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Constitutional Council sees in new members
Three newcomers officially took up their positions at the Constitutional Council yesterday, the body announced. Im Chhun Lim, former minister of land management, officially began his tenure as head of the council after being appointed by the Supreme Council of Magistracy and voted chief by ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/constitutional-council-sees-new-members
New minister vows to tackle land registration
The new minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Chea Sophara, should strive to resolve the country’s land disputes and expand land registration services, his outgoing predecessor Im Chhun Lim said during a handover ceremony yesterday. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-minister-vows-tackle-land-registration
Two new faces to join Constitutional Council
Outgoing minister of land management Im Chhun Lim and former Ministry of Tourism secretary of state Sam Prumnea are set to join the Constitutional Council. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-new-faces-join-constitutional-council
Government starts preparing confiscated ELCs for poor
Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-starts-preparing-confiscated-elcs-for-poor-109220/
Minister orders governors to end illegal construction
Minister of Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim ordered all governors to check construction sites in their provinces to ensure that none are encroaching on public land, and to take action against those that do. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17744/minister-orders-governors-to-end-illegal-construction/
Nagaworld expansion suspended
The controversial expansion of NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh has been temporarily halted after an inspection of the construction site led Prime Minister Hun Sen to judge that it was interfering with the city’s beauty, according to City Hall. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nagaworld-expansion-suspended-99673/
Gov’t pledges to step up land titling pace
The government yesterday vowed to finish distributing all land titles currently under consideration by 2020.In a speech, Im Chhun Lim, the minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said the government was committed to improving land security in Cambodia in its bid to address ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-pledges-step-land-titling-pace
4 million land titles distributed by MOLMUPC
As of 2015, The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MoLMUPC) has distributed four million land titles to people across the country. ...
Mom Chan Dara Soleil
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15636/4-million-land-titles-distributed-by-molmupc/
Lawmaker asks minister to intervene over Kampot arrests
The chairman of the National Assembly’s human rights commission on Thursday requested that Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim intervene on behalf of two villagers who were arrested upon returning to Kampot province on Tuesday after protesting in Phnom Penh. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-asks-minister-to-intervene-over-kampot-arrests-93945/
Land management minister to give answer to the National Assembly
Senior Minister, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim will go to the National Assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30 am to give answers to the National Assembly’s members. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/land-management-minister-to-give-answer-to-the-national-assembly-8939
Japanese construction taking flight in capital
Japanese construction investment approvals are ranked third this year, behind China and Korea, accounting for $108 million in approved projects, according to Im Chhun Lim, minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-construction-taking-flight-capital
Thailand boosts kingdom’s construction sector by $100 million
Thailand has invested $100 million in Cambodia’s construction sector, according to the latest figures issued by the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...
Ban Sokrith and Muny Sithyna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12035/thailand-boosts-kingdom---s-construction-sector-by--100-million/
Cambodia's construction sector receives 2.5 bln USD investment last year
Cambodia’s construction sector attracted a total investment of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, down 10 percent from 2.77 billion U.S. dollars in 2013, according to official data on Monday. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=271483
Still work to do on land issue: envoy
Germany’s ambassador to Cambodia, Joachim Baron von Marschall, yesterday cautioned against too much optimism in the land sector in the face of ongoing disputes and forced evictions. The ambassador made the comments at a workshop on sustainable land policy in the capital, where speakers from ...
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/still-work-do-land-issue-envoy
Cambodia holds construction, property expo as construction sector booms
An international construction and property exhibition kicked off here, in the capital city of Cambodia, on Wednesday as the country’s construction continued enjoying strong growth, officials said. Andrew Siow, chief executive officer of AMB Event-Cambodia, which organized the expo at the capital’s Diamond Island Exhibition Center, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-09/10/c_133632913.htm
Hun Sen gives hope to villagers in land fight
Last month, Prime Minister Hun Sen was mocked for claiming in a speech on August 18 that he was unaware of a land dispute in Kratie province’s Snuol district over which villagers had repeatedly petitioned his cabinet. But Mr. Hun Sen’s admission that he was unaware ...
Mech Dara and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-gives-hope-to-villagers-in-land-fight-67416/
After prolonged protest, villagers win back land
Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim intervened in a high-profile land dispute between villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district and a South Korean agribusiness firm over the weekend, announcing Saturday that the contested 1,562-hectare tract would be taken back from the company and awarded to ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-prolonged-protest-villagers-win-back-land-67344/
Kratie land dispute unsolved after latest talks
Representatives of villagers in Kratie province locked in a land dispute with an agribusiness firm said discussions with land management and provincial officials at the Snuol district hall ended Tuesday without a resolution. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-land-dispute-unsolved-after-latest-talks-67198/
NGO says legal action over land disputes on the rise
The number of people charged in land disputes across the country so far this year has already surpassed the number of charges in all of 2013 in what rights group Adhoc on Tuesday called an “alarming” increase in legal action against those wrapped up in ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-says-legal-action-over-land-disputes-on-the-rise-66873/
South Korean Embassy defends rubber firm, but villagers want its help
Villagers representing families in Kratie province petitioned the South Korean Embassy for help Tuesday in their dispute with a South Korean agribusiness firm, after hearing that the embassy had lodged a complaint against them. About 200 villagers from Kratie province’s Snuol district are staying at the ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-korean-embassy-defends-rubber-firm-but-villagers-want-its-help-65263/
After Protest, Government Speeds Up Land Titles for Kratie Families
Government officials have agreed to speed up the delivery of land titles promised to some 1,500 families in Kratie province after about 200 of them, angered by the months-long delay, protested outside their local commune office Monday. The protesters said they had their land measured in ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-protest-government-speeds-up-land-titles-for-kratie-families-49768/
Final mission for volunteers
In their final deployment as part of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s national land-titling program, 55 student youth volunteers will be sent to measure 50,000 hectares of land following a nearly six-month moratorium on the program. The deployment was officially launched at a ceremony in Kandal province ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-mission-volunteers
Cambodia's construction industry looks ahead
Cambodia’s construction industry took a major step forward in its development on Tuesday with the second summit of the Cambodia Constructors Association at DARA Airport Hotel. The summit occurred alongside an exhibition of construction products, materials and services. Association chairman Pung Kheav Se said that was ...
Hin Pisei
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/cambodias-construction-industry-looks-ahead
Landmark Hopeful of Future Retail Agreements
A 20-story retail and office building development opposite Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park by U.K.-based Hongkong Land Ltd. (HKL) is being built without pre-existing rental agreements, the company’s general manager, Daniel Parkes, said Thursday. Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim last Friday hosted the groundbreaking of the ...
Alex Willemyns and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/landmark-hopeful-of-future-retail%E2%80%88agreements-42254/