Kingdom nears ASEAN needs
Cambodia has met 70 per cent of the basic requirements needed to join the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday, referring to a recently updated report issued by the economic block. The Kingdom ranked third in preparedness among the 10 ASEAN member ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012021754563/Business/kingdom-nears-asean-needs.html
Land Concessions Now at 1.2 Million Hectares, Official Says
The total number of land concessions offered by the government to private agro-industrial firms hit 1.19 million hectares, or 13.5 percent of Cambodia’s total land mass, a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. The government figure undermines figures released late last year ...
Bavet governor implicated
Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith is the man who gunned down three unarmed women at a protest last week, Interior Minister Sar Kheng alleged yesterday, saying an official complaint had been filed against him. Outside an unrelated conference, the minister told reporters the governor would ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030254828/National-news/bavet-governor-implicated.html
Looming oil funds put Cambodia at crossroads
On Sunday, CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap will attend a forum on the evolving oil and gas sector with about 400 university students. If all goes according to plan, Chevron Corporation will begin to extract oil from Cambodian waters in little over a year. Though the amount ...
Arrest over Kratie gunfire
The long-time general manager of TTY Company, Un Piseth, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion he ordered gunfire that injured four protesters in Kratie province on January 18. Deputy provincial prosecutor Hak Hoin said the 47-year-old had been detained after questioning on Saturday over the shootings, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030554859/National-news/arrest-over-kratie-gunfire.html
High Prices of Privatized Water in Prey Veng Lead to Protests
More than 1,000 villagers in Prey Veng city took to the streets in protest yesterday morning after a company that recently took control of the state-run water supply raised prices by 50 percent, from 1,200 riel, or $0.30, to $1,800 riel, according to residents and ...
Cambodians form backbone of securities market
Local stock-exchange staff will be trained by foreign experts Overseas experts will play an important role in the start-up of the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), says Larry Ng of Cana Securities. “Foreign investors will lead the CSX and securities market at the beginning because they have the ...
សេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានទាក់ទងនឹងអត្ថបទព័ត៌មានស្តីពី "ជនជាតិដើម ចង់ឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពន្លឿនការវាស់ដីនៅភ្នំដោះក្រមុំ"
នៅថ្ងៃទី ៦ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៩ ក្រសួងរ៉ែ និងថាមពលបានចេញផ្សាយសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មានមួយ ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងអត្ថបទព័ត៌មានមួយស្តីពី “ជនជាតិដើម ចង់ឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរពន្លឿនការវាស់ដីនៅភ្នំដោះក្រមុំ” ដែលចេញផ្សាយដោយកាសែតភ្នំពេញ ...
ក្រសួងរ៉ែ និងថាមពល
ភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់នៃអនាគតរបស់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី និងទន្លេមេគង្គ
ពីខ្ពង់រាបទឹកកកទីប៉េនៃជ្រលងភ្នំប្រទេសចិនក្នងខេត្ត Yunnan ហើយហូរចាក់ដល់ដែនព្រៃនៃប្រទេសមីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា ថៃ ឡាវ ហើយធ្លាក់ចុះដល់តំបន់ទំនាបនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងតំបន់វាលកសិកម្មដំនាំស្រូវប្រទេសវៀតណាម-ទន្លេមេគង្គ គឺដើរតួយ៉ាងសំខាន់សម្រាប់ជីវិតរបស់ប្រជាជន ១០លាននាក់។ ប្រទេសចិនបានសាងសង់ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីចំនួន ៦ នៅលើដងទន្លេមេគង្គ ដែលត្រូវបានស្គាល់ថា ទន្លេ Lancang របស់ប្រទេសចិន។ ប្រទេសឡាវ ពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ននេះកំពុងសាងសង់ទំនប់ពីរ នៅ Xayaburi និង Don Sahong ហើយប្រទេសនេះក៏មានគម្រោងសាងសង់ទំនប់បន្ថែមចំនួន ៧ទៀតដែរ ហើយវាត្រូវបានគេប៉ាន់ប្រមាណថា នៅមានសំណង់ទំនប់ជាច្រើនទៀតដែលទើបនឹងសាងសង់ ឬគ្រោងនឹងសាងសង់នៅលើដៃទន្លេមេគង្គនៅក្នុងប្រទេសមីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា ថៃ កម្ពុជា និងវៀតណាម។ មានការព្រមានជាច្រើនពីផលអវិជ្ជមាននៃទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីដោយសារទំនប់ទាំងនេះធ្វើឱ្យមានការប្រែប្រួលលំហូរតាមធម្មជាតិរបស់ទន្លេនានា ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរនៃការហូរចាក់កំណរល្បាប់នៅកន្លែងដែលត្រីហែល រស់នៅ និងពង ហើយរួមទាំងសីតុណ្ហភាពរបស់ទឹក។ ...
ទែន សុខស្រីនិត
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ទណ្ឌិតថាធ្វើការនៅក្នុងពន្ធនាគារមិនទទួលបានប្រាក់កម្រៃបន្ថែម
សុភ័ក្ត គឺជាឈ្មោះដែលអ្នកកាសែតដាក់ឲ្យគាត់តែងចេញពីបន្ទប់ឃុំឃាំងរៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃទៅធ្វើការនៅក្នុងចម្ការដំឡូងមី និងចម្ការពោតដែលនៅព័ទ្ធជុំវិញមណ្ឌលអប់រំកែប្រែទី ៤ ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងឃុំផ្ទះរុង ស្រុកភ្នំក្រវាញ ប៉ុន្តែការងាររបស់គាត់ ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា និង Alice Cuddy
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Timber Firm's workers back
Employee at timber company Angkor Flywood in Kampong Cham province will return to work today after their bosses agreed yesterday to all but one of their demands: an increase in wages. Sok Kin, vice president of the Building and Word Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012091758737/National-news/timber-firms-workers-back.html
LG looks to introduce Optimus G soon
One of the top three manufacturers of mobile phones for the Cambodian market, LG, is likely to roll out its new flagship product, the Optimus G, by the end of the year. Success in the smartphone market would signal a successful turnaround for LG. Prior ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092758949/Business/lg-optimus-g-coming-soon.html
Constructing a safer industry
Construction worker Samnang (not his real name), spent weeks confined to a hospital bed after piles of cement crashed down on him while he toiled without a hard hat. During the ensuing weeks of recovery at his home, the 28-year-old nursed head injuries and a broken ...
Rice exporter turns to Cambodia
Capital Rice Ltd, Thailand’s third-largest rice exporter, is shifting some of its business to Cambodia as the Thai market shrinks because of government intervention that has diverted grain into state stockpiles or made it too expensive to ship. “We have built a medium-sized milling house in ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/332629/disillusioned-rice-exporter-turns-to-cambodia
Unequal treatment at Cambodian factories
The ongoing story of garment workers left jobless by company closures in late December is fast becoming A Tale of Two Factories: one group of workers has everything before it, the other has nothing. It’s this widening gulf between workers at Yung Wah Industrial and Kingsland ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561588/National/unequal-treatment-at-factories.html
The potential of Cambodia
Whenever you build a structure, you always start with a plan that exists first as an idea and then makes its way to paper and then usually a model: and this is true of ships or skyscrapers. Then comes the construction process when you bring in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856411/Business/the-potential-of-cambodia.html
Living with the enemy
Four years after they began fighting the well-connected concessionaire DM Group, members of the ethnic Tampuon who remain in Svay Sor village are exhausted. While the DM Group has seen its complaints against villagers and activists routinely heard at court, those filed by the affected families ...
CSX: Six months down the line
Trading on the Cambodian Securities Exchange remained low yesterday, which also marked six months of operation for the bourse. An official said this is due to a lack of public awareness and listed companies. Ming Bankosal, General Director of the CSX, said that as listed companies ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101959319/Business/csx-six-months-down-the-line.html
NagaWorld Profits Jump in First Half of 2012
Net profits at NagaCorp Ltd., owners of Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, jumped 38 percent to reach $52.4 million in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year, the company said in its most recent financial report. The casino generated a total ...
Gunslinger Tycoons
PM Hun Sen’s September 20 cri de couer beseeching powerful officials and their friends and families to not fire or wield their weapons in restaurants and other public places, especially those haunts frequented by foreigners, threatens to spoil the sport most enjoyed by the Kingdom’s well-heeled elite. ...