Government
Deeper water expected to yield more fish
Just weeks ahead of the main fishing season on the Tonle Sap river, which supplies the majority of the fish used in the Kingdom’s traditional cooking sauce, prahok, government officials are predicting a better catch this season as water levels have recovered from last year’s ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deeper-water-expected-yield-more-fish
China, Cambodia to share credit reports
The central banks of Cambodia and China are in talks to share customers’ credit reports in an effort to boost bilateral private investment, as a response to rising trade between the two countries. The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) director general Chea Serey told Khmer Times ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32409/china--cambodia----to-share-credit-reports/
Brace for storm next week
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that some areas in the Kingdom would be hit by a storm next week, especially the coastal provinces. Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor said that a high pressure system would have a weak influence on Cambodia and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32426/brace-for-storm-next-week/
French help sought on border
In an effort to assist the contentious demarcation of the Cambodia-Vietnam border, the leaders of the two countries have agreed to seek French assistance, as Prime Minister Hun Sen again repeated calls for Vietnam to halt construction in border areas. Mr. Hun Sen and his Vietnamese ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32429/french-help-sought-on-border/
Opposition wants logging stopped
After returning to parliament and ending a six-month boycott, members of the opposition asked the government to cooperate with Vietnam to close border crossings to stop the illegal export of luxury rosewood and other timber to stop deforestation which leads to climate change. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32299/opposition-wants-logging-stopped/
Over 3.76B riel swapped in banknote exchange
The Central Bank announced on Monday that it exchanged 3.76 billion of old and worn Khmer riel banknotes (equivalent to $930,091) to new notes during its “Loving Riel Notes”, campaign which lasted five days during the Pchum Ben holiday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/over-376b-riel-swapped-banknote-exchange
Budget backed without support
Members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party voted in the National Assembly yesterday to back a 2017 national budget that outlines spending of $5 billion, but opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members refused to give it their support. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32306/budget-backed-without-support/
Central Bank puts 40B riel up for bid in LPCO
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) yesterday held its second Liquidity-Providing Collateralised Operation (LPCO), making 40 billion riel ($9.89 million) available to financial institutions in an auction in which repurchase agreements, or repos, were signed for 8.4 billion riel ($2.07 million). ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-puts-40b-riel-bid-lpco
Committee for work safety created
The government has established the National Committee for Health and Work Safety, to comprise in part officials from relevant ministries to review, give counsel and spread information related to health and work safety. According to a sub-decree dated Monday and signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Mom kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32302/committee-for-work-safety-created/
GE to help electrify Cambodia
A partnership with General Electric (GE), the Boston-based American multinational conglomerate, will be the best way forward for Cambodia to meet its 2035 goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by three million tons annually and electrifying 100 percent of rural areas, representatives from the company ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32285/ge-to-help-electrify-cambodia/
Drug factory found by students
Members of the Environment and Natural Resources Student Network, which is made up of students from six universities, found a factory processing an indigenous vine believed to be used in the production of narcotics in Koh Kong province last week. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32304/drug-factory-found-by-students/
Civil societies urge budget review
Several civil society groups yesterday issued a joint statement urging members of parliament to review the national budget which is set to allocate close to 35 percent of national spending solely to the Defense Ministry and a contingency reserve. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32233/civil-societies-urge-budget-review/
Calls to cooperate in sand export data
Civil society members and Ministry of Mines and Energy officials came together recently to discuss discrepancies in the export figures of sand from Cambodia to Singapore, after 47 NGOs wrote an open letter early this month to the ministry seeking an explanation. The letter from civil ...
Ven Rathavong and Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32210/calls-to-cooperate-in-sand-export-data/
Government considers a tax on carbon aviation
Cambodia is considering adopting an aviation tax for flights leaving the Kingdom, local media reported yesterday. The announcement came as Environment Minister Say Samal delivered remarks at the COP22 UN Climate Conference in Morocco. The conference comes one year after the historic signing of the Paris ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-considers-tax-carbon-aviation
Kem Sokha headed to National Assembly
CNRP vice president Kem Sokha will next week leave the safety of the opposition’s headquarters in Phnom Penh for only the second time since police attempted to arrest him six months ago, with a party official saying he plans to attend Tuesday’s sitting of parliament. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-headed-national-assembly
Food safety lab launched
A mobile laboratory that will be able to analyze food samples at markets around the country was launched by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday, at the same time the ministry announced it was seeking Chinese support in building testing facilities at land borders to analyze ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32101/food-safety-lab-launched/
Opposition to end boycott
Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) MPs are to end their boycott of parliament, saying the national interest takes priority.The boycott started in May after security forces tried to arrest deputy party leader Kem Sokha after he refused to attend court for questioning over an alleged ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32072/opposition-to-end-boycott/
CNRP leader diversifies social media playbook
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has waded into the Twittersphere, using his first tweet to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on his victory, and later calling on the few Cambodians who use the site to register to vote in next year’s commune elections. ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-leader-diversifies-social-media-playbook
Entrepreneurship to be taught in the classroom
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has unveiled a plan to add coursework on entrepreneurship to the school and university curricula starting in the next academic year, state news agency AKP said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/entrepreneurship-be-taught-classroom
Interior Ministry investigates forgery
The Immigration Department at the Interior Ministry has put in a request to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor to conduct a preliminary investigation into a commune chief who allegedly forged a birth certificate for a Chinese national in exchange for $12,000. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32060/interior-ministry-investigates-forgery/
Voter registration lags with 12 days remaining
Election officials toured the country during this week’s Water Festival holiday to investigate a recent sharp drop-off in the pace of voter registrations, but no glaring issues were found, a National Election Committee (NEC) spokesman said on Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/voter-registration-lags-12-days-remaining-120644/
Election body ponders registration extension
The National Election Committee (NEC) says it will consider prolonging voter registration in some areas only if it’s needed as compiling this year’s voter list ends in two weeks. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32012/election-body-ponders-registration-extension/
Minister criticizes tycoon
Ongoing land disputes between the Ministry of Land Management and the owner of development firm Phanimex are influencing White Building residents’ decision on whether to relocate or stay, according to Land Management Minister Chea Sophara. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31842/minister-criticizes-tycoon/
US-Cambodia relations to stay strong
As business mogul and reality television personality Donald Trump was announced as the next president of the United States yesterday, Cambodian political figures called for continued good relations. Shortly after president-elect Trump gave his victory speech in New York yesterday afternoon, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31900/us-cambodia-relations-to--stay-strong/