Government Goes to China in Search of New Loans
Prime Minister Hun Sen will travel to China on Saturday to meet with the rising superpower’s new leadership, in a trip the government expects to yield nearly $2 billion in loans and aid. Most significantly, the Government is hoping to secure Chinese funding for a 1.67 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-goes-to-china-in-search-of-loans-17314/
Firm Given Rights to All ELC Timber in Ratanakkiri
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a deal with Try Pheap Import Export to give the firm the right to purchase all timber felled in economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, according to a letter sent from the Agriculture Ministry to the Forestry Administration ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firm-given-rights-to-all-elc-timber-in-ratanakkiri-22788/
Private Ship Registry Did Not Monitor Compliance
The privately-operated International Ship Registry of Cambodia (ISROC), a South Korea-based company that owns the rights to register foreign vessels under the Cambodian flag, told ship owners last year that it was not monitoring their observance of international maritime laws, and that it was their ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/private-ship-registry-did-not-monitor-compliance-48532/
CNRP Touts Success on Second Day of Demonstrations
As leaders from the CPP and CNRP sat down for a round of top-level negotiations aimed at breaking the country’s prolonged political impasse on Monday, opposition supporters once again poured into Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park for the second day of demonstrations against alleged fraud in ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-touts-success-on-second-day-of-demonstrations-42529/
Cambodia Upgrades Diplomatic Relations With Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to upgrade Cambodia’s diplomatic relations with Japan to a “strategic level” during talks in Tokyo on Sunday, but also thanked his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, for making efforts to mend relations with neighbor China, according to media reports. During a state ...
Phorn Bopha and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-upgrades-diplomatic-relations-with-japan-49386/
(English) Gov’t suspends freedom of association for unions
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Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-suspends-freedom-of-association-for-unions-53271/
(English) ADB Admits Fault in Rail Project, Pledges Compensation
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Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-admits-fault-in-rail-project-pledges-compensation-51210/
Welfare plan full of goals, short on details
Cash transfers to the poor and public works programs for the unemployed are spelled out in a new five-year plan the government launched yesterday in a bid to expand the country’s threadbare social welfare programs. Though full of ambitious targets and budgets, the ‘National Social Protection ...
PPWSA sets an IPO date
Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority aimed to raise US$20.4 million in a long-awaited initial public offering scheduled for mid-April, the company said yesterday during its first pitch to investors. “We’ve targeted trading for the 18th of April,” said Han Kyung-tae, managing director of Tong Yang ...
Cambodia’s trade with Hong Kong jumps 22%
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Hong Kong rose more than 22 per cent year-on-year in 2011, according to data from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, whose regional base is in Hanoi. Total trade was US$741 million, compared with $607 million in 2010. Cambodia’s exports to Hong ...
Graduates not up to scratch: report
Cambodia’s tertiary system is not producing enough of the right type of graduates to meet the economy’s demands, says a report launched by the World Bank last week. The 222-page report, titled “Putting Higher Education to Work”, states that “quantity gaps are particularly strong in ...
Garment factories: Minimum wage raise scrutinised
The presidents of three unions have appealed to the Garment Manufacturing Association of Cambodia to improve the “miserable” living conditions of its workers by providing higher wages and better benefits, a letter received by the Post yesterday shows. The letter is dated March 2 and signed ...
Telecom Cambodia Revenues Drop by $1 Million in 2011
Telecom Cambodia, one of three state-owned enterprises with plans to list on Cambodia’s stock exchange, saw revenues decline by 3 percent to $31 million last year, an official at the company said yesterday. Lao Saroeun, director general of Telecom Cambodia, said that revenues at the company ...
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អ្នកភូមិជិត១០០នាក់មកពីភូមិអូរត្រជាក់ចិត្ត ឃុំសំរុង ស្រុកព្រៃនប់ ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានប្រមូលគ្នាឡើងមកតវ៉ានៅមុខសាលាខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដើម្បីស្នើឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពន្លឿនដោះស្រាយលើជម្លោះដីធ្លីរាំរៃច្រើនឆ្នាំ ជាមួយរដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើខេត្ត។ គ្រួសារប្រជាសហគមន៍ ...
ជា វណ្ណៈ
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ផែភ្នំពេញទទួលបានចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍ពីវិនិយោគិន
កំពង់ផែស្វយ័តក្រុងភ្នំពេញ (PPAP) កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញបានចាប់ផ្ដើមធ្វើ road show (ការបង្ហាញទីផ្សារ) សម្រាប់ការបោះផ្សាយមូលបត្រលក់ជាលើកដំបូង (IPO) ដល់វិនិយោគិន ដែលទទួលបានការចាប់អារម្មណ៍ច្រើនពីការវិនិយោគផ្សារហ៊ុននេះ។PPAP ដែលជាសហគ្រាសរដ្ឋដែលប្រតិបត្តិការកំពង់ផែឈានមុខគេទី ...
Cam McGrath
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តើការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើកំណត់ត្រារបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាកំពុងនាំឱ្យមានគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួតយ៉ាងខ្លាំងយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច?
ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើដ៏សម្បើម កំពុងតែដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់នៅក្នុងបញ្ហាគ្រោះរាំងស្ងួត ដែលបានកើតមានឡើងនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ យ៉ាងណាមិញ បើទោះជាមានការហាមប្រាមផ្លូវការស្តីពីការនាំចេញឈើក៏ដោយ ព្រៃឈើជាច្រើននៅ ...
Euan Black
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Fainting workers blame fumes
Almost 150 garment factory workers from two Phnom Penh factories fainted late last week after inhaling toxic fumes used to treat clothes, workers and union leaders said yesterday. The mass faintings came as the Clean Clothes Campaign and Community Legal Education Center released an evaluation report ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090358448/National-news/fainting-workers-blame-fumes.html
Official Urges Students to Take Technical Studies to Find Work
A preference for NGO and government jobs among young Cambodians was contributing to a critical labor shortage in the industrial manufacturing sector, a Labor Ministry official said yesterday. Speaking to 3,000 prospective university students on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, Labor Ministry Secretary of State Pich Sophoan ...
No foreign carriers for domestic air travel in Cambodia
The government will not allow international airlines to establish domestic services in Cambodia, and the country’s domestic air travel industry is not being monopolised, says an industry leader. These two points were made by Tek Reth Samrach, state secretary of the Council of Ministers, in response ...
Cambodian-Flagged Vessel Delivers Missile Trucks to N Korea
A Cambodian-flagged cargo ship was used last year to deliver four missile-launching vehicles to North Korea in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution that prohibits the sale of weapons to Pyongyang, according to media reports. The 84-meter long “Harmony Wish,” which flies a so-called Cambodian ...