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    NEC bids to learn from its mistakes

    Preventing spoiled ballots and improving complaint resolution were top of the agenda when the National Election Committee met at the weekend to discuss ways to improve the commune polls. ...

    Khy Sovuthy
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065732/nec-bids-learn-mistakes/

    Number of building projects up in 1H

    The number of construction projects approved in Cambodia during the first half of the year increased 28 percent compared with the same period last year, amounting to a total value of around $4.9 billion, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Land Management, ...

    Hor Kimsay
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-building-projects-1h

    Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled

    A provincial governor’s request to rename a Siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun Sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. ...

    Rachna Thim
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/

    Sesan residents brace for floods

    The doors of the Lower Sesan II dam were closed on Saturday for a monthlong test run, forcing more than 100 families holding out in Stung Treng’s Srekor and Kbal Romea communes to prepare for floods. Since the doors’ closure on Saturday morning, water levels ...

    Phak Seangly
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-residents-brace-floods

    Government seeking CITES licences to scale up crocodile farming

    Cambodia is seeking to register more than a dozen crocodile farms under an international treaty that protects the critically endangered Siamese crocodile, paving the way for the legal export of crocodile skins to lucrative overseas markets, according to state officials. ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-seeking-cites-licences-scale-crocodile-farming

    79 migrant workers arrested in Malaysia

    The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...

    Sen David
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065736/79-migrant-workers-arrested-malaysia/

    All White Building residents cleared, says government

    Demolition crews are set to begin tearing down the Phnom Penh landmark known as the White Building today, after the Ministry of Land Management announced on Saturday that all families residing in the dilapidated structure had left the premises.​ ...

    Kong Meta
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/all-white-building-residents-cleared-says-government

    Phnom Penh cops plan crackdown on parking

    Police in Phnom Penh will next month start issuing fines of up to $25 for violations of parking regulations by using handheld devices that scan license plates and recognize the registered identity and address of a vehicle’s owner, an official said yesterday. ...

    Khout Sophak Chakrya
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-cops-plan-crackdown-parking

    Visa-free medical travel period tripled by Thais

    The Thai government on Wednesday publicly announced that nationals of five countries, including Cambodia, can visit Thailand for up to 90 days without a visa to seek medical treatment, an official at the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh said yesterday. ...

    Yesenia Amaro
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/visa-free-medical-travel-period-tripled-thais

    NEC plans meeting to review elections

    The National Election Committee plans to hold a two-day meeting in Preah Sihanouk province to review the June 4 commune elections, with members of the election monitoring coalition the “Situation Room” saying yesterday they plan to table recommendations to improve certain electoral procedures. ...

    Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-plans-meeting-review-elections

    Government collects $915M in taxes in first semester

    The government collected $915 million in tax revenue during the first six months of the year, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

    Post Staff
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-915m-taxes-first-semester

    Air arrivals soar higher

    Air traffic for Cambodia’s three international airports increased by 23 percent in the first six months of the year, driven largely by growing Chinese tourism and the increased number of international flights to Sihanoukville’s airport, a spokesman for the company that operates the Kingdom’s three ...

    Cheng Sokhorng
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/air-arrivals-soar-higher

    Embassy in Malaysia sheltering nationals amid crackdown

    The Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has seen an influx of nationals seeking help securing work documents—along with food and shelter—amid a crackdown on unregistered workers in the country, an embassy official said on Thursday. ...

    Zsombor Peter
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/embassy-malaysia-sheltering-nationals-amid-crackdown-132519/

    Authorities create kidnapping hotlines

    The Interior Ministry’s Central Security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. According to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating ...

    May Titthara
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40318/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/

    $23 million boost in education budget

    The Finance Ministry is planning to raise the national education budget to more than $700 million next year in a bid to improve standards in schools. ...

    Pech Sotheary
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40325/-23-million-boost-in-education-budget/

    Thais caught fishing

    Police in Oddar Meanchey province have reprimanded six Thais caught fishing illegally in Samrong town. Kon Kriel commune police chief Path Kim said the six men were educated and released. ...

    Pav Suy
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40317/thais-caught-fishing/

    Corn farmers block road over low prices

    Hundreds of corn farmers blocked a main road in Battambang province on Thursday, hoping the barricade would persuade Prime Minister Hun Sen to put pressure on traders to raise the dwindling crop prices that are hurting their livelihoods. ...

    Leng Len
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corn-farmers-block-road-over-low-prices-132502/

    Cambodia, Myanmar cooperation

    Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to further enhance trade between the two countries by encouraging investment from small and medium enterprises and exchanging agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...

    Sum Manet
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40333/cambodia--myanmar-cooperation/

    France backs commune polls

    The French government has thrown its backing behind Cambodia’s recent commune elections, saying the polls went smoothly and were free and fair. ...

    Ros Chanveasna
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40322/france-backs-commune-polls/

    ADB plan aims for synergy in agro sector

    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is close to finalising its five-year action plan for 2018 to 2022 that promotes agricultural-based value chains across the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), an area that includes Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan, the ...

    Kali Kotoski
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/adb-plan-aims-synergy-agro-sector

    New city buses

    Phnom Penh municipal officials and Chinese Embassy representatives yesterday commemorated the handover of 98 Chinese buses and two cranes to the city yesterday at a ceremony on Koh Pich. ...

    Khouth Sophak Chakrya
    http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-city-buses

    Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget

    Prime Minister Hun Sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on Thursday. ...

    Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/

    GMS gets closer to a food safety strategy

    A draft five-year strategy for promoting safe and environment-friendly agriculture products in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) that would enhance regional food safety and promote trade is expected to be finalised today, according to the Asian Development Bank. ...

    Sok Chan
    http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40334/gms-gets-closer-to-a-food-safety-strategy/

    Gov’t rejects 11th-hour reprieve for Sesan dam families

    An official in Stung Treng province said there was no way to grant a last-minute reprieve requested on Thursday by villagers whose homes could be flooded within days once testing of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam begins on Saturday. ...

    Aun Pheap
    https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-rejects-11th-hour-reprieve-for-sesan-dam-families-132499/

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