National Road 3 prices flat
The sale and purchase of land along National Road 3 is increasing in volume but land prices are not increasing significantly despite the road being completed, and despite the many industrial zones along it. Based on his company’s research in the second quarter of this year, ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Government offshore oil block deadline passes
LAST week marked the arrival and paSSing of 12/12/12, the Cambodian government&rSquo;S original date for the commencement of oil extraction from the Block A oilfieldS in the Gulf of Thailand, with no activity on the Site. Chevron currently holdS a 30 per cent intereSt in the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Animal feed lucrative but demand not being met
The production of animal feed may be lucrative for family-run businesses, but production is failing to meet the local market’s demand, said industry experts. Ros Limhy, National Agriculture adviser for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Tonle sap Poverty Reduction and smallholder Development project, and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thousands of Striking Factory Workers Briefly Block City Road
Nearly 6,000 striking garment factory workers briefly blocked Road 371 in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district on Friday to bring attention to their demands for higher salaries, union officials and protesters said. Marking the third day of strike action, the mainly female workers moved into the middle ss='cambodia-color'>...
Honda strike set to roll on
More than 100 staffers protested outside a Honda NCX company in Por sen Chey district’s Choam Chao commune yesterday because they say employees are being sacked for trying to unionise, among other grievances. soeurn sot, a technician at the company, said during the protest that if ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Chut Wutty slaying witness questioned
Another witness to the fatal shootings of environmental activist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana was questioned at Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday. Bou Orn is the third employee of logging company Timbergreen – a firm Chut Wutty was investigating for alleged illegal logging ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Officials named after blocking volunteers
Authorities in stung Treng province have released the names of five government officials whom they arrested on Tuesday in samki commune for interfering with a corps of youth volunteers sent to measure land as part of the prime minister’s national initiative to grant property to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Toll Royal Railways expands
Toll Royal Railways signed two freight logistics agreements with siam Concrete Group and United Logistics and Distribution at their offices in Phnom Penh’s Central Railway station yesterday. sCG Cambodia contracted TRR for the transport and warehousing for bagged cement from Touk Meas in Kampot province to ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Ministry fires back over EU resolution
A week after the European Parliament issued a damning resolution on Cambodia’s human-rights situation and called for a revoking of trade privileges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shot back. “It is essential for the EU parliament to study and better understand the situation before passing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sick of courts, villagers curse
In a sign that they no longer have faith in the court system, more than 100 villagers in Kampong Chhnang province placed their fates in the hands of a higher power yesterday, and prayed for misfortune to rain down on a company with whom they’ve ss='cambodia-color'>...
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NGOs call for discussion of Xayaburi dam at meet
A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing ss='cambodia-color'>...
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NagaWorld Workers on Strike After Firings
More than 500 workers from Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld Casino demonstrated on Monday, in what was their fourth straight day of strike action in front of the casino over wages and the firing of four staff members sok Narith, deputy secretary general of the Cambodian Tour­ism and ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Hun Sen Calls on G-8 to Stabilize Food Prices
Going back on an earlier promise not to make any more public speeches before next month’s commune elections, Prime Minister Hun sen gave the opening address at a two-day conference on food security and nutrition in Phnom Penh yesterday. At the event, organized by the Council ss='cambodia-color'>...
After Threats to Cut Pay, Garment Workers Strike
Nearly 2,000 workers at the Gawon Apparel Co. garment factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City protested in front of the factory yesterday after they were informed that they would lose pay for any days missed during the commune election, which takes place sunday, union representatives ss='cambodia-color'>...
SRP Asks King Sihamoni to Pardon Boeng Kak 15
Members of the opposition sRP on saturday sent a petition to King Norodom sihamoni asking him to pardon the 13 Boeng Kak residents who were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail on May 24 after holding a peaceful protest against CPP senator Lao Meng Khin’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lawsuit Filed Against Banteay Meanchey Land Protesters
Banteay Meanchey’s provincial environment department, a local company and two bulldozer drivers, have sued four villagers in Banteay Meanchey province over their alleged role in a violent land protest in February. The villagers, who have been summoned for questioning this week, stand accused of intentional property ss='cambodia-color'>...
Former Lieutenant General faces accusations
Disgraced former Lieutenant General Doeun sovann appeared in court on Nov. 5, 2012. to answer charges for attempting to rope in volunteers from Prime Minister Hun sen’s national land-titling scheme, monitoring measurment of a disputed plot he allegedly purchased. Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating Judge Ly ss='cambodia-color'>...
Crane removed from Gold Tower 42
Last week, the crane on the top of Gold Tower 42 was removed, adding to the sense that the completion of the Korean-owned skyscraper is ultimately a distant hope. The owner of the unfinished skyscraper, sitting at the corner of sihanouk and Monivong Boulevards entered into ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Real Estate Market Showing Signs of Recovery
Land prices in Cambodia continued to recover in the last half of 2012, especially in urban areas, following a collapse of the market in 2008, real estate investors say. Keuk Narin, vice president of Asia Real Estate Cambodia, told VOA Khmer that commercial land prices ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Policy aims to boost science and technology
A national policy on science, technology and innovation is being drafted to boost Cambodia’s development in the competitive field, as the Kingdom endeavours to catch up with its regional neighbours and internationally. Officials met for the first-ever consultation workshop yesterday to draft a national policy document ss='cambodia-color'>...
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