The Phnom Penh Post

Workers split on call to rally

Union workers and leaders appeared divided yesterday on the question of whether to support the opposition party’s planned three-day demonstration at Freedom Park. Campaign promises from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to raise minimum monthly salaries to $150 seemed to have struck a chord with garment ...

Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-split-call-rally

ក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម ១ ថ្ងៃ កម្មករ​រារែក

ភ្នំពេញៈ កម្មករ និង​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​សហជីព​ហាក់​ដូចជា​ខ្វែង​គំនិត​គ្នា កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ នៅ​ពេល​សួរ​ថា​តើ​គាំទ្រ​បាតុកម្ម ដែល​គ្រោង​ធ្វើ​រយៈ​ពេល ៣ ថ្ងៃ​នៅ​ទី​លាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ដោយ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ឬ​យ៉ាង​ណា ខណៈ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​តែ ១ ថ្ងៃ គឺ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៥ ដោយ​ហាម​មិន​ឲ្យ​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំ​គ្នា​នៅ​ពេល​យប់។ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​បាន​ចេញ​លិខិត​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ មហា​បាតុកម្ម​ដោយ សន្តិវិធី​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ទី១៥ កញ្ញា ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ៦ ព្រឹក​ដល់​ម៉ោង ៦ ល្ងាច ហើយ​បាន​ហាម​ប្រមូលផ្តុំ​គ្នា​និង​ការ​ស្នាក់នៅ​ពេល​យប់​ដោយ​សារ​ត្រូវ​ចំ​ ថ្ងៃ​សិស្សានុសិស្ស​ប្រឡង។ យោង​តាម​យុទ្ធនាការ​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល​ អប្បបរមា​រហូត​ដល់ ១៥០ ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក ហាក់​ដូច​ជា​មាន​ឥទិ្ធពល​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ ក្នុង​ខណ្ឌ មាន​ជ័យ កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​។ ប៉ុន្តែ ប្រសិន​បើ​ការ​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​មិន​មាន​ភាព​រឹង មាំ​ក្នុង​ចំណោម​កម្មករ​កាត់​ដេរ​ទាំង​នោះ ទេ​ការ​សន្យា​របស់​ពួក​គេ​ម្នាក់​ចូល​រួម​បាតុកម្ម​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​ដល់ ថ្ងៃ អង្គារ ក៏​ហាក់​ដូចជា​មិន​រឹង​មាំ​ដែរ។ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​អ្នក​ស្រី លឹម លី អាយុ ៣៧ ឆ្នាំ អង្គុយ​តវ៉ា​នៅ​រោងចក្រ ...

ឆាយ ចន្ទនីដា & Sean Teehan
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103922-2013-09-13-05-19-20

A protest economy emerges

By 10am, Siv Lin, the owner of a mobile food stall facing Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park, had prepared all the rice, pork, eggs and vegetables needed to serve yesterday’s regular lunch crowd. It was a normal day. But on September 7, when thousands of opposition Cambodia ...

Hor Kimsay and Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/protest-economy-emerges

NGOs defend right to aid rally

Civil society groups yesterday hit back at the government after a Ministry of Interior statement released on Wednesday warned NGOs that they would be breaking ministry protocols on political neutrality by “directly or indirectly” supporting an unnamed political party or its protests. The Cambodia National Rescue ...

Kevin Ponniah and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-defend-right-aid-rally

Workers split on call to rally

Union workers and leaders appeared divided yesterday on the question of whether to support the opposition party’s planned three-day demonstration at Freedom Park. Campaign promises from the Cambodia National Rescue Party to raise minimum monthly salaries to $150 seemed to have struck a chord with garment ...

Chhay Channyda and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-split-call-rally

ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​អញ្ជើញ​មេ​គណបក្ស​ធំ​ពីរ​ឲ្យ​ចូល​ប្រជុំ​ក្នុង​ព្រះ​បរម​រាជវាំង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ស្អែក​ដើម្បី​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​ជាតិ

ភ្នំពេញៈ ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​ព្រះបាទ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី បាន​ចេញ​ព្រះ​រាជសារ​អញ្ជើញ​មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ធំៗ​ឈ្នះ​ឆ្នោត ចូល​រួម​ប្រជុំ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៤ ខែ កញ្ញា នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រះ​បរម​រាជវាំង​ក្រោម​ព្រះ​រាជាធិបតី​របស់​ព្រះអង្គ ដើម្បី​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​ជាតិ នៅ​ខណៈ ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា ជន​ណា​ក៏​ដោយ​ដែល​មិន​គោរព​តាម​សេចក្តី​សម្រេច​របស់​ខ្លួន អាច​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ទោស​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ បន្ទាប់​ពី​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា ខ្លួន​បាន​ប្តឹង​មន្រ្តី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​បី​នាក់​នៃ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត។ នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រះ​រាជសារ​របស់​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ​ព្រះបាទ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ដែល​បាន​ចេញ​ពីរ​ដាច់​ដោយ​ឡែក​ពី​គ្នា ទ្រង់​បាន​ត្រាស់​បង្គាប់​ឲ្យ​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន រួម​នឹង​សហការី​ចំនួន ២រូប និង​លោក សម រង្ស៊ី និង​សហការី ២ រូប អញ្ជើញ​ចូល​រួម​ប្រជុំ​ក្រោម​ព្រះ​រាជា​ធិបតី​នៃ​ព្រះអង្គ​ដើម្បី​ដោះស្រាយ​ លើ​បញ្ហា​ជាតិ​ដែល​កំពុង​កើត​មាន។​ជំនួប​នេះ​នឹង​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ទៅ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ សៅរ៍​ម៉ោង ៩ ព្រឹក​នៅ​មហា​ប្រាសាទ ខេមរិន្ទ ក្នុង​ព្រះ​បរម រាជវាំង។ ជា​ការ​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ភ្លាមៗ​នោះ​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​តប​ថា​នឹង​ចូល​រួម​ប្រជុំ​តាម​ការ​អញ្ជើញ​របស់​ព្រះ​មហាក្សត្រ។ ក្នុង​លិខិត​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​បាន​បន្ត​ថា៖ «ទូល​ព្រះបង្គំ​ជា​ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​ដឹកនាំ​សហការី​ចំនួន ២ ...

ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា មាស សុខជា និង Abby Seiff
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103893-2013-09-13-02-33-08

Little won in logging crackdown

Early on Monday morning, at about 1am, two trucks carrying roughly 10 cubic metres of illegally felled timber were bouncing down the road between Oddar Meanchey and Siem Reap. Police stopped the trucks – one of which bore military plates – and seized the haul, but ...

Stuart White and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/little-won-logging-crackdown

Battling dengue on a shoestring

The man leading Cambodia’s seemingly Sisyphean attempt to combat dengue fever can be found most days in a weakly lit office inside the Communicable Disease Control Department, which is stacked wall to wall with drooping folders and medical texts. For more than 10 years, the soft-spoken ...

Amelia Woodside and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battling-dengue-shoestring

Minimum wage panel sets a meet

A joint committee designed to bring about wage increases in the garment sector will meet for the first time on Friday, a Ministry of Social Affairs letter obtained yesterday states. Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, said he believed ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-panel-sets-meet

Buffalo holders seek owner’s restitution

Jarai ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district are demanding compensation from a villager they claim illegally cleared a sizeable portion of their community forest this year. The villagers seized two carts transporting rosewood – and the four buffaloes pulling them – out of the forest ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/buffalo-holders-seek-owner%E2%80%99s-restitution

City Hall tells boats to keep it slow, safe

City Hall has ordered all tourist boats and ferries operating on the Mekong and Tonle Bassac rivers to stock up on life jackets and prevent overloading as water levels continue to rise. “All drivers must turn lights on at night and all ferries must prepare ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-tells-boats-keep-it-slow-safe

Kingdom’s hoofed species need conservation: WWF

Diminishing populations of hoofed animals in Southeast Asia have hit Cambodia hard, with numbers of one of the Kingdom’s indigenous species dropping by 90 per cent. The current banteng census shows an 80 per cent drop in the world’s banteng population and a 90 per ...

Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom%E2%80%99s-hoofed-species-need-conservation-wwf

Tata moves in on agriculture

India-based Tata International Ltd announced yesterday that it would import and distribute its Farmtrac Tractors in Cambodia to profit from the country’s growing agricultural sector. Speaking at the launching ceremony at the Koh Pich exhibition centre, Jitendra Manghinani, country manager of Tata South East Asia (Cambodia), ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tata-moves-agriculture

Taiwanese bank now owns 70 pct of UCB

Taiwan’s E. Sun Commercial Bank has purchased a 70 per cent stake in Cambodia’s Union Commercial Bank. The deal, planned for months but announced yesterday at a press conference at the Sofitel hotel in Phnom Penh, will bring technology upgrades and more loan capital to the ...

Kimsay Hor
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/taiwanese-bank-now-owns-70-pct-ucb

Protest to include marches: Rainsy

Marches through the capital will take place as part of the Cambodia National Rescue Party’s days-long sit-in, scheduled to begin on Sunday, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said. “We will march through Phnom Penh. We will stay [at Freedom Park] day and night,” Rainsy told thousands of ...

Meas Sokchea, Shane Worrell and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/protest-include-marches-rainsy

After shift, still few women in NA

The number of women serving as lawmakers in the next mandate has dropped from last term, even after parties made final adjustments that saw more women moved up into key positions. According to official results released by the National Election Committee on Sunday, women will hold ...

Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-shift-still-few-women-na

Damage control for Dumex

While New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is working overtime to restore its damaged brand in the wake of a contaminated baby milk scare that triggered a global recall, local distributors whose products included the suspect ingredient are defending their own reputations. Local supplier Dumex Cambodia ...

Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/damage-control-dumex

Tanks sit between villagers, farmland

Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samroang town filed a complaint to Adhoc yesterday after local authorities repeatedly failed to budge a nearby military unit, which the villagers say has stationed six tanks on their farmland and refused to grant residents access to their crops, or ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tanks-sit-between-villagers-farmland

Newspaper threatened over child labour story

A Thai-owned sugar company has threatened legal action against a newspaper that ran a story and video depicting the use of child labour at its Koh Kong province plantation, but advocates on the ground there say the children are indeed used as employees. The Bangkok Post yesterday reported ...

Sean Teehan and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/newspaper-threatened-over-child-labour-story

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​ត្រៀម​ខ្លួន​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម

កណ្តាលៈ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង លោក សម រង្ស៊ី កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​ប្រាប់​ទៅ​ក្រុម​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត កណ្តាល​ឲ្យ​រៀបចំ កន្ទេល ខ្នើយ អង្ករ និង​ត្រៀម​ខ្លួន​សម្រាប់​ការ​តវ៉ា​រយៈ​ពេល​យូរ​ជាង​មុន ខណៈ​ដែល​លោក និង​លោក កឹម សុខា ដែល​ជា​ប្រធាន និង​អនុ​ប្រធាន​បាន​គូស​បង្ហាញ​អំពី​ផែនការ​សម្រាប់​ការ​តវ៉ា​នៅ​ទីលាន​ ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ដែល​អាច​អូស​បន្លាយ​រយៈ​ពេល​ច្រើន​ថ្ងៃ​ឬ​យូរ​ជាង​នេះ។ ថ្លែង​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រជាជន​ប្រមាណ ២០០០ នាក់​ក្នុង​ស្រុក ខ្សាច់កណ្តាល មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​បាន​ប្រកាស​ លទ្ធផល​ផ្លូវ​ការ​បញ្ជាក់​ពី​ការ​ឈ្នះ​របស់​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​នៅ ក្នុង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ខែ កក្កដា លោក សម រង្ស៊ី និង​លោក កឹម សុខា បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​ទាំង​អស់​ចូល​រួម​នៅ​ក្នុង​បាតុកម្ម ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​ទីលាន​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ដោយ​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៥ កញ្ញា និង​បន្ត​យ៉ាង​ហោច​ណាស់​រហូត​ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៧។ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា៖ «យើង​នឹង [ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម] ច្រើន​ថ្ងៃ​ច្រើន​សប្តាហ៍។ ប្រសិន​បើ​ចាំ​បាច់​នឹង​ដើរ​ហែ​យើង​នឹង​ហែ»។ ...

មាស សុខជា និង Stuart White
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103700-2013-09-10-04-02-02

Organic rice exports rise in first half

Responding to growing demand in US and EU markets, organic rice exports have surged, reaching 200 tonnes in the first six months of this year, compared with 100 tonnes for all of last year. Exports of organic rice are meagre compared with other varieties, such ...

Rann Reuy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/organic-rice-exports-rise-first-half

Rice plots blocked at dam site

In a first step toward clearing villagers from land intended for a planned Koh Kong provincial hydroelectric dam, a Chinese development firm has blocked a road leading to plots where villagers have continued to harvest rice. Officials from Tianjin Union Development Group, which was awarded a ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rice-plots-blocked-dam-site

Mizuho bank links up with Maybank and Canadia

Japan-based Mizuho Bank (MHBK) has signed an agreement with two well-established banks in Cambodia that is designed to help Mizuho leverage a wider range of financial services when dealing with Japanese clients. The memorandum of understanding was inked on Friday in Phnom Penh between Mizuho’s president ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mizuho-bank-links-maybank-and-canadia

UXO kills one, injures two others in Pailin

One man was killed and two teenagers injured on Sunday while cleaning unexploded ordnance they found just past the border of Pailin, in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province. Sot Phy, 27, was killed on the spot, while a 14- and 16-year-old were badly injured. ...

Lieng Sarith
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/uxo-kills-one-injures-two-others-pailin

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