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Preah Sihanouk beach developments halted

After receiving an order from Hun Sen, Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara led a team of experts and relevant officials to Sihanoukville to call a halt to the illegal development of a beach. The prime minister ordered the Prek Treng beach in Otres commune ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-beach-developments-halted

Siem Reap families protest over lack of land deeds

Fifty-nine families living in Siem Reap’s Slor Kram commune protested to urge the authorities to speed up the process of giving them land deeds, saying they have been waiting three years already. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-families-protest-over-lack-land-deeds

PM vows to ‘protect’ Chinese interests

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday told Chinese companies investing in Cambodia not to worry about contract cancellation in the Kingdom. Speaking at a roundtable meeting with business executives in China as co-chair of the China-Asean Expo, the prime minister told six Chinese conglomerates with ...

Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-vows-protect-chinese-interests

China donates $1M of rice to flooding victims

A senior Chinese Communist Party official on Monday handed over jasmine rice worth $1 million for the government to help flood victims in the Kingdom. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-donates-1m-rice-flooding-victims

PM marks National Literacy Day

Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged all ministries to continue work on improving literacy in order to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. To mark National Literacy Day on Saturday, Mr Hun Sen said government officials must continue to develop Cambodia’s human resources by improving ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531929/pm-marks-national-literacy-day/

PM: Leaders age like wine

Defending the fact that the leadership has remained largely the same in the sixth mandate of the government, Prime Minister Hun Sen said reforms were more about improving job efficiencies. Several analysts have begged to differ, however, saying reforms won’t make much progress under an ...

Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-leaders-age-wine

Germany’s Merkel sends PM ‘congratulations’ on poll win

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader of a Western democracy to congratulate Prime Minister Hun Sen on his party’s landslide victory in the July 29 national elections, issuing a letter wishing him success over the course of his new term of office. Observers, ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/germanys-merkel-sends-pm-congratulations-poll-win

Koh Kong families call on firm to resolve decades-old row

The three families – the last holdouts after hundreds of others have moved out – said Union Development Group (UDG) had built fences around their properties in Kiri Sakor district’s Koh Sdach commune, blocking their access, in an attempt to force them to give in ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-families-call-firm-resolve-decades-old-row

Hun Manet promoted after royal decree

Hun manet, the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, rose to the rank of Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) – the second most powerful position in the Kingdom’s military – on Thursday after a royal decree. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-manet-promoted-after-royal-decree

Australia to miss opening of assembly due to ‘flawed’ poll

As Australia became the latest Western embassy to announce it would not be sending a representative to Wednesday’s opening of parliament, Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan dismissed the US and EU Ambassadors being “unable to attend” as no loss because “they give no value ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-miss-opening-assembly-due-flawed-poll

PM calls for reshuffle of ministry

Prime minister-designate Hun Sen on Friday sent a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni, requesting a reshuffle among top brass at the Ministry of Interior. Seen by The Post on Saturday, the letter indicates that 10 senior officials have reached retirement age. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-reshuffle-ministry

PM welcomes GDP to forum

After hosting 16 of the Kingdom’s 20 registered parties at the inaugural meeting of the Consultation Forum, two additional parties earlier this week announced their intention to join the group but pushed back against the idea of opposition leaders receiving salaries. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-welcomes-gdp-forum

PM calls for better bus service for upcoming national holiday

Prime minister-designate Hun Sen on Wednesday called on the Phnom Penh authorities to enhance the public transport network after private operators raised bus fares for the coming national holidays. An efficient public bus service will help people commute easily, especially during the Pchum Ben festival ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-better-bus-service-upcoming-national-holiday

Jailed CNRP 14 receive royal pardon

In a royal decree signed on Monday night, King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned 14 former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials, including senior official Meach Sovannara, at the request of prime minister-designate Hun Sen. They were released last night. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jailed-cnrp-14-receive-royal-pardon

Dry spell prompts pumping measures

The Agricultural Minister on Saturday instructed provincial authorities to find a solution for persisting drought problems in Banteay Meanchey province. Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon said during his visit to Phnom Srok district that while other villagers in the province are facing floods, major parts of ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526757/dry-spell-prompts-pumping-measures/

PM: Ease debt load on flood victims

Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday urged the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to work with all microfinance institutions (MFIs) to find ways to ease debt burdens on those displaced from flooding in the Kingdom. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-ease-debt-load-flood-victims

Hun Sen defends new Consultation Forum

Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen on Thursday defended his establishment of the Consultation Forum, saying it gives opposition parties an opportunity to contribute to nation-building. Speaking to over 17,000 garment workers in Kandal province, the Cambodian People’s Party leader was responding to criticisms from some members ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-defends-new-consultation-forum

UN: Large number of voters ‘alienated’

The spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) claimed a significant proportion of the Cambodian population was left alienated in the July 29 elections after the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-large-number-voters-alienated

Hun Sen formally appointed as PM

King Norodom Sihamoni on Friday appointed Hun Sen as prime minister with the duty of organising a government for approval by the National Assembly. On his re-appointment, Mr Hun Sen pledged to do his best to serve the whole nation for another five-year term after ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524420/hun-sen-formally-appointed-as-pm/

PM: $22 million spent on missing wages

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government has spent $22 million on missing wages for factory workers as it continues to side with them in cases where employers have closed shop and fled. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523123/pm-22-million-spent-on-missing-wages/

Budget boosts for health and education

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government will increase the budget for the health and education ministries in next year’s national budget to improve the welfare of people.​ ...

Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523127/budget-boosts-for-health-and-education/

Takeo’s Road 21 now free of charge

The government has decided to make Road 21 more accessible to motorists in Takeo province by alleviating the financial burden of paying tolls, the provincial governor said yesterday. ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522673/takeos-road-21-now-free-of-charge/

Government to ratify disaster charter

Cambodia is ready to ratify its membership in the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. On his Facebook page, Mr Hun Sen said that he met with ADPC chairman Krasae Chanawongse at the Peace Palace yesterday morning and told him that ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522211/government-to-ratify-disaster-charter/

Hun Sen to attend WEF on Asean

Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen will attend three days of meetings at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Asean in Hanoi next month, alongside seven other Southeast Asian heads of state, a WEF release said on Wednesday. ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-attend-wef-asean

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