'Hong Kong Land' Project Pushed Back to 2013
Property development firm Hongkong Land (HKL) will not break ground on a 10,700-square-meter mixed-use office and retail project in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district until at least 2013, officials at the firm said Thursday. HKL acquired the property behind the U.S. Embassy in April 2011 as ...
Cedac Encourages Using Frogs As an Alternative to Pesticides
Cambodian farmers often turn to pesticides when trying to stop insects from destroying crops, but the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac) has come up with a better idea: frogs. “Frogs are important to protect rice plants from damage by insects, especially during ...
Garment maker eyes economic zone in Cambodia
The private company HOdo Group Co Ltd, a textile and garment company in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is looking to expand its presence in Sihanoukville, a province in southern Cambodia, in an attempt to diversify its business. Zhou Haijiang, president of the company, said it has made ...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-10/23/content_15837895.htm
Nat'l Assembly Approves UN Conventions
National Assembly voted Friday to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the U.N. Rotterdam Convention, which promotes the responsible labeling nd export of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. The assembly also voted in favor of an agreement with Qatar to ...
CEDAC plus honey makes for a sweet deal
Honey collectors from four provinces in Cambodia signed an agreement with the Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) in order to bring more honey to the capital. CEDAC has encouraged farmers from four provinces – Preah Vihear, Kratie, Koh Kong and Mondulkiri – ...
IPU Finds Assembly Has Little Loans Oversight
Cambodia’s National Assembly is lacking, compared to other countries’ parliaments, in the oversight it exercises over new loans taken out by the government from international financial institutions, according to a new report. The study, published Tuesday by Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the World Bank, found ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/ipu-finds-assembly-has-little-loans-oversight-36432/
Gems in the rough in Ratanakkiri
“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gems-rough-ratanakkiri
Ethnic minorities to receive bilingual education: gov’t
The government affirmed its commitment to bilingual education for ethnic minority children in Cambodia’s northern provinces at a UNESCO conference in Bangkok last week. Speaking at the fourth International Conference on Language and Education: Multilingual Education for all in Asia and the Pacific, Ton Sa Im, ...
Emily Wight
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/ethnic-minorities-receive-bilingual-education-gov%E2%80%99t
After Reform Promise, a Return to Statecraft as Usual
In an epic, six-hour address in September, Prime Minister Hun Sen apologized for the government’s many “problems” and promised a more reformist government over the next five years of his rule. Targeting corruption, deforestation and the lack of transparency across government sectors, the prime minister made ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-reform-promise-a-return-to-statecraft-as-usual-48602/
Power line investment approved
The Cambodian government has entered into a public-private partnership with a little-known company named ALEX Corporation Co Ltd to develop power lines from plants in Preah Sihanouk province to Phnom Penh, according to the Council of Ministers. The private firm will invest $119.1 million in a ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/power-line-investment-approved
Plans to Reform Economy for Asean Integration
Cambodia’s newly appointed minister of commerce said Thursday that he plans to reform the country’s economy ahead of Cambodia’s entrance into the Asean Economic Community (AEC) 2015, though he and other officials did not say how they plan to accomplish that goal. Speaking to reporters on ...
Hul Reaksmey and Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/plans-to-reform-economy-for-asean-integration-46469/
(English) Chinese-built dam in Cambodia starts testing operation
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Want China Times News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140209000067&cid=1102
(English) Cambodia has 960 garment, footwear factories: labor minister
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Asean - China Centre News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/24/c_133287164.htm
(English) CPP lawmakers lash out at critics of one-party Assembly
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Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-lawmakers-lash-out-at-critics-of-one-party-assembly-59332/
ការហែក្បួនរបស់ខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោមត្រូវបានរាំងផ្លូវមិនឲ្យធ្វើការតវ៉ានៅស្ថានទូតវៀតណាម
ព្រះសង្ឃខ្មែរកម្ពុជាក្រោម និងអ្នកគាំទ្ររាប់ពាន់អង្គ-នាក់ បានហែក្បួនទូទាំង ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង ម៉ាតត៍ ប្លូមប៊ឺហ្គ
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/17440/
(English) Croc release at dam site planned
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Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/croc-release-dam-site-planned
សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកជំរុញឲ្យកម្ពុជានិងឡាវពង្រឹងកម្មសិទ្ធិបញ្ញា
មន្ត្រីសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកជំរុញឲ្យប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងប្រទេសឡាវពង្រឹងការប្រយុទ្ធប្រឆាំងនឹងការលួចចម្លងកម្មសិទ្ធិបញ្ញា ដោយលើកឡើងថា ការលួចចម្លងកម្មសិទ្ធិបញ្ញានេះបានធ្វើឲ្យប្រទេសទាំងពីររួមទាំងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកផង ខាតបង់នូវប្រាក់ចំណូល ...
បុគ្គលិកសារព័ត៌មាន Xinhuanet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-03/25/c_133212172.htm
(English) Veng Sreng Street Upgrade behind schedule
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Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/veng-sreng-street-upgrade-behind-schedule-58872/
(English) Judiciary laws moving forward with ‘debate’
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Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judiciary-laws-moving-forward-%E2%80%98debate%E2%80%99
(English) Mekong floodwaters already above late July levels of 2011
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=M2ViMTlkMmFjZTg