Cambodians shun banks: World Bank report
Cambodian people used banks less than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region last year in percentage terms of using financial services, recent data from the World Bank showed. The report, released this month, also pointed to high growth in the percentage of borrowers, which insiders ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053056467/Business/cambodians-shun-banks.html
Police Seize Equipment at Sisowath Quay Site
Vattanac Properties’ construction equipment has been seized by the police after the firm ignored an order to cease work as it has damaged adjacent historic buildings while digging. The work began in mid-April and Vattanac was in the process of removing soil in order to ...
Damages from mine to cost at least $4m
The government said yesterday that a gold mine in Kompong Cham province that has damaged about 1 square km of land with chemical waste would cost at least $4 million to clean up. Speaking at a workshop in Phnom Penh on revenue transparency, Sim Sisokhaly, director ...
ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី-ការអភិវឌ្ឍ បង្កឲ្យមានជាតិពុល អាសេនិច
ការសិក្សាបែបវិទ្យាសាស្រ្តចេញផ្សាយកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រស្តីពីពេលវេលា និងមូលហេតុដែលជាតិពុលអាសេនិចត្រូវបានបញ្ចេញចូលក្នុងទឹកក្រោមដីបង្ហាញថាទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី និងការអភិវឌ្ឍដទៃទៀតអាចបង្កបញ្ហាកាន់តែធ្ងន់ធ្ងរដល់ពលរដ្ឋរាប់លាននាក់។ ...
Jamie Elliott
http://bit.ly/1Q9C5Ki
$11 million for new serviced apartments
Approximately $11 million will be invested in the 14-storey Silvertown Serviced Apartments in BKK1, according to the president of agents Knight Frank last week. Sunny YL Soo, the managing director of Knight Frank in Cambodia, said that the demand for leased apartments in Cambodia is rising ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/Real-Estate/11-million-for-new-serviced-apartments.html
Naga Corp Reports 23 Percent Profit Growth
NagaCorp Ltd., the Hong Kong-listed company that runs Phnom Penh’s only licensed casino, saw its profits grow by 23 percent in 2012, the firm said in an announcement. In its financial results for the year, released Wednesday to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the company that ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/nagacorp-reports-23-percent-profit-growth-9646/
Phnom Penh Port Shifts Focus to Cruise Boats
With a new Chinese-built container port on the Mekong River in Kandal province now operational, the existing port in Phnom Penh is undergoing renovations to shift its focus to the growing number of cruise ships docking in the capital, an official said yesterday. Eang Veng ...
Sok An Wants Thai Waters Dispute Resolved
In his first public meeting in weeks, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Friday met with a delegation of Thai officials in Phnom Penh and pledged Cambodia’s commitment to resolve a decade-old maritime dispute over contested maritime space in the Gulf of Thailand. Speaking to reporters ...
Ratch puts mine purchase on hold as coal price dips sharply
The SET-listed Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (RATCH), Thailand’s largest private power producer, is to delay the purchase of a coal mine in Indonesia, as the global coal price has dropped sharply. Ratch had planned to acquire a mine to serve its new coal-fired power plants ...
Cambodian education investor explains his turn to real estate
Chea Sokheng, general director of Arizon Group Ltd, a potential investor in Cambodia’s education and real estate sectors, said that investment in education is a main contributor to developing human resources and growth of the national economy. Though he mentioned the opportunity to invest in the ...
Radio Free Asia reporter to face judge
A Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporter in Ratanakkiri province will be questioned at the provincial court today in relation to claims that he incited villagers to commit crimes against a rubber company that they have been locked in a land dispute with since 2004. Lim Chanlyda, ...
Pursat Police Official Charged Over Illegal Fishing
The Pursat Provincial court on Friday charged Krakor district’s judicial police bureau chief for taking bribes in order to allow illegal fishing in the Tonle Sap Lake, officials said yesterday. [Hong Bunthoeun] stands accused of accepting bribes to allow illicit fishing in parts of the Tonle ...
Opposition Supporters Stage Mass US Protests
Thousands of Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans staged coordinated mass demonstrations in cities across the U.S. on Monday in support of opposition claims that Cambodia’s closely contested July election was rigged in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his long-ruling CPP. In Long Beach and San ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/opposition-supporters-stage-mass-us-protests-40391/
(English) Mega First boosts spending on Lao dam, Cambodian rubber project
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=MmI4Yzk4ZDQ4MjA
(English) Dam villagers demand titles
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Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-villagers-demand-titles
(English) Amid overcrowding, inmates build new prison
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Lauren Crothers and Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-overcrowding-inmates-build-new-prison-67129/
Local brands standing firm
Inside a shop in a restored building on the corner of Sothearos Boulevard and Street 266, nearly 10 Cambodians wearing the same uniform are walking around and cleaning tables. By the end of this year, Brown Coffee will have a total of eight branches in ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/local-brands-standing-firm
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
អង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយបាននិយាយថាអាមេរិកប្រព្រឹត្តអំពើពុករលួយកាន់តែច្រើនជាងកម្ពុជា
ប្រធានអង្គភាពប្រឆាំងអំពើពុករលួយ បាននិយាយនៅក្នុងសន្និសីទកាសែតមួយកាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដោយលោកបានអះអាងថា អំពើពុករលួយមានវត្តមាននៅក្នុងគ្រប់ប្រទេស ហើយវាកាន់តែអាក្រក់នៅក្នុងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកជាងនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។ ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យធារ៉ា
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098128/acu-says-us-corrupt-cambodia/