Wild lobster stocks replenished
Seven million young lobSterS had been releaSed into Cambodia&rSquo;S riverS and Tonle Sap Lake thiS year in an effort to build the nation&rSquo;S fiSh and ShellfiSh StockS, officialS Said yeSterday. Nao Thouk, general director of the FiSherieS AdminiStration at the&nbSp;MiniStry of Agriculture, ForeStry and FiSherieS&nbSp;Said, about SS='cambodia-color'>...
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អង្គការសម្ព័ន្ធខ្មែរជំរឿន និងការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស (លីកាដូ) អំពាវនាវជាថ្មីឲ្យរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបង្ហាញឲ្យបានពេញលេញនូវចំនួនដីសម្បទានទាំងអស់ ដែលត្រូវបានផ្តល់ទៅឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជន ខណៈដែលអង្គការនេះបានរកឃើញថា ដីសម្បទានទំហំជាង ២ លានហិកតានៃដីសម្បទាន ss='cambodia-color'>...
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As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
Since 1998, Phnom Penh&rSquo;S population haS doubled to more than 2 million. High-riSe buildingS have popped up in the city&rSquo;S center and houSing developmentS have been haStily erected. Yet the city&rSquo;S antiquated, decadeS-old drainage SyStem haS undergone little improvement in that time and expertS Say the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Startup Promises a Future for Former Boeng Kak Residents
In mid-August, on day seven of production at the Coco Khmer social enterprise, the team experienced a setback. Temperatures in the fermenting room must remain between 35 and 40 degrees to produce the organization’s virgin coconut oil, but the temperature on that rainy day refused to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Devon Geary and Mech Dara
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(English) Phnom Penh Trash Collectors Dance for Demands
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Ben Sokhean and Alice Cuddy
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Mobile phone revenues per user to decline
Revenues per user in Cambodia’s mobile phone sector will drop sharply over the next five years, according to global research and consultancy firm Frost & sullivan. The company said the average revenue per user – ARPU, a key metric for the industry – would fall ss='cambodia-color'>...
Overloaded vehicles at issue
Overloaded vehicles are contributing to a more rapid than anticipated deterioration of Cambodia’s road network, experts said yesterday. “The cost of overloading causes problems to everyone involved, but it is easy to control damage if we have good system in place. This is the only ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550177/Business/overloaded-vehicles-at-issue.html
Villagers Struggle in Face of Chinese Tourism Project
Villagers along the Koh Kong province’s coastline have been relocated by a Chinese development company as they have not been granted access to their farm land which falls within the development area and are running short of food. 20 tons of rice have been delivered ss='cambodia-color'>...
Economist Say GDP to Reach 8.7%
Cambodia’s economic growth is expected to reach 8.7 percent this year as a result of the growth within the garment sector and the increased prices for agricultural products. The Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC) has said that the garment industry, including the manufacturing of shoes, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Minister urges ties with Asian nations
Cambodia must further integrate with its East Asian neighbours for future economic development, said Minister of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon. The financial crisis highlighted the need to diversify production, and Asia’s markets are ripe for increased Cambodian exports, he said. speaking at the 7th ss='cambodia-color'>...
City Hall Calls On Angkor Beer Promoters to Protest Peacefully
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday warned Angkor Beer promoters to protest peacefully until a resolution could be reached on their pay claims, a union representative said. Protests held by the Angkor Beer promoters turned violent on Tuesday evening, with one promoter hospitalized after protestors clashed ss='cambodia-color'>...
Foreign investment needed in Special Economic Zones
According to a Sept 4 preSS releaSe from the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC), there are currently a total of 19 SEZS and moSt of them are Situated along Cambodia&rSquo;S borderS with Vietnam and Thailand. Eight are fully operational with both local and foreign SS='cambodia-color'>...
Rare giant ibis loses habitat
The latest in a series of land concessions granted in protected forests has cut nearly 10,000 hectares from Cambodia’s largest wildlife sanctuary – home to the Kingdom’s critically endangered national bird, the Giant Ibis. A september 7 sub-decree, released on Monday evening, reclassified 9,237 hectares of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Floods to push up non-performing loans in 4th quarter
The worst floods in a decade may boost the number of nonperforming loans in the Kingdom’s microfinance industry in the fourth quarter, insiders said yesterday. However, those insiders said the damage done to Cambodia’s agriculture sector would not have a significant impact given the MFIs’ diversified ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian rice output grows in 2011 despite floods
Cambodia’s total paddy rice output reached 8.4 million tonnes in 2011, up from 8.25 million tonnes last year, according an initial assessment by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Provincial MAFF officials from across the Kingdom met in Phnom Penh on saturday, when data was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Power Grid Key to Development
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the regional and national power grids are key to development, though plans for their development have come under criticism by a number of NGOs who believe that power generation should be decentralized. The ADB’s Greater Mekong subregion program ss='cambodia-color'>...
Refresh Mobile buys WING
Refresh Mobile yesterday announced the purchase of mobile banking outfit WING from Australia’s ANZ, although the amount of the deal was not released. WING will join Refresh’s stable of electronic payment and cell phone top-up services, in addition to soon offering overseas mobile remittance capabilities, Refresh ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111752801/Business/refresh-mobile-buys-wing.html
Rubber industry growth a priority
Cambodia aimed to become one of the region’s main rubber producers over the next few years despite the industry’s low international recognition, officials said during the second Global Rubber Conference, held in Phnom Penh on Friday. To that end, the Kingdom had encouraged companies and investors ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011112852994/Business/rubber-industry-growth-a-priority.html
Hard investment: Chinese firm eyes Kingdom investment
A Chinese company is aiming to invest in cement production in Cambodia, according to officials at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME). The China Triumph International Engineering Company (CTIEC) would become one of Cambodia’s biggest cement producers and would invest in the Kingdom, said ss='cambodia-color'>...
Three Injured by Police During Factory Protest
Three factory workers were injured yesterday during a protest in Phnom Penh’s Pur senchey district when more than 500 workers clashed with about 100 police officers, according to eyewitnesses and union representatives. Workers from Win shingtex (Cambodia) Co Ltd had originally planned to march from the ss='cambodia-color'>...