Factory worker wages to be re-examined
Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector, the Ministry of Social Affairs has called a meeting with the industry’s leading players to discuss union demands for a $150-per-month minimum wage, a letter obtained yesterday reveals. At the behest of Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260589/National/factory-worker-wages-to-be-re-examined.html
Shuttered schools, factories
With only about 10 per cent of its 1,000-person workforce at their stations by 8am yesterday, management at Hoyear (Cambodia) Garment Ltd cut its losses and announced that the factory would close for the next two days. Thousands across the capital opted out of work ...
Sean Teehan, Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shuttered-schools-factories
Better Recovery for Construction and Real Estate Sector
2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ...
បេក្ខជនបន្លំខ្លួនស៊ីឈ្នួលប្រឡងតេស្តសមត្ថភាពភាសាកូរ៉េ ប្រឈមការជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ៦ខែ
នគរបាលមួយរូបបានលើកឡើងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា មនុស្សចំនួន១៧នាក់ដែលត្រូវបានចាប់ខ្លួននៅក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពីចុងសប្ដាហ៍កន្លងទៅនេះ អំឡុងពេលប្រឡងតេស្តសមត្ថភាពភាសាកូរ៉េ អាចនឹងប្រឈមការជាប់ ...
រដ្ឋាភិបាលប៊ែលហ្សិក ផ្ដល់ការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលកម្មវិធីថ្នាក់អនុបណ្ឌិត និងបណ្ឌិត ដល់និស្សិតកម្ពុជា
រដ្ឋាភិបាលប្រទេសប៊ែលហ្ស៊ិក បានផ្ដល់ការគាំទ្រលើការបណ្ដុះបណ្ដាលកម្មវិធីថ្នាក់អនុបណ្ឌិត និងបណ្ឌិត ដល់និស្សិតកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីមានឱកាសបន្តសិក្សានៅតាមសាកលវិទ្យាល័យល្បីៗមួយចំនួនក្នុងប្រទេសរបស់ខ្លួន។ ...
ហង្ស ពណ្ណរាយ
https://tinyurl.com/y48smajw
Locals in the Dark to Chinese Rail Project
With two Chinese firms due to start work on a 400-km railway, steel mill and port in July, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has yet to be conducted, and affected provinces are still largely in the dark about the massive infrastructure project. In a ceremony in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/locals-in-the-dark-to-chinese-rail-project-7128/
Hanging by a Thread
Cambodia’s tradition of silk production is one that dates back as far as the 13th century. A long-standing symbol of status for the rich and the country, ancient Angkorian silk producing Cambodia bore unique weaving and reeling techniques that have been passed down from generation ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/320823/hanging-by-a-thread
Economic Plan for Mekong Region Gets Finalized
Ministers from the six Mekong region nations concluded a two-day meeting yesterday in which they solidified plans for an economic strategy that would span a decade and require billions in investment. Speaking at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace at the annual ministerial meeting, Minister of Commerce ...
Oil dispute optimism
A solution to the Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand may be at hand due to the election of Puea Thai. Petroleum companies are said to to be ready to explore the region, an area of more than 27,000 square kilometers. A ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072150552/Business/oil-dispute-optimism.html
ILO Respond to Scathing Stanford Report on Factory Monitoring
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Better Factories Program (BFC) has responded to a scathing report released last week by Stanford University, which said the ILO program was ineffectual as it had not helped secure Cambodian workers a significant wage increase since the program started over ...
SCB focus on Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia
Siam Commercial Bank will begin expanding its footprint across the region in anticipation of greater business opportunities and competitive pressures with the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2016. SCB, Thailand’s third-largest bank in terms of assets, operates branches in Laos, Singapore and Hong ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/322667/scb-focus-on-myanmar-laos-cambodia
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន នឹងប្រគល់សញ្ញាបត្រដល់សិស្សជាង២០០០នាក់
លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន គ្រោងនឹងអញ្ជើញជាអធិបតីក្នុងពិធីប្រគល់សញ្ញាបត្រដល់សិស្សជាង២០០០នាក់ ដែលបានបញ្ចប់ការសិក្សានៅសាលាភូមិន្ទរដ្ឋបាល។ ...
បុគ្គលិក ខ្មែរថាមស៍
https://bit.ly/3mIbIAg
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីប្រកាសបដិសេធឯកសារវិទ្យាល័យក្លែងក្លាយសម្រាប់ការប្រឡងចូលរៀនជំនាញពេទ្យ
ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា បានថ្កោលទោសចំពោះការប្រើប្រាស់វិញ្ញាបនបត្រមធ្យមសិក្សាទុតិយភូមិក្លែងក្លាយ ដើម្បីអង្គុយប្រឡងចូលរៀនមុខវិជ្ជាពេទ្យ និងអំពាវនាវឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរចាត់វិធានការតាមច្បាប់ចំពោះអ្នកពាក់ព័ន្ធ។ ...
អោម ប៊ុនធឿន
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-decries-fake-high-school-docs-medical-entrance-exams
ការទិញកោះ៖ មន្ត្រីកម្ពុជាទិញស្ទើរផ្តាច់មុខនៃឆ្នេរក្នុងដែនកោះមួយចំនួននៅខេត្តកោះកុង
សំបូរទៅដោយផ្កាថ្ម សត្វសមុទ្រ និង ដើមដូង កោះស្តេចដែលស្ថិតនៅលើឆ្នេរសមុទ្រភាគខាងលិច និងនិរតីរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដែលបានទាក់ទាញភ្ញៀវទេសចរណ៍និងអ្នកវិនិយោគឲ្យ លង់ចិត្តជាយូរមកហើយជាមួយនឹងសម្រស់ឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ពណ៌សក្បុសទេរ ...
Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball និង ស្រី វុត្ថា
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/island-shopping-cambodian-officials-buy-up-the-cardamoms-coast/
With Election on the Horizon, Politicians Defend Land Policies
Cambodian politicians have begun a public campaign to defend their records on land policies, as they prepare for the run-up to July elections. Politicians from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, as well as the opposition Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, have said they will give ...
Tales of intimidation
When activists Mom Sakin and Sorn Siyan took a stand against illegal logging in Kratie province last month, they were allegedly threatened with violence and lawsuits from officials. “Powerful people who wanted to intimidate us shot their guns into the air to prevent us from going ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013050165357/National/tales-of-intimidation.html
Official Urges Students to Take Technical Studies to Find Work
A preference for NGO and government jobs among young Cambodians was contributing to a critical labor shortage in the industrial manufacturing sector, a Labor Ministry official said yesterday. Speaking to 3,000 prospective university students on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island, Labor Ministry Secretary of State Pich Sophoan ...
Poorest nations win intellectual property waiver
The world’s poorest nations have won an eight-year extension of a waiver on intellectual property rules at a session of the World Trade Organisation’s TRIPS Council. A session of the 159-nation WTO’s TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) Council has ruled the waiver for 34 ...
Sandwiched between cultures
It was not her degree in finance and banking that encouraged Keo Sopheap to start her own business. It was her sister’s marriage to an American that introduced her to foreign fast food. Now Sopheap owns a sandwich shop in Phnom Penh. Sopheap, a Norton ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090358438/Business/sandwiched-between-cultures.html
សីតុណ្ហភាពរដូវប្រាំងឆ្នាំក្រោយនឹងឡើងខ្ពស់ អាចដល់ ៤១ អង្សារសេ
យោងតាមក្រសួងធនធានទឹក និងឧតុនិយម សីតុណ្ហភាពក្នុងរដូវប្រាំងឆ្នាំ ២០២៤ ត្រូវបានគេរំពឹងថានឹងឡើងដល់ ៤១ អង្សាសេ។ ...
ណុប ស្រីម៉ៅ
http://tinyurl.com/bdfsxvj9