EU Bike Import Shows Huge Shifts
The import flow of bicycles (excluding e-bikes) into the European Union is changing rapidly between countries What is in particular striking is the massive upswing in imports from Cambodia. In 2011 the European Union imported 366,000 bikes from Cambodia which took the country to the 9th ...
Export diversity induces growth
In order for Cambodia to maintain the same rate of growth it has enjoyed in the past few years, exports need to diversify from textiles and tourism to modern services, said the World Bank’s country manager yesterday in Phnom Penh. “Cambodian firms are already tentatively exporting ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012102459390/Business/export-diversity-induces-growth.html
Cambodia to Resume International Adoptions on January 1
Cambodia will allow inter-country adoptions to resume from January 1 next year, four years after the government stopped adoptions amid claims of corruption and baby selling, government officials confirmed yesterday. Speaking after a meeting with Susan Jacobs, the U.S. State Department’s special adviser on children’s issues, Secretary of ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-resume-international-adoptions-on-january-1-4934/
Neglecting to conduct good market research is hurting SMEs in Cambodia
A large majority of Cambodian small and medium-sized enterprises are operating without conducting good market research, say experts in the field, and relying too heavily on informal information and networks. As a result, they are growing slowly and in some cases, falling behind their competitors. Market research involves gathering information about markets and customers. Laurent Notin, ...
Hundreds Rally to Stop Forced Land Evictions in Phnom Penh
Hundreds of families from more than a dozen communities joined local human rights groups yesterday as they rallied outside the National Assembly for World Habitat Day, calling for an end to forced land evictions in Phnom Penh. Among those protesting were residents from the Boeng ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/hundreds-rally-to-stop-forced-land-evictions-in-phnom-penh/
NagaCorp To Build Underground Retail Center In Phnom Penh
Nagacorp will build an underground road and retail space linking its casino complex in Phnom Penh to nearby Koh Pich, according to the announcement released by City Hall yesterday. The underground road, which will be 23 meters wide and 447 meters long, will connect to National ...
Boeung Kak 13 to appeal
Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women who were sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Thursday following a lawyer-free trial that lasted just three hours will appeal their convictions, their distraught supporters said yesterday. As the reality of the trial, which rights groups have ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856427/National-news/boeung-kak-13-to-appeal.html
Malaysia Firm Buys Majority In Yellow Pages
The owner of Cambodia Yellow Pages has agreed in principle to sell a 51 percent stake to the subsidiary of Malaysian technology firm CBSA Bhd. in a deal worth $2.04 million, an official at the company said Monday. According to a disclosure last week from CBSA ...
Firms Go to Arbitration Over Failed Gold Mining License Deal
Despite touting its Cambodian venture on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE), a British registered mining firm’s plan to extract gold in Ratanakkiri province stalled and the firm may face legal action over a failed deal to obtain an exploration license. Astra Resources Plc. has also gone ...
Policing, Free Expression Raised at Donor Meeting
Amid a recent spike in police violence against land protesters, Cambodia’s foreign donors yesterday together called on the government for “responsible policing” and expressed “concern” over the trend. The relative candor from aid donors toward the end of the high-level but long-delayed meeting with top government ...
Hyundai’s Cambodia plans
After two years of assembling Hyundai vehicles in Cambodia for the domestic market, South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company is increasing its production to meet rising demand, aiming to reach 800 units in 2013, a company’s representative said. Located in the Koh Kong Special Economic Zone, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hyundai%E2%80%99s-cambodia-plans
Evictees back on land
Dozens of families at Borei Keila have moved back on to land they were evicted from last year, despite intimidation and threats of arrest by security forces employed by developer Phan Imex. Earlier this month, security guards tore down the shelters of 12 families who had ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032664678/National/evictees-back-on-land.html
Initial Mapping For Communal Titles Underway in Mondolkiri
Initial mapping of three ethnic minority Banong communities in Mondolkiri province got underway yesterday, a critical step in their plans to gain much coveted communal titles to their ancestral land. Established by the 2001 Land Law, communal land titles were designed specifically to protect the ancestral ...
Airports operator looks to expand
While Cambodia Airports, of which France-based Vinci Group is major stakeholder, sees tourist numbers taking off, eviction issues are gnawing at the company’s image. Emmanuel Menanteau, chief executive of Cambodia Airports, talked to the Post’s Sarah Thust about the expansion plans. How many tourist arrivals do ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165965/CEO-Talk/airports-operator-looks-to-expand.html
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/8: Cross-border trade with Cambodia on the rise
Cross–border commodity exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia is thriving thanks to 1,270km of shared border, 10 international gates, 37 main and auxiliary border gates, and nine border economic zones. The southern province of An Giang, which lies on the Cambodian frontier, has two international and two ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/82610/business-in-brief-26-8.html
Cambodian Opp threatens general strike after ‘constitutional coup’
Cambodia’s main opposition party accused long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen of a ‘constitutional coup’ on Wednesday and said it could call a general strike as it steps up protests over its complaints of vote-rigging in July’s general election. “We condemn this National Assembly, this government ...
Pakistan Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C09%5C26%5Cstory_26-9-2013_pg4_4
S&P reaffirms rating despite political worry
Cambodia has retained its B credit rating despite ratings company Standard & Poor’s citing the country’s ongoing political standoff as a “major” constraint. S&P affirmed Cambodia’s B/B credit rating last week, labeling the country as having a strong and stable long-term and short-term outlook. Engagement of international ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sp-reaffirms-rating-despite-political-worry
Geopacific Resources outlines rights issue, funds to advance copper project in Cambodia
Cambodian-focused Geopacific Resources (ASX: GPR) has now released its 10 for 17 non-renounceable rights issue which will raise up to A$3.0 million at $0.05, and forms part of a larger funding package. In August GPR outlined a funding package which will include an equity placement of ...
Proactive Investors Australia News Styaff
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/47714/geopacific-resources-outlines-rights-issue-funds-to-advance-copper-project-in-cambodia-47714.html
Clashes renewed at cordon
Frustrated Boeung Kak and Borei Keila community members flooded past a Daun Penh road barrier yesterday after attempting to lodge complaints with district authorities in connection with Sunday’s violence at Wat Phnom. On Sunday night, a brutal raid on a peaceful vigil of about 20 protesters ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/clashes-renewed-cordon
(English) Boeung Kak awaits justice
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Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-awaits-justice