Thai Rice Policy: Wait and See
Setting a minimum price for paddy is one of the campaign promises that the Pheu Thai party made to its supporters during the recent election campaign in Thailand before it was elected to power. Now it’s a matter of waiting to find out whether this ...
Lower Sesan 2 Dam Would be 'Catastrophic'
Hydropower dams planned for the tributaries of the Mekong River, particularly the Lower Sesan 2, will have a “catastrophic” impact on fish stocks throughout the country, according to new research that calls for several planned dams to be reconsidered. Authored by an international group of ...
Water Protests Continue After Failed Talks
Protests continued in Prey Veng City yesterday for the second day as more than 1000 residents demonstrated in front of the provincial offices over increases to water prices instituted by a private company that recently took over the city’s water supply, residents said. The Kim ...
The arrival of the stock market and its implications
It began in November of 2006 with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Korean Exchange (KRX) titled “The Development of the Securities Market of Cambodia.” A further MOU between the parties in January, 2008 established the Cambodia ...
Credit Bureau Begins Operations in Cambodia
The long-awaited Cambodian Credit Bureau (CBC) launched yesterday, a move that is expected to increase the amount of information banks retain on the history of borrowers in the banking system. Despite loan disbursals in the banking sector growing by 25 percent last year, banks have so ...
Cambodia Bets Casinos Can Boost Tourism
Cambodian developers are betting that casinos can make the tiny Southeast Asian country a bigger draw for high-spending tourists. The nation of 15 million people has more than 25 casinos, but most are small affairs in rough-and-tumble border towns that cater to hard-core Thai, Chinese and ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304750404577317094266574870.html
លោក ទៀ បាញ់ និងទូតថ្មីអាមេរិក ព្រមព្រៀងពង្រឹងទំនាក់ទំនងយោធាឡើងវិញ
លោក ទៀ បាញ់ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារជាតិ និងលោក ផាទ្រីក មូហ្វ៊ី (W.Patrick Murphy) ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកប្រចាំនៅកម្ពុជាបានព្រមព្រៀងគ្នាក្នុងការពង្រឹងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការទ្វេភាគីនៃប្រទេសទាំង ២ ជាពិសេសលើវិស័យយោធាក្នុងការហ្វឹកហ្វឺន និងការចូលសំចតនាវារបស់សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក។ លោក ទៀ បាញ់ បានថ្លែងប្រាប់កាសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍ថា ក្នុងជំនួបពិភាក្សាជាមួយលោក ផាទ្រីក មូហ្វី កាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១៣ ខែ ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
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តម្លៃអគ្គិសនីខ្ពស់បានជំរុញក្រុមហ៊ុនឱ្យងាកទៅរកប្រព័ន្ធបែបធម្មជាតិ
អគ្គីសនីនៅកម្ពុជាស្ថិតក្នុងចំណោមអត្រាតម្លៃថ្លៃបំផុតនៅលើពិភពលោក។ ពន្ធខ្ពស់ពីរដ្ឋាភិបាលធ្វើឱ្យតម្លៃអគ្គីសនីកើនឡើងដល់២១ សេនដុល្លារក្នុងមួយគីឡូវ៉ាត់សម្រាប់ការប្រើប្រាស់នៅក្នុងទីក្រុងនិងនៅតាមខេត្តជា ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16538/high-electricity-bills-drive-companies-to-go-green/
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ផ្ដល់ថវិកា $៨៣ លាន បន្ថែមលើការសាងសង់ និងធ្វើទំនើបកម្មមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជាកាលពីម្សិលមិញបានប្រកាសផ្ដល់ថវិកាសរុបចំនួន ៨៣ លានដុល្លារជួយដល់មន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែតក្នុងការបន្តការសាងសង់អគារកម្ពស់ ១២ ជាន់ដែលមន្ទីរពេទ្យនេះកំពុងដំណើរការសាងសង់បាន ១៧ ភាគរយលើគម្រោងដែលមានស្រាប់ ៣៩ លាន ៧ សែនដុល្លារ ហើយនឹង ...
សុទ្ធ គឹមសឿន
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Cambodia lacks skilled workforce
Against the backdrop of the slight recovery by world economies, especially the US and Europe, two traditional markets for Cambodia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) deputy country director Peter Brimble sat down with the Post’s group business editor, May Kunmakara, to talk about Cambodia’s economic performance, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011160733/CEO-Talk/cambodia-lacks-skilled-workforce.html
Kampot pepper yields to increase
Kampot pepper yields are expected to increase significantly in the first harvest since gaining Geographic Indicator status in April 2010, as increased demand from exporters drives up prices. Output this season is expected to surge by 17 per cent, from 23 tonnes in the last harvest ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012260898/Business/kampot-pepper-yields-to-increase.html
Singaporean law firm expands to Cambodia
Rajah & Tann, Southeast Asia’s largest law firm, has expanded to Cambodia through a tie-up with local law firm Sok & Heng, which has taken on a new name, RT Sok & Heng Law Office. Rajah & Tann’s deputy managing partner, Patrick Ang, estimates that there ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020561178/Business/singaporean-law-firm-expands-to-cambodia.html
Questions follow on heels of hydropower dam Sesan 2 vote
Villagers near the Sesan River in Stung Treng province are a step closer to being forced to make way for a hydropower dam following a National Assembly vote on Friday, but they are no closer to learning the details of such a move, a community ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013021861415/National/questions-follow-on-heels-of-sesan-2-vote.html
Rail Operator Restarts Train Services to Kampot
Toll Royal Railways (TRR), the current operator of Cambodia’s dilapidated rail network, restarted freight services to Kampot province yesterday, four months after it suspended its work. TRR’s resumption comes on the heals of a rival proposal to manage the train network by a consortium that includes one ...
Risk Of Money Laundering Grows With Economy
With Cambodia currently seen as a country where the laundering of illicit cash may be going undetected, an international expert yesterday warned that economic growth and more international trade could leave the country open to financial crime. Gert Demmink, a former head of supervision at ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/risk-of-money-laundering-grows-with-economy-14444/
Manulife enters Cambodia's burgeoning insurance market
Canadian insurance and financial services company Manulife Financial officially launched its Cambodian country office on June 28, one of several new players seeking to enter one of Southeast Asia’s still-untapped markets. Britain’s No.1 insurer Prudential said last week it had approval from the Cambodian government to open a wholly foreign-owned life insurance operation. Manulife, the world’s ...
Small concession in eviction fight
Authorities have partially backed down on an order forcing 196 residents in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district to move their homes, but refused to scrap the plan completely when confronted at Chaom Chao commune hall yesterday. Phuong Sopheap, one of about 20 residents that congregated ...
Focusing on a good user experience
Companies and individuals need to do more than just create technology. They need to optimise the services and goods they provide, especially when introducing new concepts to developing markets such as Cambodia. That was the message from one presenter at last weekend’s T3CON12-ASIA conference in Phnom ...
Strikes lead to cut in orders
Global brands Levi’s and Gap had slashed their orders from the Tai Yang and Camwell garment factories by 20 per cent, the factories’ boss said yesterday, amid the longest strike in the industry’s recent history. Tai Yang Enterprises manager Wu Minghuor said his company had shuttered ...
Cambodia's energy costs deter investors
Cambodia’s infrastructure is deterring highly anticipated investment into the production of raw materials to support its rapidly growing garment sector, experts say. While garment exports rose 10.2 per cent to $5.48 billion last year, the increase of raw materials imported to support this growth increased about ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020761221/Business/cambodia-s-energy-costs-deter-investors.html