Khmer Times

Government makes $6m from land concessions

The government earned $6.6 million in revenue from economic land concessions (ELCs), despite the fact that less than half of the firms granted the concessions paid rental fees, according to a report presented to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights. ...

Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50548305/government-makes-6m-from-land-concessions/

Land in capital reclassified

The government has reclassified 35 hectares of state land in Phnom Penh as state-private land to be developed by a private company, a sub-decree seen by Khmer Times showed yesterday. In accordance with the sub-decree, signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen in September, the government converted ...

Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50546775/land-in-capital-reclassified/

Sar Kheng calls for NGO collaboration

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday instructed police officials and local authorities to collaborate with registered NGOs to ensure that their work is carried out without disturbance or restriction. Mr Kheng said in a statement that registered NGOs are authorised to carry out their activities ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50546655/sar-kheng-calls-for-ngo-collaboration/

Tax authority reveals new target

The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has announced that it aims to increase revenue from tax collection by 19 percent with a new strategy for the next four years based on sustainability and fair competition in the private sector. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545986/tax-authority-reveals-new-target/

City Hall asks Japan for water treatment plant

City hall is requesting the Japanese government for help in constructing an additional water treatment facility in Phnom Penh, an official said yesterday. Deputy Governor Nuon Pharoth said during a press conference yesterday that he led a delegation to Japan last week to discuss the ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545739/city-hall-asks-japan-for-water-treatment-plant/

Combating climate change through industrial efficiency

The TEST programme, which aims to fight the effects of climate change by helping corporations adopt efficient and environmentally friendly processes, was launched yesterday in Phnom Penh. ‘TEST’ stands for ‘transfer of environmentally sound technology’. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545686/combating-climate-change-through-industrial-efficiency/

Swiss to aid Kantha Bopha Hospitals for three more years

The Swiss government will provide $12 million to the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals for three years more, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Sunday. He said Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia Ivo Siebber announced his government’s commitment on Thursday during a meeting with him at the ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545335/swiss-to-aid-kantha-bopha-hospitals-for-three-more-years/

Relations with China to continue growing

A high-ranking Chinese official has vowed to boost ties with Cambodia to a new high, noting that the Kingdom has steady economic development during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545338/relations-with-china-to-continue-growing/

Marginal fall in fishing sector’s revenue despite exports hike

Exports of fish and related products in Cambodia rose slightly during the first nine months of the year, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, though the sector suffered a small drop in revenue. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50545161/marginal-fall-in-fishing-sectors-revenue-despite-exports-hike/

Psychology department sees decrease in students

The Royal University of Phnom Penh’s department of psychology has seen a decrease in students and its dean has blamed a lack of human resources and decreased interest in the subject. Phan Chan Pov, dean of the psychology department at the university, said there are ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544908/psychology-department-sees-decrease-in-students-2/

​Ministry to meet with NGOs biannually

The Interior Minister plans to meet with top officials from the country’s NGOs twice per year in an effort to address concerns raised by the groups and to gather recommendations for national development.​ ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544946/ministry-to-meet-with-ngos-biannually-2/

Draft budget due in parliament

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved its national budget draft of about $6.7 billion for 2019, an increase of 11.4 percent over 2018, and NGOs now want to review it before it is sent to the National Assembly for ratification. According to the draft, ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544913/draft-budget-due-in-parliament/

Give back grabbed land in national park: Ministry

The Environment Ministry on Friday ordered all those who have illegally grabbed land in Preah Suramarit-Kossamak National Park to immediately tear down their structures and give the land back to the government. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544868/give-back-grabbed-land-in-national-park-ministry/

UK pledges $9 million for demining

The United Kingdom will provide more than $9 million in aid from this year to 2020 for demining operations to clear unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, UK Ambassador to Cambodia Tina Redshaw said on Wednesday. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50544210/uk-pledges-9-million-for-demining/

EU-Vietnam timber deal discussed

Cambodian and Vietnamese officials on Monday began a five-day conference to discuss timber trade management, including an incoming trade deal between Vietnam and the European Union that has been decried by environmentalists. ...

aing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543866/eu-vietnam-timber-deal-discussed/

More than 100 logs found in forest

A district military police deputy commander yesterday said the logs are being transported to the district military police headquarters for further action. “They were seized after local residents reported finding them while they were walking through the forest,” he said. “We are collecting the logs ...

Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543691/more-than-100-logs-found-in-forest/

Stung Treng Provincal Hall rebukes forestry crime criticism

Stung Treng provincial officials have urged local authorities to continue cooperating to crack down on forestry crimes following some negative posts on social media. A statement from the Provincal Hall on Monday urged people to stop posting false information about steps taken to stop forestry ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543689/stung-treng-provincal-hall-rebukes-forestry-crime-criticism/

PPSC sells 14m shares in private placement

Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSP) recently issued more than 14 million shares, bringing its total number of shares to nearly 71.9 million, according to an announcement made by the company during a press conference Friday. ...

Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543396/ppsc-sells-14m-shares-in-private-placement/

Land activists summoned by court

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued summons for three Borei Keila and Boeng Kak land activists following a complaint filed by the owner of the Phanimex company, who accused them of extortion and property damage. The activists were identified by the court as Im Srey ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50543369/land-activists-summoned-by-court/

Russia converts debt to investment

Russia has agreed to recategorise Cambodia’s outstanding $1.5 billion debt as an investment, pledging to provide more aid to the Kingdom next year. Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Brussels on Thursday. Mr Hun Sen had asked Russia to ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50542729/russia-converts-debt-to-investment/

Kratie to have two more wildlife sanctuaries

The government is creating two more wildlife sanctuaries, totalling more than 60,000 hectares, in Kratie province to further preserve natural resources, mitigate climate change and reduce the risk of natural disasters. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50542728/kratie-to-have-two-more-wildlife-sanctuaries/

Four jailed for illegal logging

Four suspects were jailed Thursday for illegally harvesting luxury timber from a protected forest in Mondulkiri province’s Koh Nhek district, a court official said yesterday. Morm Vanda, a provincial court spokesman, yesterday said the four were jailed after being suspected of illegal logging in a ...

Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50542461/four-jailed-for-illegal-logging/

Interior ministry official charged over land grab

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Saturday charged a government official who allegedly tried to grab state land by fraudulently using Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s wife’s name to threaten a commune chief in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50542474/interior-ministry-official-charged-over-land-grab-2/

UN notes Kingdom’s peacekeeping efforts

The Defence Ministry has announced that the United Nations has ranked Cambodia 29th among 122 countries that have sent peacekeeping forces to conflict areas around the world. Last year, the UN ranked Cambodia as 32nd for the most troops sent abroad. Cambodia also ranked 17th ...

Ven Rathavong and Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541575/un-notes-kingdoms-peacekeeping-efforts/

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