New Siem Reap health centre to be a boon for mothers, babies
With the promise of better care for both mother and baby during labour, the Maternal Child Medical Centre was inaugurated yesterday at the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital. The inauguration was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, who said the centre was the first of ...
Cambodia attracts over 2 mln foreign tourists in first half
Cambodia received 2.09 million international visitors in the first six months of the year, up 19 percent compared with the 1.75 million tourists over the same period last year, figures from the ministry of tourism showed Saturday. Tourism is one of the sectors supporting the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-08/03/c_132598966.htm
Major bank downgrade
Moody’s Investors Service announced yesterday it had downgraded the credit rating of ACLEDA Bank, citing the departure of two of the Bank’s major investors in as many years. The loss of a second big sharehol-der in the first half of this year had led to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090251414/Business/major-bank-downgrade.html
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioriation of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday The ADB has funded an axle-load control programme as part of a US$1 million technical package to support government rehabilitation of about 150 kilometers of the Kingdom’s roads. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Riverside Site Not Ours, Says Vattanac
Vattanac Properties Ltd’s president has denied ownership of a building site where construction has damaged the surrounding block of historic French Colonial era buildings. Chhung Leang who is also a cofounder of Vattanac Bank has said that the site is owned by an individual but ...
FDI soars 250% over last year
Foreign direct investment in the Kingdom soared 250 per cent year-on-year through August even despite the West’s economic woes, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An said yesterday. A total of 87 projects worth US$5.6 billion were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia during the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011101352107/Business/fdi-soars-250-over-last-year.html
Three special economic zones gaining steam
Five years after the government established the country’s special economic zones (SEZs), the Phnom Penh SEZ, Sihanoukville II SEZ, and Manhattan SEZ in Svay Rieng province are at last starting to attract more business. According to data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), ...
Dene-Hern Chen, p.25
Export figures up 42% in 2011
Strong growth in garment, textile, and agricultural exports drove a 42.7 per cent increase in Cambodia’s total exports for 2011, official Ministry of Commerce data shows. The Kingdom exported $4.98 billion in goods last year, compared with $3.49 billion the year before. Market diversification and a relaxing ...
Power Grid Key to Development
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the regional and national power grids are key to development, though plans for their development have come under criticism by a number of NGOs who believe that power generation should be decentralized. The ADB’s Greater Mekong Subregion program ...
Letter reveals minister's ire with NGOs
Prime Minister Hun Sen received a proposal from Finance Minister Keat Chhon in June seeking to bar “foreign NGOs” from advocacy work in Cambodia, as well as preventing foreigners from working with local advocacy groups because of activism around the rehabilitation of the nation’s railway, ...
MFI opens with $50m loan package
Sonatra Microfinance Institution, a joint investment between local and foreign investors, officially started operations in Cambodia yesterday. A US$50 million loan package was signed during the ceremony on Thursday, providing Singapore-based EastWing Group and Japanese firm Grand Cooperation with a 30 per cent stake of the ...
Boeng Kak evictees deliver petitions to embassies to pressure government
Some 100 former residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community yesterday delivered petitions to 10 embassies and the offices of the World Bank and European Union asking them to pressure the government into increasing the compensation for their evictions. Sam Vanna, a representative of the residents, ...
របាយការណ៍៖ ធនាគារពិភពលោកជាអ្នកផ្ដល់ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុដល់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីចម្រូងចម្រាស
ធនាគារពិភពលោកកំពុងប្រើប្រាស់ស្ថាប័នអន្តរការីដែលគ្មានការគ្រប់គ្រងត្រឹមត្រូវនានាឲ្យជួយផ្ដល់ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុដល់គម្រោងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោម២ និងគម្រោងផ្សេងៗទៀតនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដោយបណ្ដេញ ឬគំរាមបណ្ដេញប្រជាពលរដ្ឋរាប់ពាន់គ្រួសារចេញ នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍ថ្មីមួយដែលហៅការអនុវត្តនេះបែបថាជាការអនុវត្ត “ដ៏អាក្រក់”។ ...
ហ្សមប៊រ ភីធឺរ៍
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/34734
Donors Criticize Sonando Sentence
Three of the Cambodia’s most important donors have now condemned the 20-year jail term handed down to independent radio station owner Mam Sonando for alleged insurrection activities-a verdict branded as politically motivated by many local and international human rights groups. Despite the tough words from the normally very ...
Study to determine cost to finish railway
With funds almost exhausted on the $140 million rehabilitation of Cambodia’s railway network, the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have decided to conduct a study to determine how much more money is needed to complete the project, a government consultant said yesterday. Paul Power, ...
Food-price hike hits workers
The price of food spiked this month, and Cambodia’s low-paid garment workers are feeling the effects. Meat, vegetables, toothbrushes, beauty accessories and even the plastic bags they get packed in have all seen a sharp bump up in price this month, some items by as much ...
Daniel de Carteret and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/food-price-hike-hits-workers
ធនាគារពិភពលោកអះអាងថា នឹងចាត់វិធានការសំណុំរឿងជនជាតិដើមភាគតិច
ការិយាល័យឯករាជ្យមួយរបស់ធនាគារពិភពលោកអះអាងថា នឹងចាត់វិធានការសិក្សាលើសំណុំរឿងជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ក្រុមជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចចំនួន១៧ក្នុងខេត្តរតនគីរីភាគឦសានប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងអង្គការអន្តរជាតិមួយចំនួន បានដាក់ពាក្យប្តឹងរួមគ្នាកាលពីដើម ...
សុខ ខេមរា
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/word-bank-to-respond-to-minority-complaint/1851864.html
(English) Online registration option to be rolled out to SMEs
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Annie Lee
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-registration-option-be-rolled-out-smes
(English) Forum focuses on realizing development triangle’s potential
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Saigon GP Daily News Staff
http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Business/Economy/2014/4/108858/
WTO: តម្លៃចង្វាក់ផលិតកម្មកម្ពុជាធ្លាក់ចុះ
កម្ពុជាជាប្រទេសមួយក្នុងចំណោមប្រទេសតែពីរគត់ដែលមានការធ្លាក់ចុះតម្លៃចង្វាក់ផលិតកម្មសកល (GVC)។ នេះបើតាមការសិក្សាថ្មីបំផុតរបស់អង្គការពាណិជ្ជកម្មពិភពលោក (WTO)។ របាយការណ៍ពាណិជ្ជកម្មពិភពលោក ឆ្នាំ២០១៤ របស់ WTO ចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃ ទី២០ ខែតុលា បង្ហាញថា ភាគរយនៃការចូល ...
Eddie Morton
http://bit.ly/1DyLy4T