Slight rise in truck numbers
The total number of new trucks registered last year increased slightly, but industry insiders said that even though more trucks are needed to boost the Kingdom’s trading volume, the country’s export capacity is relatively unaffected because of trucks bought in previous years. The number of big ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032564655/Business/slight-rise-in-truck-numbers.html
Families Foresee Rocky Road Ahead
Fourteen Phnom Penh families claimed yesterday that government maps showing their houses in the path of a road-widening project were inaccurate and would condemn them to eviction without adequate compensation. Ek Malin, 57, a representative of the community on Street 347 in Tuol Kork district’s Boeung ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042665262/National/families-foresee-rocky-road-ahead.html
Commune officials to solve factory disputes
In response to a growing number of strikes in the country’s highly profitable garment sector, the government trained 15 handpicked commune officials yesterday to mediate and resolve factory disputes. The training was designed to teach commune councillors to defuse and resolve conflict, Buth Ji, director of ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-officials-solve-factory-disputes
Increase in Customs Taxes Raises Retail Prices in Cambodia
Customs officers along Cambodia’s border have been instructed to increase their efforts to properly inspect and tax products coming into the country, which has increased the cost of imports and led to a rise in retail prices for a host of goods, government officials, businessmen ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/increase-in-customs-taxes-raises-retail-prices-in-cambodia-48461/
Cambodia's rural communities to get sustainable energy access
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Australia are expanding access to economical and reliable energy for rural Cambodian households, including through the promotion of cookstoves in Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham provinces. A $6.1 million Australian Aid grant, administered by ADB, will finance ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YTc1MDdmNzhlNTM
New Association to Take on Illegal DVD Sales
The Motion Picture Association of Cambodia (MPAC), an independent body that aims to protect intellectual property, officially opened its doors Wednesday, vowing to put an end to the sale of pirated DVDs in Phnom Penh as its first order of business. “We are goingto serve everybody ...
Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-association-to-take-on-illegal-dvd-sales-48122/
Japan to Open ‘State-of-the-Art’ Hospital in Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh could have its first international-standard medical facility if a Japanese plan to construct a critical-care center equipped with state-of-the-art medical technologies and highly trained doctors, nurses and surgeons goes ahead, according to local officials and Japanese government documents. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/japan-to-open-state-of-the-art-hospital-in-phnom-penh-48433/
Can’t see the forest …
The percentage of Cambodia covered in forest has fallen from about 72 per cent in 1973 to only about 46 per cent in 2013, satellite image data released yesterday shows. A series of animated maps that Open Development Cambodia (ODC) produced from NASA satellite images detail ...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/can%E2%80%99t-see-forest-%E2%80%A6
(English) Land activists ‘under threat’
Cambodian land advocates face some of the most threatening and deadly working conditions in the world, according to a new report by UK-based environmental watchdog Global Witness. Since 2002, 908 reported killings linked to land activism have occurred across 35 countries – with 13 taking place ...
Amelia Woodside and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activists-%E2%80%98under-threat%E2%80%99
តម្លៃភាគហ៊ុន GTI ធ្លាក់ចុះនៅថ្ងៃដំបូង
តម្លៃភាគហ៊ុនរបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន GRAND Twins International (GTI) បានធ្លាក់ចុះ ៤,៩ ភាគរយខណៈក្រុមហ៊ុនផលិតសម្លៀកបំពាក់មួយនេះបានបញ្ចប់ការជួញដូរនៅ ថ្ងៃដំបូងនៅលើក្រុមហ៊ុនផ្សារមូលបត្រកម្ពុជា (CSX)។ ការបើកដំណើរការជួញដូរកាលពីម្សិលមិញក្នុងតម្លៃ ៩ ៧០០ រៀល (២,៤១ ដុល្លារអាមេរិក) ប៉ុន្តែតម្លៃបានធ្លាក់ចុះមកនៅត្រឹម ៩ ២២០ រៀល (២,២៨ ដុល្លារ ...
Eddie Morton
http://bit.ly/1qZYF8J
(English) NGOs urge Gov’t to keep searching for missing Veng Sreng teen
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Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-urge-govt-to-keep-searching-for-missing-veng-sreng-teen-54760/
(English) GMAC calls for halt to ongoing protest in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NzcxYmUyMDJlMTl
ផលិតកម្មនៅក្នុងគម្រោង Ibis កើនឡើងខ្ពស់
ផលិតកម្មរបស់គម្រោង Ibis Rice របស់អង្គការអភិរក្សសង្គមពិភពលោក (WCS)កើនដល់កម្រិតខ្ពស់បំផុតលើកដំបូងក្នុងប្រវតិ្តសាស្ដ្រ របស់ខ្លួនរយៈពេល៥ឆ្នាំ ដែលជំរុញឲ្យមានការពង្រីកប្រតិបត្តិការរបស់អ្នកផលិតផល អង្ករក្រអូប។ តាមលទ្ធផលចុងក្រោយរបស់ WCS នៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះវិហារ កសិកររបស់គម្រោង Ibis Rice ផលិតអង្ករសរីរាង្គជាអង្ករម្លិះក្រអូបកើនឡើង ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/113883--ibis-
ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាកាសចរណ៍វៀតណាមផ្តើមហោះលើផ្លូវអាកាសកម្ពុជា
ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាកាសចរណ៍វៀតណាម ពីរត្រូវបានរាយការណ៍ថា បានចាប់ផ្ដើមហោះហើរសាកល្បងលើដែនអាកាសកម្ពុជា ដែលជាកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងមួយដើម្បីកាត់បន្ថយពេលវេលាធ្វើដំណើររវាងទីក្រុងសំខាន់ៗពីររបស់វៀតណាម គឺ ទីក្រុងហាណូយ និង ទីក្រុងហូជីមិញ។ ...
Eddie Morton
http://bit.ly/1CrY06V
(English) Poverty line $120, gov’t says
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Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/poverty-line-120-gov%E2%80%99t-says
Cambodia receives $3m grant
Cambodia will receive a grant of US$3.3 million from the World Trade Organisation to support rice milling, silk production and development of the Department of International Cooperation, according to Heng Sovannarith, communication officer for Trade Wide Sector Approach. Sovannarith said the Ministry of Commerce would receive the grant from ...
Rail freight services begin
Railway freight services between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas commune, in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district, the location of a Siam Cement factory about 40 kilometres north of Kampot town, began yesterday, finally putting the Toll Royal Railways concession on an earning basis. According to Toll Royal Railways ...
Fire Insurance Costs Soar for Garment Sector
Large payouts last year by local insurance companies to two garment factory owners and regional natural catastrophes have resulted in a huge hike in the cost of fire insurance for commercial premises in Cambodia, brokers said. Cambodia’s insurance industry paid out some $24 million in fire ...
PPWSA stock to list today
Investors, along with the next two companies expected to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, will watch carefully this morning the action on the country’s first initial public offering, nine months after the CSX officially opened. After a book-building process that was 17 times over-subscribed, Phnom Penh ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041855632/Business/ppwsa-stock-floats-today.html
ACLEDA, Tong Yang sign MoU
Tong Yang Securities (Cambodia) and ACLEDA Securities yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to partner the services they offer to the Kingdom’s budding financial markets. To expand their footprint in the market, the companies aimed to provide a combination of advisory and underwriting services for companies ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102752376/Business/acleda-tong-yang-sign-mou.html