(English) Raid of illegal gaming sites snares seven
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A road runs through them
UP AND down a 4km stretch of highway on the northern outskirts of Phnom Penh, about 3,000 of Cambodia’s Cham minority have built a life. Their distinctive Muslim culture thrives in conditions of close-knit community, a stark contrast to the shattering days the country endured ...
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2013/01/cambodia%E2%80%99s-cham
Demand for Gold Rises as World Price Falls
Gold prices in Phnom Penh have plummeted by almost a quarter in the past six months as international prices dropped, sparking a rush on buying gold locally, traders said Tuesday. Gold was selling at $1,540 per damlung (26.67 damlung is equal to 1 kg of gold) ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/demand-for-gold-rises-as-world-price-falls-33097/
Hong Kong calls for hike in imports
After a visit to Phnom Penh last week, John C Tsang, finance secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, took to his blog to call for more direct imports of Cambodian rice, which he says comes through a third country. In a post on June ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070266597/Business/hong-kong-calls-for-hike-in-imports.html
Cambodia Must Up its Game in Rice Exports
Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements last month, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. Over the last few years, Cambodia has emerged as a major rice exporter in the region, due in large part ...
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2013/05/01/cambodia-must-up-its-game-in-rice-exports/
Land for Rubber Farms to Nearly Double by 2020
Cambodia expects to almost double the amount of land used to cultivate rubber between now and 2020, a move that rights groups say could result in more evictions across Cambodia. Ly Phalla, director general of General Directorate of Rubber Plantations, said yesterday that there are ...
CamGSM deal nixed by Telkom
A TelekomunikasiI Indonesia official said yesterday the company had cancelled plans to acquire a majority stake in Cambodian mobile operator CamGSM, just a month after officials at CamGSM parent Royal Group claimed a deal was imminent. Telkom finance director Sudiro Asno made the statement in Jakarta, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011100651980/Business/camgsm-deal-nixed-by-telkom.html
Subpar sanitation, high food prices curbing growth, UN says
Economic growth in Cambodia is being hampered by poor sanitation and hygiene, and rising food prices are leaving people struggling to afford basic produce for a balanced diet, according to a report released yesterday by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The UNDP’s 2011 Human Development Report ...
Siem Reap sees strong gains
Commercial property prices and rents in Siem Reap have increased by 10 to 20 per cent in the last year, according to the town’s newest real estate agency. Cambodia Properties Limited (CPL) opened its first Siem Reap branch three months ago, recognising a need for sound ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Real-Estate/siem-reap-sees-strong-gains.html
Protests Over Mondulkiri Electricity Prices Resume
About 100 residents of Mondulkirri province’s Sen Monorom City have protested yesterday for the third time in the past 2 weeks in front of the provincial office of state electricity provider Eletricite du Cambodge (Edc), demanding that their electricity be decreased. Vann Neang, who ...
Spike in Mekong River Fishing Could Harm Dolphins
There has been an ioncrease in fishing activity in the dolphin conservation zones along the Mekong River in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces, putting pressure on the critically endangered Mekong dolphin population, the chairman of the Commission for Mekong River Dolphin Conservation and Eco-tourism Development said yesterday. Touch ...
Hun Sen Appeals for Kep's Vines to Be Tamed
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed yesterday for developers and landowners in Kep City to build fences around their neglected properties to prevent vines from creeping onto the street of the coastal resort. Since much of the land in Kep City is owned by investors who live ...
នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីជំរុញឱ្យអត្តពលិកដើម្បីត្រៀមខ្លួនសម្រាប់ស៊ីហ្គេម ២០២៣
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានជំរុញឱ្យអត្តពលិកកម្ពុជាត្រៀមខ្លួនយ៉ាងល្អសម្រាប់ការប្រកួតកីឡាស៊ីហ្គេមឆ្នាំ២០២៣ ដែលនឹងត្រូវរៀបចំឡើងដោយប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងជាឱកាសដើម្បីលើកកម្ពស់កេរ្តិ៍ឈ្មោះរបស់ប្រទេស និងប្រជាជនរបស់ខ្លួន។ ...
វ៉ែន រដ្ឋាវង្ស
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23581/pm-urges-athletes-to-prepare-for-2023-sea-games/
ពន្ធដារលើកន្លែងលេងល្បែងកំសាន្តកើនឡើង២០%ក្នុង៦ខែដំបូង
មន្ត្រីក្រសួងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុបានឱ្យដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃពុធថា ពន្ធដារលើកន្លែងលេងល្បែងកំសាន្ត កើនឡើងដល់១២លានដុល្លារក្នុង៦ខែដំបូងនៃដើមឆ្នាំ ជាកំណើន២០%ធៀបនឹងរយៈពេលដដែលក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៤ ។នេះជាលទ្ធផលនៃកំណើនជនជាតិថៃ ដែលបានឆ្លងកាត់់តាមច្រកព្រំដែនមកលេងល្បែងនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/gaming-tax-revenue-up-20-in-first-6-months-88562/
In Cambodia, Cyber Casinos Fall Into a Legal Gray Area
In 2010, the Ha Tien Vegas Entertainment Resort, a casino investment on Kampot province’s border with Vietnam that included luxury karaoke rooms and suites, launched with high hopes of attracting Vietnamese gamblers. At the end of December, Ha Tien Vegas closed down. To the north, in ...
Latex exports rise, revenues fall
Cambodia’s total rubber latex exports rose by 12 per cent in the first nine months of this year, according to new figures. However, revenues from the exports saw a dramatic 27 per cent decrease due to a fall in rubber prices in the international market, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012112959998/Business/latex-exports-rise-revenues-fall.html
Real Estate Market Showing Signs of Recovery
Land prices in Cambodia continued to recover in the last half of 2012, especially in urban areas, following a collapse of the market in 2008, real estate investors say. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, told VOA Khmer that commercial land prices ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/real-estate-market-showing-signs-of-recovery/1580588.html
Hun Sen Calls on G-8 to Stabilize Food Prices
Going back on an earlier promise not to make any more public speeches before next month’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun Sen gave the opening address at a two-day conference on food security and nutrition in Phnom Penh yesterday. At the event, organized by the Council ...
Cambodia's inflation increases by 1.6 pct in November
Cambodia’s inflation rate had increased by 1.6 percent in November 2012 if compared with November 2011 due to moderate increases in food and petroleum prices, according to the latest statistics of the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) on Tuesday. The statistics said the total consumer price ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/01/c_132075617.htm
Cheap gas for Cambodians rationed
Heavily subsidized prices for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas for vehicles (NGV) in Thailand draw dozens of cars daily from Cambodia to refill their tanks in this Thai border town. But complaints that too many Cambodians are getting a free ride, or rather a ...