PM mocks pay-rise promises
Prime Minister Hun sen mockingly declared that opposition pledges to increase the salaries of civil servants marked the arrival of “the season of promises” ahead of next year’s elections, during a speech yesterday. The premier deemed boosting salaries by reducing tax losses attributed to graft unfeasible because ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Hun Sen Says Pay Rise for Civil Servants Impossible
The country cannot afford to further increase the salaries of civil servants such as teachers and members of the armed forces, as to do so would require tax increases—a move that has already sparked protests across Europe, Prime Minister Hun sen said yesterday. speaking at a ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Strike takes Pchum Ben break
About 600 Tae Young factory workers are back on the job thanks to a court injunction – and the desire to pocket a little cash in time for Pchum Ben – but the return will only be temporary, workers said yesterday. The decision followed a Kandal ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Health Woes Speed Fraud Appeal
After calls from their lawyers late last month to speed up the appeals process, three former advisers to senate President Chea sim convicted of fraud last year will appear before the Appeals Court on November 7, court deputy prosecutor Tan senarong said yesterday. The three defendants ss='cambodia-color'>...
Another major Xayaburi pact
The inking of a €300 million contract for water turbines, and job advertisements marked “urgent” appear to be the latest signs that Laos is powering forward with the Xayaburi hydroelectric dam project on the Mekong River. Assurances the $3.8 billion project was on hold pending further ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Swedish outcry has royal voice in midst
Growing calls in sweden for multinational clothing giant H&M to increase wages for Cambodian garment workers have taken a royal twist. Cambodia’s Prince Charin Norodom, 38, who has lived in sweden for more than 30 years, told the Post yesterday that he had been working behind ss='cambodia-color'>...
MoU to improve tech skills
A Thailand-based technical university yesterday signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with technical training institutes in Cambodia to improve human resources in the technical sector. The MoUs were signed between the Thai Rajamangala University of Technology and the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia and the National ss='cambodia-color'>...
Gaming Company Announces Casino in Poipet
Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc. (EGA), announced Monday that it will break ground Thursday on a new $7.5 million slot Hall casino in Poipet province along the Thai border, EGA said in a statement. The casino will open by the end of the year with 300 gaming ss='cambodia-color'>...
Bearing Gifts, Chinese Heads Visit Hun Sen
A delegation of Chinese officials yesterday donated two airplanes and signed an agreement to provide Cambodia with loans for a new hydropower dam in Battambang and the renovation of two national roads. The deals were made during a meeting in Phnom Penh between He Guoqiang, a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Slain activist Chut Wutty's death still a mystery
On Saturday, the family of Slain environmental activiSt Chut Wutty will commemorate the 100 dayS, or thereaboutS, that have paSSed Since hiS death in a caSe that remainS unreSolved even though Six eyewitneSSeS have already been queStioned. The official Story iS that he waS killed by SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Court Questions Unionist on Incitement Charges
The Kandal Provincial Court yesterday questioned labor leader Rong Chhun over allegations he incited garment factory workers to stage an illegal strike, a court official said. A director at the Tai Yang garment factory in Ang snuol district- which supplies apparel to U.s. brands Levi strauss, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Now available: certified chemical-free vegetables
In May, the first group of vegetable producers in Cambodia was certified on the basis of COrAA’s “standards for Chemical-free Crop Production”. The 72 farmers, belonging to the Women Chemical-free vegetable-producing group of the Vegetable supply Co-operative in svay Rieng, have been producing healthy vegetables for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sam Rainsy deleted from Voter Registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) has removed opposition leader sam Rainsy from the voter list for next year’s national election on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal, an NEC official said yesterday. The decision means that even if Mr. Rainsy is granted a royal ss='cambodia-color'>...
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More Investment Needed To Process Crops
Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday said more investment in agriculture was needed to ensure that Cambodia can process its crops and add value to agricultural produce being exported abroad. speaking at the inauguration of a new cargo port in Kandal province, Mr. Hun sen said there was an ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mfone $65 million in debt
Failed Cambodian telco Mfone owes at least $65 million to multiple creditors that sources say include the government. A court injunction to freeze Mfone‘s assets, obtained by the Post yesterday, shows Mfone owes Chinese telco provider Huawei Technologies more than $65 million. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodia building 248-km national road with Chinese aid
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday broke ground for the construction and enlargement of a 248-kilometer stretch of national road No. 6A, saying that the road is vital for the development of the economy and tourism. The road will be widened from the current 7 ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Betargo readies for the contruction of its 18,000t per annum feed mill in Cambodia
Betagro (Cambodia) readies for the construction of its new feed mill in Phnom Penh sEZ. The feed mill is to be constructed in the capital’s special Economic Zone, located 12km from the city center. The company is investing UsD$17.2 million in the new project. The plant construction ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia, China's Guangxi pledge to broaden cooperation
Cambodia and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday vowed to further enhance cooperation in trade, investment, and tourism for mutual benefits. The commitment was made during a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen and Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s CPC Committee, ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Policy lost on some campaigners
WHEN the Cambodia National Rescue Party geared up for this election campaign, it was determined its priority would be policy, but the exploits of both major parties in recent weeks have seen public focus shift far from the finer details of governance. “Change or not change?” ss='cambodia-color'>...
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NEC Opens Kandal Voter Documents
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Sunday opened official polling recordS for eight StationS in Kandal province&rSquo;S Takhmao City in accordance with complaintS filed by the oppoSition CNRP to the ConStitutional Council of Cambodia over election day irregularitieS in the province. CPP repreSentative Prum So&Shy;kha, Secretary SS='cambodia-color'>...
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