No consultation as government develops new urban planning policy
The Ministry of Land Management and Urban Planning announced yesterday that it will soon complete a new draft sub-decree that aims to guide and regulate urban development in towns and cities.
Land and human rights groups, however, criticized the ministry for failing to consult them on
Call to protect workers in Malaysia
The government was urged yesterday not to start sending domestic helpers to Malaysia again until it had a Memorandum of Understand with Kuala Lumpur guaranteeing protection of Cambodian migrant workers there.
Ya Navuth, executive director of Coordination of Action Research on Aids and Mobility, also said
EU crisis hurting silk sector
Europe’s continued economic troubles have weighed heavily this year on Cambodian silk producers, officials and industry insiders said yesterday.
Debt woes in the euro zone, the Kingdom’s main export market for silk, have caused job losses, among other issues, according to officials.
Cambodian Craft Cooperation, which makes
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011120153074/Business/eu-crisis-hurting-silk-sector.html
Fiery start for new union at factory
More than 200 workers at Shinglecom Cambodia garment factory protested yesterday outside the facility in the capital’s Dangkor district, demanding that a representative of their newly formed union be rehired.
Yang Thaisan, secretary-general of the Union Federation for Labour Rights at the factory, said union representative
Hun Sen sets out northeast development plans
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday outlined the government’s plans to spur economic growth in the northeast of the country through implementing a wide range of projects in sectors such as agriculture and the extractive industries.
Rights workers have warned that little information on the plans for
Gas prices at all-time high
Gasoline prices in Cambodia hit an all-time high on Friday, stoking fears of limited fuel reserves and increasing production costs at some of the Kingdom’s businesses.
Premium gasoline sold for $1.40 per litre last week, surpassing the $1.38-per-litre price during the global economic slump at the
Working conditions report highlights faintings
Ninety-five percent of factories in the country are issuing too much overtime, while more than 60 percent of factories are too hot, according to a report released yesterday by the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories program.
Both the excessive overtime and the hot working conditions
Protesting Beer Promoters Say Company Threatened Firings
According to more than 30 Angkor Beer promoters who are protesting Cambrew Ltd’s failure to comply to an Arbitration Council ruling, the company has threatened them with firings. The protestors plan on continuing the strike until the company meets their demands. The Cambodian Food and
Union claims strikers threatened with gun
Free Trade Union members claimed that staff of the Cambodian Union Federation of Chuon Mom Thol threatened workers striking at a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province yesterday. FTU president Chea Mony told the Post that officials of the Cambodian Union Federation had used guns
Yingluck adds fuel to gas talks
Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Cambodian National Petroleum Association Sok An has called for the resumption of talks with Thailand over the disputed overlapping claims area in the Gulf of Thailand, believed to be rich in oil and natural-gas reserves.
The oil industry had
Mine concession sale planned in Ratanakkiri
Astra Resources, parent company of Australia’s Astra Mining, will finalise within two months the acquisition of a 222-square-kilometre gold concession in Cambodia’s Ratanakkiri province, the company announced yesterday.
Astra, which listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange September 30, is aiming for large and speedy gold production
Observers call for the inclusion of civil servants in union law
Experts yesterday urged the Ministry of Labor to extend the latest draft of a forthcoming trade union law to include civil servants, who are currently shut out of the law in contravention of international conventions
Rong Chhun, president of both the Cambodian Confederation of Unions and
Mass faintings hit factory again
Female workers were rushed to hospital in a second mass fainting yesterday at Su Tong Fang Ying Kam garment factory in Russey Keo district, unionists said.
About 17 female workers became overwhelmed with diesel fumes from their sewing machines and were rushed to Calmette Hospital, where
Kingdom pushes power grid
The Cambodian government yesterday offered a subsidy on equipment to private electricity distributors in an effort to expand the Kingdom’s limited power grid.
Private power suppliers who have completed between 70 to 80 per cent of their planned investments in electricity networks can request subsidies on
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More maids missing in Malaysia: parents
Parents of four girls sent to work as maids in Malaysia filed a complaint with Adhoc yesterday in Preah Vihear province saying they had not heard from their daughters for anywhere from two to nearly five years.
Prak Leat, 41, said her daughter had left for
Two Arrested, Three Detained For Maid’s Death in Malaysia
Two Malaysian employers of a Cambodian maid were arrested and three others detained this week in Malaysia in connection with the woman’s death, Malaysian police officers said yesterday.
Assistant police superintendent Suriman bin Shahrim, said Mey Sichan, 24, was discovered dead on Sunday, and her Malaysian
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ជាមួយនឹងតំណក់ប្រេងឆៅដំបូងពីតំបន់ប្រេងអប្សរាដែលគេរំពឹងនៅឆ្នាំក្រោយ មន្ត្រីបានជួបប្រជុំគ្នាកាលពីថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ដើម្បីពិភាក្សាអំពីច្បាប់ដែលត្រូវបានរំពឹងទុកយ៉ាងច្រើនស្តីពីប្រេង។ អ្នកតំណាងមកពីក្រសួងរ៉ែ និងថាមពល
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ផ្ទះឈើ ១០ ខ្នងត្រូវអគ្គិភ័យឆេះខ្ទេច សង្ស័យមកពីទូស្សេខ្សែភ្លើង
ផ្ទះឈើប្រក់ស័ង្កសី ១០ ខ្នងដែលមានមនុស្សរស់នៅប្រមាណ ១៦ គ្រួសារកាលពីម្សិលមិញត្រូវបានឆាបឆេះនៅម៉ោង ១ រំលងអធ្រាត្រឈានចូលថ្ងៃទី ២ ខែកក្កដាម្សិលមិញនៅភូមិទួលរកា សង្កាត់ចាក់អង្រែក្រោម ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ ដោយអាជ្ញាធរសន្និដ្ឋានថាបណ្ដាលមកពីឆ្លងចរន្តអគ្គិសនី ប៉ុន្ដែម្ចាស់ផ្ទះសង្ស័យ
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កម្ពុជា និងចិនបានចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងលើពិធីសារស្តីពីការនាំចេញចេកកម្ពុជាទៅកាន់ប្រទេសចិន ដើម្បីបើកផ្លូវឲ្យកម្ពុជាអាចនាំចេញចេកទៅកាន់ទីផ្សារប្រទេសចិន ខណៈកន្លងមកការនាំចេញមានតែទីផ្សាររបស់វៀតណាមប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ពិធីសារស្តីពីលក្ខខណ្ឌតម្រូវភូតគាមអនាម័យត្រូវបាន
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