Hun Sen Asks China for Loan to Build New Road
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that he has requested a $140 million loan from China to build a 190 km road that would branch off National Road 5 and allow easier access to Thailand. The request comes just one month after Mr. Hun Sen returned ...
New Siem Reap airport’s progress slow but on track
A senior government official said a new Siem Reap International Airport (NSRIA) being developed with $1 billion of investment by two Korean companies is still on track. NSRIA is wholly owned by two Korean companies, Camco Airport Co and Lees A&A, which held 50 per cent each ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010360604/Business/airport-s-progress-slow-but-on-track.html
Boeng Kak Families Pitch a New Solution to Land Dispute
A group of Phnom Penh residents locked in a long-running land dispute with a real estate project owned by CPP Senator Lao Meng Khin are pitching City Hall a plan they hope will prevent them from being evicted and keep them close to home. “We ...
New study reveals catastrophic loss of Cambodia's tropical flooded grasslands
Around half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grasslands have been lost in just 10 years according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The seasonally flooded grasslands around the Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, are of great importance for biodiversity and a ...
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-reveals-catastrophic-loss-cambodia-tropical.html
New Chinese envoy pledges to further enhance ties with Cambodia
Newly-designated Ambassador of China to Cambodia Bu Jianguo on Thursday vowed to help further deepen all rounds of cooperation with Cambodia for the benefits [sic] of the two countries and peoples. Paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Bu ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/25/c_132573145.htm
New Kompong Thom Governor Vows to Give Land to Evictees
The newly appointed Kompong Thom provincial governor on Tuesday promised more than 500 families who were forcefully evicted by a Vietnamese rubber plantation more than three years ago that they would be given replacement land to farm on early next month. Security forces evicted villagers from ...
PAL sets new closing date for investment in Cambodia Airlines
The deal between national flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Royal Group of Cambodia (RCG) to form Cambodia Airlines Co. Ltd. is set to be completed within the next two months. This was according to Ma. Cecilia Pesayco, assistant corporate secretary of PAL’s parent firm PAL ...
New Campaign Aims to Clean Phnom Penh’s Drainage System
The Phnom Penh Municipality on Saturday launched a new campaign to clean up the city’s drainage system in an effort to alleviate chronic flooding during the rainy season. The campaign would encourage people to discard their waste correctly and would also see City Hall cleaning the ...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-campaign-aims-to-clean-phnom-penhs-drainage-system-40812/
Pay&Go Aims to Streamline Bill Payments With New Services
A local company has begun working in cooperation with ABA bank to streamline payments for services such as electricity bills and mobile phone top-ups by allowing people to pay through its website, mobile applications and electronic kiosks. PayGo SEA (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., which operates under the ...
Joshua Wilwohl and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/paygo-aims-to-streamline-bill-payments-with-new-services-44794/
Phnom Penh’s 5 New Districts Create Fears of Gerrymandering
Phnom Penh City Hall’s plans to undertake the largest redrawing of the city’s administrative boundaries in decades, by creating five new districts before May’s district and city-level council elections, is likely an effort to gerrymander voting constituencies, a senior opposition party member said Monday. Municipal government ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penhs-5-new-districts-create-fears-of-gerrymandering-47269/
Sar Kheng Says ‘Change’ Needs to Go Beyond New Names
Officiating a ceremony on Friday to welcome the country’s new minister of post and telecommunications, Interior Minister Sar Kheng reminded the audience of government officials that the public expects change—as was demonstrated in their election support for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Mr. Kheng, who ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-says-change-needs-to-go-beyond-new-names-43848/
(English) Protest against new wage of $95 is illegal: Labor Ministry
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The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=Y2RjMDY1MWE5NTl
(English) New Tuol Kok Mall to Add to District’s Growth
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Joshua Wilwohl and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/new-tuol-kok-mall-to-add-to-districts-growth-49777/
Cambodia sees slowdown in new business numbers in 9 months
The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it had granted operating licenses to 2, 223 new companies in the first nine months of 2013, down 14.6 percent compared with 2,606 new firms over the same period last year. From January to September this year, the ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/821915.shtml#.UnZHp_lgd8E
Taxi Drivers Block Checkpoint In Poipet to Protest New Tax
Taxi drivers staged a large protest Wednesday at a customs checkpoint in Poipet City over customs officials’ demands for what the protesters said was an exorbitant tax on a small load of goods. At the checkpoint Wednesday, more than 50 taxi drivers blocked the road for ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-block-checkpoint-in-poipet-to-protest-new-tax-49159/
(English) A New Royalist Party Would Have Little Hope, Analysts Say
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Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/a-new-royalist-party-would-have-little-hope-analysts-say/1859956.html
សាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញចង់បង្កើតមណ្ឌលថ្មីសម្រាប់ប្រជាជនអត់កន្លែងស្នាក់នៅ និងអ្នកសុំទាន
ក្រុមមន្ត្រីបានលើកឡើងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា មន្ទីរសង្គមកិច្ចរាជធានីភ្នំពេញបានស្នើឲ្យសាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញប្រើអគារមួយក្នុងខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ ជាមណ្ឌលសំចតបណ្តោះអាសន្នទូទាំងរាជធានីថ្មីមួយសម្រាប់អ្នកគ្មានផ្ទះសម្បែងស្នាក់នៅ ...
អ៊ាង ម៉េងឡេង
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12982/
(English) New traffic law could save money and lives, study says
Better laws and enforcement that require motorbike riders and children to wear helmets could save more than 500 lives and $100 million over the next six years, a new study says. The study, undertaken by the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation, says a new law now ...
Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/new-traffic-law-could-save-money-and-lives-study-says/1909680.html
សេវារថយន្តក្រុងសាធារណៈក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញនឹងបង្កើនផ្លូវរត់ដល់ទៅ៣ខ្សែ
មន្ត្រីសាលារាជធានីមួយរូបបានឲ្យដឹងថា នៅខែកញ្ញាខាងមុខនេះ សាលារាជធានីភ្នំពេញនឹងបង្កើតផ្លូវរថយន្តក្រុងថ្មីចំនួនពីរខ្សែទៀត បន្ទាប់ពីរថយន្តក្រុងប្រើរួចមួយទឹកចំនួន៤០គ្រឿងដែលត្រូវ ...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/17873/
(English) New report says garment sector fails to meet UN standards
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-report-says-garment-sector-fails-to-meet-un-standards-54191/