ANZ chief says Cambodia should de-dollarise
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith says Cambodia should decouple the riel from the US dollar to a stand-alone currency and align itself to the Chinese renminbi (RMB), given the shift in global trade flows. At the Cambodia Outlook Conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, Smith said: “I ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022161527/Business/anz-chief-says-cambodia-should-de-dollarise.html
(English) Phnom Penh to get new water treatment plant
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Holly Robertson and Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/phnom-penh-to-get-new-water-treatment-plant-65561/
កម្ពុជាស្នើរឱ្យអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិនិងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកផ្តល់ជំនួយដល់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលដោះមីន
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេស លោកហោណាំហុង បានស្នើឱ្យអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកនិងប្រទេសដទៃទៀតផ្តល់ការគាំទ្រផ្នែកបច្ចេកទេសដល់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសកម្មភាពកំចាត់មីនតំបន់អាស៊ាន។ ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16357/un--us-urged-to-aid-de-mining-center/
Villagers salute Chea Dara
A mother whose family face eviction from their home at Boeung Kak lake was farewelled at a funeral on Saturday evening, hours after her body was found in the Mekong River. Chea Dara’s body was identified by family members on Saturday in Samraong Thum commune, Kien ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011112853004/National-news/villagers-salute-chea-dara.html
Borei Keila evictees will be given a lift back to vote
Borei Keila evictees will have a chance to revisit the area they were forcibly evicted from this Sunday when authorities truck them back from the makeshift tents of their relocation site for a special purpose – to vote. Touch Khorn, a representative of the Borei Keila ...
First Park Hyatt in Southeast Asia opens in Siem Reap
Hyatt Hotels Corp has announced the opening of the first Park Hyatt in Southeast Asia in Siem Reap. The announcement Wednesday said the reopening of the former Hotel De La Paix in downtown Siem Reap followed a 14-month renovation by award-winning interior Designer Bill Bensley. “We are ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YTJhYWQ3Mzc1NjI
(English) Cambodia, China to jointly establish technology transfer center
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Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140818/cambodia-china-jointly-establish-technology-transfer-center
Virtual Sam Rainsy Slapped With Actual Fine
The Provincial Election Committee (PEC) on Monday fined opposition leader Sam Rainsy $2,500 for verbally attacking Prime Minister Hun Sen from afar during a video-link speech beamed to supporters in Phnom Penh, officials said yesterday. Mr. Rainsy, who currently lives in self-imposed exile in Paris, was ...
Tonle Sap water project to help Siem Reap town
The Japanese government sealed the deal yesterday on an agreement to provide Cambodia with a US$86 million loan for a project that will supply Siem Reap town residents with water from the Tonle Sap lake and alleviate their need for water drawn from wells. The 40-year ...
French Scholar ‘Shocked’ Over Damage to Riverside Home
Leaning over the railing on the roof of the Khmeroyal Hotel along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay, 54-year-old scholar and long-time Cambodian resident Oliver de Bernon peered across at his crumbing riverfront apartment yesterday. Residents of the block between streets 178 and 184 on Sisowath Quay ...
Siem Reap Theft Fears Rise
Fears of theft are on the rise among market vendors in a tourist district in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, the gateway to the world-renowned Angkor archeological site. Vendors at a market in Puok district said they had lost a lot of money following a slew of ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/siem-reap-01302013174007.html
Railway Evictees Tussle With High Debt Levels
Adding to a growing body of research into the flaws of Cambodia’s $142 million railway rehabilitation project, a report published yesterday said soaring debt levels are crippling families forcibly relocated by the project. In the report by land rights organization Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), researchers tracked ...
(English) Cambodia to establish int'l committee for safeguarding, developing world heritage Preah Vihear
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Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/19/c_133568463.htm
ក្រុមហ៊ុន Smart ដាក់ឲ្យដំណើរការសេវា 4G
ពេលនេះប្រជាជន កម្ពុជា អាចប្រើប្រាស់បណ្ដាញអ៊ីនធឺណិត ៤G ជាមួយនឹងទូរស័ព្ទចល័តរបស់ខ្លួន ជាលើកដំបូងប៉ុន្តែមានតែតំបន់សំខាន់ៗមួយចំនួននៅក្នុងទីក្រុង ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុណ្ណោះបន្ទាប់ពីក្រុមហ៊ុន Smart Mobile បានប្រកាសពីបណ្ដាញ LTE ៤G របស់ខ្លួននៅ ណា ...
Eddie Morton
http://postkhmer.com/business/business/109621--smart-4g
Families Face Re-Eviction, Submit City Hall Petition
Representatives of 19 families facing the eviction from their homes in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district submitted a petition to City Hall yesterday, demanding land as compensation. The families claim that the eviction is doubly bitter because they had been relocated to Andong 3 Village, Kouk ...
Japan to Give $840,000 To Demining Projects
Japan signed an agreement Thursday with the Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) to provide $839,363 to deining projects in Battambang province, which will benefit about 5,500 residents. Together with the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), which will receive almost half of the donations from Japan, JMAS ...
Betargo readies for the contruction of its 18,000t per annum feed mill in Cambodia
Betagro (Cambodia) readies for the construction of its new feed mill in Phnom Penh SEZ. The feed mill is to be constructed in the capital’s Special Economic Zone, located 12km from the city center. The company is investing USD$17.2 million in the new project. The plant construction ...
European Lawmakers Press for Probe of Land Concessions
Lawmakers from the European Union (E.U) are again urging the block’s trade commissioner to investigate Cambodia’s Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) over a raft of alleged rights abuses and consider revoking the duty free access their owners currently enjoy to member states. Going mostly to industrial ...
French investors plan tram system for Phnom Penh
French companies are considering plans to invest in a tram system providing comfortable public transport for residents of Phnom Penh, an official said Friday Kuy Koung, spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the project was discussed during a meeting between Foreign Minister ...
Tourism Sector Faces Dearth of Skilled Labor
With the number of tourists visiting the country increasing rapidly, hotels are coming under strain due to lack of skilled chefs and waiters in the industry, according to hotel managers. In the first six months of 2012, international visitors reached 1.75 million, a 26.8 percent ...