France wants closer economic ties to Cambodia
On a night when some of France’s finest wines were consumed by some of Cambodia’s most senior officials, the message was clear: France wants to strengthen its economic ties with Cambodia. On Wednesday night, the French-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCFC) put on a lavish display of ...
China Looks to Increase Media Presence
The Chinese Information Minister met Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Sunday to discuss introducing more of a Chinese perspective to the media in Cambodia. The two men also agreed to send a delegation from the Council of Ministers Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU) ...
ប្រេងធ្លាក់ថ្លៃ ខណៈក្រុមហ៊ុនដឹកជញ្ជូនកាន់តែប្រឈមការប្រកួតប្រជែង
តម្លៃប្រេងសាំងនៅកម្ពុជាធ្លាក់ចុះជាង ២០ ភាគរយចាប់តាំងពីដើមឆ្នាំរហូតមកដល់ពេលនេះ ខណៈតម្លៃប្រេងអន្តរជាតិរហូតមកដល់ពេលនេះធ្លាក់ចុះជាង ៥០ ភាគរយ។ ទោះបីយ៉ាងនេះក្តីក្រុមហ៊ុនដឹកជញ្ជូនបានអះអាងថាការធ្លាក់ចុះតម្លៃប្រេងនេះមិនជះឥទ្ធិពលខ្លាំងមកលើប្រតិបត្តិការរបស់ខ្លួនឡើយខណៈការប្រកួតប្រជែងកាន់តែច្រើន។ នេះបើតាមអ្នករកស៊ីនៅក្នុងឧស្សាហកម្មនេះ។ ផ្អែកលើសន្ទស្សន៍តម្លៃប្រេងគិតត្រឹមថ្ងៃទី ១៩ ខែសីហាដោយក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្មតម្លៃប្រេងធម្មតាបានធ្លាក់ចុះ ២០,៤១ ភាគរយពី ៣៩៨០ រៀលក្នុងមួយលីត្រកាលពីខែមករា ២០១៦ មកនៅ ៣១៥០ រៀល។ ...
ចេង សុខហ័ង
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Provocative Posters Spark Renewed Protests
More than 2,000 garment factory workers protested Saturday and plan to strike today in support of union organizers who face prosecution in court for alleged “incitement” over demonstrations at the plant, a union representative said yesterday. The workers at Ocean Garment factory began demonstrating on Aug. ...
UAE, Cambodia look to lift tourism
Cambodia’s tourism ministry and United Arab Emirates officials have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen tourism to the Kingdom, officials said during a press conference at Phnom Penh’s international airport. Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) would provide more opportunities for ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012090758551/Business/uae-cambodia-look-to-lift-tourism.html
Anti-Corruption Unit to Investigate Telecom Cambodia Chief
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will launch an investigation into corruption allegations made by staff at Telecom Cambodia against its director-general Lao Sarouen, officials said yesterday. During a meeting with 295 Telecom Cambodia employees at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, ACU chairman Om Yentieng told staff ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-corruption-unit-to-investigate-telecom-cambodia-chief-12103/
Ministry Meets Striking Union Representatives
Ministry of Social Affairs officials yesterday conducted a meeting between the owners of a factory, which produces clothing for H&M, Gap and Levi Strauss, and its workers, but threatened to file a complaint against the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), union representatives ...
Energy security linked to firm borders
Energy supplies will be more secure once territorial disputes between Thailand and Cambodia are resolved, Department of Mineral Fuels director-general Songpob Polchan said on Friday. Mr Songpob said that the sooner Thailand and Cambodia are able to work out their differences, the sooner they can exploit ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/330370/end-to-border-row-to-help-energy-sector
Garment factory welcomes back striking workers
Revoking its decision to sack the vast majority of its work force for a prolonged strike, the Winson International garment factory agreed to allow the 868 workers back to work following negotiations late last month, worker representatives said yesterday. After mediation by officials from the Ministry ...
Agreement forced, Loun Savath says
Activist monk Loun Savath yesterday decried an “agreement” he thumbprinted in the presence of Supreme Patriarch Nun Nget on Thursday, claiming he was forced to comply under duress. Speaking from a safe place yesterday, the “multimedia monk” said a group, including the municipal chief monk and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856419/National-news/agreement-forced-monk-says.html
Third party canteens favoured by GMAC
The Chairman of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, Van Sou Ieng, said that even if nutrition is an important factor in productivity, it should not the sole responsibility of the factory owner. “The deduction that the nutrition will automatically improve productivity is not necessarily true. ...
World Court to Hold Preah Vihear Hearing
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold a verbal hearing with Cambodian and Thailand over disputed land around Preah Vihear temple in April, government officials said yesterday. “A verbal hearing with the Thai party will be held in April so that [we can] have a ...
Lawyers Instructed to Seek Approval Before Speaking to Media
Lawyers must now obtain permission from the Cambodian Bar Association before speaking to television and radio media in order to ensure that they do not speak out of turn, the association’s president said in a meeting on Friday. “First, we want to ensure a high quality ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawyers-instructed-to-seek-approval-before-speaking-to-media-9756/
Qatar Airways ready to launch daily flights to Cambodia's capital
The Doha-based Qatar Airways will operate its daily flights from Doha to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from Tuesday, Cambodia’s tourism minister Thong Khon said Monday. “Tomorrow (Tuesday), the airline will launch daily flights from Doha to Phnom Penh via Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,” ...
Tax revenues increase by 22.9 per cent
The Kingdom’s tax revenues increased by more than 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year. officials said the rise reflects an influx of new buinesses and investments. Opposition lawmakers, however, claim that the numbers are still far ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041265054/Business/tax-revenues-increase-by-22-9-per-cent.html
Kingdom spending $3m to boost rubber quality
A $3 million initiative to purify the quality of rubber trees planted across the country is intended to spur farmers to plant more rubber, a government official said. Ly Phalla, director general of the General Directorate of Rubber at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042965285/Business/kingdom-spending-3m-to-boost-rubber-quality.html
Troubling contrasts in ASEAN
Some of these ASEAN economies are not like the others. Singapore is 80 times richer than Myanmar and its population lives 20 years longer than Cambodia’s, while Myanmar ranks 50 places behind Cambodia in terms of global competitiveness, according to a wide-ranging analysis from the World ...
Joe Freeman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/troubling-contrasts-asean
Levi Strauss Pulls Out From Embattled SL Garment Factory
A Singaporean-owned garment factory whose workers have been on strike since early August is no longer producing clothes for American denim giant Levi Strauss, a brand representative and a factory worker said Monday. The workers of SL Garment Factory in Meanchey district—which still makes clothes for ...
Aun Pheap and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/levi-strauss-pulls-out-from-embattled-sl-garment-factory-44015/
Women’s Rights Assessed by UN Committee in Geneva
Rights groups on Monday shared their concerns about the treatment of women in Cambodia with member states of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Cambodia last updated the committee—which meets three times a year to assess how member states ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-assessed-by-un-committee-in-geneva-44581/
(English) Family’s world shrinks daily
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). ...
Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/family%E2%80%99s-world-shrinks-daily