Group Lease boosts Singapore unit to fund Cambodia operation
Group Lease has decided to raise the capital of its wholly owned Singaporean subsidiary Group Lease Holdings to serve as the main funding source for its Cambodian motorcycle leasing operations after six months of satisfactory trial operations there.
Cambodia, which is managed by Group Lease’s
Rice trade zone to be set up in East
The Department of Foreign Trade plans to set up a “rice trade zone” project in the East to process Cambodian rice for export to other countries.
Tikhumporn Natvaratat, deputy director-general of the department, said his organisation plans to implement the project in Chanthaburi, Trat, Sa Kaeo
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/342199/rice-trade-zone-to-be-set-up-in-east
Preah Vihear Authorities Destroy Airfield Homes
Authorities have demolished the homes of 25 families living on the site of an obsolete airfield in Preah Vihear province’s Choam Ksan district, a rights group and the families said Sunday.
The families were ordered to move off the land on Wednesday, with the district governor
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-authorities-destroy-airfield-homes-20688/
British trade minister to visit Cambodia next week
British minister for trade and investment Lord Green would visit Cambodia next Monday in order to boost bilateral trade and investment ties, according to a media statement from the British Embassy to Cambodia on Wednesday.
Mark Gooding, British Ambassador to Cambodia, said trade between UK
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-06/05/c_132433361.htm
Korea trade nears $1 billion
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea nearly reached the $1 billion dollar realm in 2012, a hike of nearly 100 per cent from the year before, senior officials said yesterday.
According to official data from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, total bilateral trade between
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/korea-trade-nears-1-billion
Inspections over tainted milk start in markets
Government officials began inspecting markets across the country yesterday in search of baby formula containing an ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra that could cause botulism, quality control representatives at the Ministry of Commerce said.
“We informed all our officials directly to collect nationwide some
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/inspections-over-tainted-milk-start-markets
Gold resource in northeastern Cambodia estimated at 1.2 mln ounces
Australia’s Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd. unveiled Thursday that it estimated that gold resource[s] at O’kvau area in Cambodia’s Mondolkiri province could be as much as 1.2 million ounces, the firm’s Managing Director Justin Tremain said.
Speaking during a meeting with Cambodian Minister of Industry, Mines and
Protestors Block National Road Over Energy Prices
About 300 people on Saturday blocked off a stretch of National Road 5 in Banteay Meanchey province protesting what they call is an unfair increase in electricity prices.
Protesters believe that the private electricity supplier, Sok Vitith, altered the Commune’s electricity converter without telling the
ADB lends 70 mln USD to Cambodia for rice commercialization, finance reforms
The Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed loan agreements worth $70 million to expand the country’s rice sector and promote reforms in the finance sector, an ADB’s statement said.
Signed by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon
Xinhua News Staff
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Opposition party wants equal committee posts in parliament: Sar Kheng
Acting Prime Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday said that opposition leader Sam Rainsy, now doesn’t want the parliament chairmanship chair post, but equal committee posts within the parliament.
Speaking to reporters after delivering certificates to 3,000 police officers, he said Sam Rainsy phoned him and told
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អ្នកធ្វើច្បាប់កម្ពុជាបានគាំទ្រការបង្កើតក្រសួងថ្មីមួយច្បាស់លាស់ទទួលបន្ទុករ៉ែ និងថាមពល កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ ដោយសង្ឃឹមថា ការផលិតប្រេងនិង ឧស្ម័ននឹងត្រូវបានចាប់ផ្តើមក្នុងរយៈពេលពីរ បីឆ្នាំខាងមុខនេះ។
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន បាងកក ប៉ុស្តិ៏
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/386021/cambodia-sets-up-new-ministery-in-charge-of-oil-gas-production
ILO-BFC unveils worker mobile phone call-in project report
The International Labour Organisation’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) releases the first report from its mobile phone call-in project aimed at educating garment and footwear workers.
The mobile phone project entitled Kamako Chhnoeum (‘Outstanding Worker’ in Khmer) received 3,245 valid phone calls in its first two
Fibre2Fashion News Staff
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=154799
Local production still lagging
As the cost of imports rise, local producers could see an opportunity to increase their market share, but for most a lack of output and quality means potential is limited, industry observers said yesterday.
Customs officers who had often undercut the official rate are now
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-production-still-lagging
(English) Japan diversifies Cambodia investments
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Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/396322/japanese-firms-diversify-investments-in-cambodia
(English) CPP grassroots diminished in election, observers say
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Sok Khemara and Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cpp-grassroots-diminished-in-election-observers-say/1917623.html
(English) Gov’t begins effort to send workers back to Thailand
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Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-begins-effort-to-send-workers-back-to-thailand-62083/
(English) Y Chhien to be replaced as Pailin Governor
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Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/y-chhien-to-be-replaced-as-pailin-governor-after-18-years-60027/
(English) LGBT advocates seek equality
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Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lgbt-advocates-seek-equality
(English) Cambodia: Bail refused for 21 workers and human rights defenders
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FIDH News Staff
http://www.fidh.org/en/asia/cambodia/14627-cambodia-bail-refused-for-21-workers-and-human-rights-defenders
(English) CNRP threatened over rhetoric
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Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-threatened-over-rhetoric
