4, said the government has decided to increase the salary by $5 for the ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/667608/government-contract-officials-to-get-5-raise-in-wages-next-month/
Prahok season begins
The Agriculture Ministry’s Fisheries Administration yesterday said that prahok makers should rush to produce fermented fish paste and smoked fish as catches are currently high. Eng Chea San, director general for the Fishery Administration, said that in the 2019-2020 fishing season, water from Tonle Sap lake ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667520/prahok-season-begins/
National plan to strengthen gov’t anti-drug campaign
The National Strategic Development Plan 2019-2023 directs the authorities and relevant institutions to carry out effective prevention, crackdown and resolution of drug issues, and all commune authorities to be confident in dealing with drug problems in their areas. The directive was made during the drafting ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-plan-strengthen-govt-anti-drug-campaign
Five canals to be expanded in Preah Sihanouk province to mitigate against flooding
The Preah Sihanouk provincial authority plans to clear and expand five canals spanning some 26km starting on Monday, to mitigate city flooding which had previously affected areas in their vicinity. Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun asked the relevant authorities to inform and advise people to demolish ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-canals-be-expanded-preah-sihanouk-province-mitigate-against-flooding
Hundreds of security cameras to monitor Sihanoukville next year
Hundreds of security cameras will be installed along major roads in Sihanoukville to monitor traffic and increase security next year. Major General Chuon Narin, chief of Preah Sihanouk provincial police, yesterday said a total of 600 cameras will be placed in 500 central locations in ...
Chinese firms seek investments in coconut farming in Cambodia
A group of investors from the Chinese province of Hainan is now in the Kingdom exploring opportunities in coconut farming. The delegation met yesterday with Minister of Agriculture Veng Sakhon in Phnom Penh to discuss the coconut sector in the Kingdom and announce their intention ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50667072/chinese-firms-seek-investments-in-coconut-farming-in-cambodia/
Japan-Cambodia ink clean water supply agreement
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Masahiro Mikami on Wednesday signed a grant agreement for ¥2.4 million ($22 million) on the “Project for Expansion of Clean Water Supply System in Pursat Province”. The agreement, finalised at the Ministry of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-cambodia-ink-clean-water-supply-agreement
Transport master plan nearing completion
The government has nearly finished the draft of the Intermodal Transport Master Plan 2021-2030 (the Plan), a Ministry of Economy and Finance press release said on Wednesday. The draft seeks to promote Cambodia’s connectivity, reduce transportation and logistics costs, integrate the Kingdom into the region ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/transport-master-plan-nearing-completion
US, Cambodia pledge to strengthen military ties
The US on Tuesday pledged to help train military officers, particularly Cambodia’s blue helmet troops deployed for UN’s peacekeeping operations. The pledge was made during a meeting between US ambassador Patrick Murphy and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) commander-in-chief General Vong Pisen. Further strengthening of ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-cambodia-pledge-strengthen-military-ties
Minister gets tough on illegal modification of vehicles by mechanics
Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol on Tuesday warned mechanics workshops throughout the country to stop modifying vehicles against technical and legal standards, or face shutdown. Chanthol said modified vehicles were known to have caused accidents and affected road safety. He said authorities ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-gets-tough-illegal-modification-vehicles-mechanics
Human rights committee’s legal hotline receives praise
Civil societies on Tuesday applauded the Cambodian Human Rights Committee’s (CHRC) new legal hotline meant to promote access to justice and empower financially vulnerable people. CHRC spokesman Chin Malin told The Post on Thursday that a 35-strong legal team is to be placed on standby ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/human-rights-committees-legal-hotline-receives-praise
Chinese eye asset management
A group of Chinese investors has expressed interest in investing in Cambodia’s asset management sector and tapping into the vast opportunities for businesses and investments brought about by the Kingdom’s current economic development. Kao Thach, the CEO of state-owned Rural Development Bank (RDB), met with a ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-eye-asset-management
Authorities identify land grabbers in Battambang
Battambang provincial authorities have identified individuals who encroached on Samlaut Multiple Use Area (formerly known as Samlot protected area) in O’Tatoeng village, Samlot commune, in Battambang province. Provincial Department of Environment director Kort Boran told The Post on Monday that his enforcement team removed more ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-identify-land-grabbers-battambang
Garment factories opening despite potential loss of EBA deal: report
Garment factories continue to open in the Kingdom despite the looming threat Cambodia faces of losing its Everything-but-arms (EBA) status with the European Union, a report published recently notes. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666883/garment-factories-opening-despite-potential-loss-of-eba-deal-report/
Government to nominate national parks for heritage list
The government will nominate a national park and a bird sanctuary into the Asean Heritage list next year as they are abundant with biodiversity and wildlife, according to environment ministry officials. Srun Darith, a secretary of state at the Environment Ministry, said the ministry is ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666782/government-to-nominate-national-parks-for-heritage-list/
Coal-fired power plant to come online in S’ville this month
A 135-megawatt coal-fired power plant will start producing energy this month in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, according to a high-ranking energy official. The plant is seen as an important element in the government’s strategy to deal with the current energy shortage. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50666710/coal-fired-power-plant-to-come-online-in-sville-this-month/
‘Conflicting interpretations’ at second Lango meeting
The Ministry of Interior hosted its second meeting with civil societies on Tuesday to discuss proposed amendments to the Law on Association and Non-Governmental Organisations (Lango). The four-hour session was held at the ministry to address the 15 proposed amendments to the Lango amid ongoing concerns ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conflicting-interpretations-second-lango-meeting
EU ambassador expresses hope for Kingdom retaining EBA status
New EU ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno met with National Assembly president Heng Samrin and expressed her interest in helping Cambodia retain the “Everything But Arms” (EBA) agreement. Moreno paid a courtesy call on Samrin at the National Assembly on Tuesday on her first day ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/eu-ambassador-expresses-hope-kingdom-retaining-eba-status
Kingdom expands school feeding programmes
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron said on Monday that with the government’s long-standing partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and many other partners, Cambodia is now preparing its school feeding implementation to be fully homegrown. Speaking on the sidelines of ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-expands-school-feeding-programmes
Gov’t set to act on plastic waste
The government, civil societies and relevant partners have jointly committed to acting on the plastic waste crisis that is adversely affecting the environment, wildlife and public health. The joint commitment was made on Tuesday during the “Action Against Plastic Waste in Cambodia” forum in the ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-set-act-plastic-waste
CDC approves projects worth $8.8M
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three investment projects in the bags and garment sector with a total capital investment of $8.8 million, it said on Monday. The projects approved are bag factory Quan Ming Handbag (Cambodia) Industrial Co Ltd, the bag and ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-approves-projects-worth-88m
PPSP reports strong revenue growth reaching $2M in Q3
The Cambodia Securities Exchange- (CSX-) listed Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSP) reported strong revenue growth reaching $2 million in the third quarter of this year – up 46.96 per cent from $1.4 million in the third quarter of last year. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppsp-reports-strong-revenue-growth-reaching-2m-q3