Cambodia's oil import down by 2 pct in 5 months
Cambodia imported 727,500 tons of petroleum in the first five months of the year, a 2 percent drop from 744,700 tons a year earlier, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Saturday. A liter of premium gasoline goes for 1.38 U.S. dollars in Phnom ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/22/c_132563149.htm
Strike at SL eats into profits
Because of ongoing strikes and an inability to fill orders, SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) says it is shedding cash flow as buyers shift away from one of Asia’s largest producers, factory management confirmed yesterday. International brands H&M and Gap reduced their orders, while Levi’s ceased buying ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/strike-sl-eats-profits
Fears SL strike could get ugly
Union officials fear violence that occurred at two separate rallies in front of the SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd factory last week will continue at one scheduled this morning. About 10 SL strikers were injured during demonstrations on Thursday and Friday, when uniformed and plain-clothes SL ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fears-sl-strike-could-get-ugly
(English) Online registration option to be rolled out to SMEs
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Annie Lee
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/online-registration-option-be-rolled-out-smes
(English) Sesan Dam Construction to Start Next Month
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Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sesan-dam-construction-to-start-next-month-51080/
(English) Villagers in limbo as dam starts
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Phak Seangly and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-limbo-dam-starts
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ទិន សុខាវុទ្ធ
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29567/us-to-help-tackle-illegal-fishing/
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
Hun Sen Reaches for Ambitious Income Target
Going by the World Bank’s method of grouping nation states by their wealth, Cambodia this year could become a lower-middle income country. Not satisfied, however, with this graduation—a feat in itself from Cambodia’s position of extreme poverty just two decades ago when gross domestic product (GDP) ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/hun-sen-reaches-for-ambitious-income-target-18766/
Cambodia gets rolling
The small but sleek Angkor Car can easily navigate the narrow streets of Cambodia, while with an electric engine saves on expensive fuel costs. It may cost $10,000 per vehicle, a bit steep for most local people, but the vehicle is a welcome testimony to ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/marketing/348783/cambodia-gets-rolling
Koh Kong’s Rainbow Lodge Plans on Paying It Forward
KOH KONG – The dullness of a rainy day accentuates the lush shades of green rainforest of the Cardamom Mountains in Koh KONG province. Float down the Tatai River and you see bobbing turquoise, red and yellow canoes tied up along the banks—in their vivid ...
Lindsey Peterson and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kongs-rainbow-lodge-plans-on-paying-it-forward-44775/
Flights planned from Beijing to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh
Chinese flag carrier Air China is expected to launch the first non-stop flights from Beijing to Cambodia as early as November this year, officials said yesterday. Director of the Air Transport Department of Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, said that officials from ...
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US firms eye new markets in the Kingdom
VISA, Mastercard, Dell and Cisco Systems have been added to a growing list of US companies looking to enter the Cambodian market, according to Frances Zwenig, counsellor of the US-ASEAN Business Council. The financial services and information technology companies joined GE, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson ...
Hotels told to use own power
State-owned energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) has sent letters to some of Phnom Penh’s four- and five-star hotels, asking that they switch to generators between 8am and 9pm this month — a move hotel-industry experts say would have a significant economic impact. In a letter ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040264826/Business/hotels-told-to-use-own-power.html
PM Adviser given extra title at financial ministry
Prime Minister Hun Sen has appointed his personal adviser Kong Vibol as director general of the General Department of Taxation at the Ministry of Economics and Finance, according to the Royal Book entry of August 22. In addition to his expertise in taxation, Vibol is also ...
Vietnamese Arrested With Illegal Wood Off Coast
Four Vietnamese nationals were arrested off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province Tuesday for allegedly smuggling illegally cut wood from the neighboring province of Koh Kong, officials said yesterday. Sak Sovann, crime unit chief for the Interior Ministry’s maritime border police department, said the four men ...
Rubber Gives New Bounce to Economy
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen announced plans Thursday to encourage rubber smallholdings in a bid to expand production as the country promotes the cash crop as the number two commodity after rice. Hun Sen said the government will support not only large-scale rubber plantations but also ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/rubber-04122012174332.html
Hundreds fired after garment strike ends
Management at one of Asia’s largest garment producers yesterday fired at least 600 employees, days after thousands returned to work following a two-week strike. Most of the workers fired by SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd – which supplies Gap, Levi’s and H&M – were members of ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-fired-after-garment-strike-ends