Cambodia to get its first garment training institute
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has inked an agreement with French international development agency – Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), for obtaining a loan of US$ 3.5 million to set up [sic] first garment training institute in the country. As per the agreement the ...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=118660
Government salaries to no longer be paid in cash
The wages of 400,000 civil servants from 39 government ministries are to be paid via a new electronic banking system due to be rolled out next month. Secretary of State for the Ministry of Economy and Finance Chu Kim Leng announced the new payroll system on ...
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-salaries-no-longer-be-paid-cash
Bank’s Plan Greeted With Skepticism
A 10 year strategic plan designed to ensure financial stability in Cambodia has been released by the central bank to much skepticism. The $700,000 study sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is said to be short on details even though it calls for the ...
GMAC៖ ការកែសម្រួលច្បាប់ការងារអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់និយោជក
សមាគមរោងចក្រកាត់ដេរនៅកម្ពុជាបានស្វាគមន៍ការអនុម័តមាត្រា ៨៩ នៃច្បាប់ស្តីពីការការពារកម្មករ និងការទូទាត់ប្រាក់បំណាច់ដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ ប៉ុន្តែប្រធានសមាគមនេះបាននិយាយថា ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរនេះអាចធ្វើឱ្យមានការខូចខាត ...
មុំ គន្ធា
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50494469/labour-law-revision-could-hurt-employers-gmac/
(English) Groups Demand Mandatory Minimum Wage, Threaten Protest
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Khy Sovuthy and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/groups-demand-a-mandatory-minimum-wage-threaten-to-protest-50428/
Firm to Offer Financing for Motorcycles
Thailand’s GL Finance Plc. launched its business in Cambodia on Friday by opening eight branches in Phnom Penh and Kandal province that will operate hire purchase operations out of Honda motorcycle dealership. Speaking during the opening ceremony for its branch in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district, ...
Senator Offers Cash Compensation to Evictees
CPP Senator and business tycoon Ly Yong Phat last week continued to offer families in Koh Kong province cash compensation to get them to drop out of a lawsuit against two sugar cane plantations he once owned, according to villagers. But villager Phann Khly yesterday ...
First CPP National Assembly Plenary Session Set for Thursday
The National Assembly will hold its first plenary session meeting on Thursday since Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 68 members of parliament last month approved an Assembly president and chairpersons to head the body’s nine committees, and despite the opposition CNRP still refusing to take their ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/first-cpp-national-assembly-plenary-session-set-for-thursday-44452/
Cambodia predicts 7.6 percent GDP growth in 2013
Cambodia’s economy would grow by 7.6 percent this year, driven by garment exports, agriculture, tourism and construction, according to a preliminary prediction by the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Wednesday. The ministry said that the GDP volume would be around 15.19 billion U.S. dollars and ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-07/24/c_132570724.htm
Cambodian PM urges Chinese to invest in agricultural processing plants
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday urged Chinese companies to focus their investments in processing plants for agricultural products in order to help increase the country’s productivity for exports. The premier made the suggestion during a meeting with a visiting Chinese delegation led by Wang ...
Xinhuanet News
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/28/c_132836976.htm
លោក ស ខេង៖ រដ្ឋាភិបាលគិតគូរជីវភាពគ្រូបង្រៀន ដោយផ្តល់ប្រាក់បំណាច់ផ្សេងៗ
នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីស្តីទី និងជារដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃលោក ស ខេង លើកឡើងថាកន្លងមករាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ និងលើកកម្ពស់ដល់ស្ថានភាពរស់នៅ និងការបំពេញការងាររបស់គ្រូបង្រៀនដោយដំឡើងប្រាក់បៀវត្សរ៍ និងប្រាក់បំណាច់ផ្សេងៗទៀតជាបន្តបន្ទាប់។ ការថ្លែងបែបនេះរបស់លោក ស ខេង ធ្វើឡើងក្នុងទិវាគ្រូបង្រៀនក្នុងខួបលើកទី ២២ នៅ ...
រី សុចាន់
https://bit.ly/2MhhW7q
NGO, Boeung Kak activists offer solution
The Boeung Kak community and a land rights NGO yesterday released a proposed demarcation plan they say could solve the long-standing land dispute. In a map presented yesterday, villagers said they had agreed on a land division that would make room for 70 families locked out ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050365397/National/ngo-b-kak-activists-offer-solution.html
Sides dig in over minimum wage
Unions and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) are unlikely to walk out of their final minimum wage meeting today with an agreed-upon increase for workers, industry insiders said yesterday. Both parties have reaffirmed their respective positions: GMAC secretary-general Ken Loo said yesterday that “nothing’s ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031161866/National/sides-dig-in-over-minimum-wage.html
(English) Marchers to flout ban on protests
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Kevin Ponniah and Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/marchers-flout-ban-protests
Motorcycles, Money Offered to SEZ Victims
Bavet city officials ordered a deputy village chief to offer two victims of the Feb. 20 shooting in Svay Rieng province cash or a motorcycle in return for them not filing a court complaint against the man who shot them inside a special economic zone. ...
S'ville Port Likely to Miss Bourse Registration Date
An official at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port yesterday said the state-owned firm would miss its target of registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) next month, a key step before listing on the country’s nascent bourse. Ho Hongsik, director of SBI Royal ...
រោងចក្រឥដ្ឋជំរុញឲ្យបញ្ចប់ពលកម្មកុមារ
ការសិក្សាស៊ីជម្រៅមួយរបស់សម្ព័ន្ធកម្ពុជាសម្រាប់ការលើកកម្ពស់ និងការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស លីកាដូ បានបង្ហាញថា ការជាប់បំណុល និងពលកម្មកុមារនៅតែបន្តនៅក្នុងរោងចក្រឥដ្ឋ។ ...
យ៉ាត ម៉ាឡៃ
https://kiripost.com/stories/brick-factories-urged-to-end-child-labour
Charcoal prices rise in urban areas
Deforestation and Cambodia’s strong economic growth have resulted in an increase in the price of charcoal, an energy source the poor are dependent on, charcoal vendors say. The price of charcoal in Phnom Penh had increased at least 200 riel ($0.05) a kilogram compared to 2012, charcoal ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022661597/Business/charcoal-prices-rise-in-urban-areas.html
Maid Company Offers Alternative to Migration
A new made-service company that claims to be the only one of its kind in Cambodia is offering an alternative employment option for the country’s many domestic workers who face insecure, and often abusive, workplace conditions overseas. Ming Hour Home Service, which opened in July, employs ...
Worming a Way Into the Agriculture Sector
For 53-year-old farmer Ros Mao, it’s not just the early bird that catches the worm. The Takeo province farmer has raised millions of earthworms for eight years in Tram Trak district, selling the slimy red creatures and using the manure they create to grow his ...