ព័ត៌មាន
Factory worker wages to be re-examined
Amid threats of another mass strike in the thriving garment sector, the Ministry of Social Affairs has called a meeting with the industry’s leading players to discuss union demands for a $150-per-month minimum wage, a letter obtained yesterday reveals. At the behest of Prime Minister Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260589/National/factory-worker-wages-to-be-re-examined.html
Thousands More Logs Found on Company's Land
Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group Adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside ...
Thai envoy vows to deepen ties with Cambodia in all fields
Newly-designated Thai ambassador to Cambodia Touchayoot Pakdi pledged on Wednesday to strengthen and deepen bilateral ties and cooperation with Cambodia in all fields for both sides’ mutual benefits. Speaking at a meeting with Cambodian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the ambassador asserted that ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/02/c_132076641.htm
Ethnic Kreung Accuse Businessman of Threats
A group of ethnic Kreung families living in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district have accused a wealthy plantation owner of destroying their crops and threatening to evict them from their homes, local officials and villagers said yesterday. Soeun Sarath, a representative of 13 indigenous families living in Kaleng ...
Locals in the Dark to Chinese Rail Project
With two Chinese firms due to start work on a 400-km railway, steel mill and port in July, an environmental impact assessment (EIA) has yet to be conducted, and affected provinces are still largely in the dark about the massive infrastructure project. In a ceremony in ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/locals-in-the-dark-to-chinese-rail-project-7128/
Inside the North Korean museum in Siem Reap
For more than a year, mystery has shrouded a museum in Siem Reap. The facts have been few and the details sparse. What’s known is that a North Korean company invested about $10 million for construction, and that artists from the hermit kingdom flew in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010260590/National/inside-the-north-korean-museum-in-siem-reap.html
CEOs see auto, ICT, finance sectors as top growth picks
Thai CEOs are confident that the country’s 2013 economic growth will be at least as good as last year’s level and that the automobile, information and communications technology, and financial sectors will be the star performers. The CEOs estimate that their companies’ profits this year ...
City Orders Removal of a Dozen Newspaper Stands
Phnom Penh authorities have ordered 12 newspaper kiosks to leave a major road in the capital, saying they need them to relocate for 12 months for construction but giving them no other place to go. Owners of the kiosks, which are popular in the sale of ...
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/city-orders-removal-of-a-dozen-newspaper-stands/1575403.html
Yearender: Hosting ASEAN Summit tops major achievements of Cambodia in 2012
The successful hosting of the 21st Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its related summits here in November was definitely the biggest achievement of Cambodia in 2012 despite some sad events such as the death of the venerated former King Norodom ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/indepth/2013-01/01/c_132075147.htm
Vietnam investment in Cambodia hits US$2.5 bil
Vietnamese enterprises so far have invested in 124 projects in Cambodia with total registered capital of some US$2.5 billion, four times higher than the figure in 2009. As such, Vietnam is now among the top five investors in Cambodia, said the Association of Vietnamese Investors in ...
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/55818/vietnam-investment-in-cambodia-hits-us-2-5-bil.html
Tourist arrivals top estimates
The number of tourists to arrive in Cambodia in 2012 was at least 200,000 higher than expectations, possibly reaching 3.5 million, officials said yesterday. Thong Khon, Minister of Tourism, told the Post yesterday that in the first 11 months of 2012, Cambodia received 3.2 million tourists, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010160559/Business/tourist-arrivals-top-estimates.html
Garment worker protest builds over severance
More than 1,000 workers protested in front of the soon-to-be-closed Svay Rieng Cambodia Garment factory yesterday to demand better severance benefits, and nearly half of them then marched to the provincial hall to seek help from government officials, workers said yesterday. Worker representative Pang Tra said ...
Tough times for telecom bosses in 2012
The year 2012 has seen a number of changes of personnel within different companies in Cambodia, particularly in the telecommunications sector, but also in the insurance and banking industry. According to In Channy, ACLEDA Bank’s CEO and vice chairman of the International Business Chamber Cambodia, the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010160558/Business/tough-times-for-telecom-bosses-in-12.html
ផ្លូវដែកកម្ពុជា-ថៃ នឹងតភ្ជាប់គ្នា នៅអម្លុង ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
ភ្នំពេញ: លោក ត្រាំ អ៊ីវតឹក រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងសាធារណៈការនិងដឹកជញ្ជូន បានមានប្រសាសន៍ ឲ្យដឹងថា ចំណតផ្លូវរថភ្លើង នៅក្រុងប៉ោយប៉ែត ប្រទេស កម្ពុជា ដែលគ្រោងនឹងជួសជុលឡើងវិញ ដើម្បីតភ្ជាប់ជាមួយប្រទេសថៃ នៅឆ្នាំ២០១៣ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា មានបំណង សាងសង់ផ្លូវ និងសា្ថនីយ៍ថ្មី នៅជាក្រុងប៉ោយប៉ែតប៉ុន្តែ ភាគីថៃពុំព្រម ពីព្រោះនៅខាងភាគីថៃ ត្រូវបំពេញនីតិវិធីច្រើនណាស់ ដូច្នេះកម្ពុជា អត់មានជំរើស ទៅសាងសង់ ...
Cambodian, Chinese firms sign deal to build railway, seaport
A Cambodian company and a Chinese firm on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to build a railway and a seaport in Cambodia to serve iron and steel mining industry. The deal was inked between Zhang Chuan You, general manager of Cambodia Iron ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/31/c_132074231.htm
Thai-Cambodia buses open a new era with new land connections on public transport
BANGKOK- First bus services between the two Kingdoms of Cambodia and Thailand had their debut on December 29, said the Transport Co., a Thai state enterprise under the Transport Ministry. The service includes the Bangkok-Siem Reap route, a 424-kilometre trip that takes about seven hours. ...
http://www.traveldailynews.asia/news/article/51288/thai-cambodia-buses-open-a-new
Cambodia battles to save rare Mekong dolphins
KRATIE (Cambodia): The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely-stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists. But a short distance upstream, river guard Pech Sokhan sighs as he holds up two large, tangled gill nets ...
http://www.nst.com.my/latest/cambodia-battles-to-save-rare-mekong-dolphins-1.193943
ផ្លូវដែក ដឹកជញ្ជូនរ៉ែ ពីខេត្តព្រះវិហារ ទៅសមុទ្រកោះកុង ត្រូវបានចុះហត្ថលេខា សាងសង់
ភ្នំពេញ: គម្រោងបង្កើតផ្លូវដែក ត្រូវបានចុះហត្ថលេខាព្រមព្រៀង សម្រាប់ដឹកជញ្ជូនរ៉ែ ក្នុងខេត្តព្រះវិហារ ឆ្ពោះទៅកាន់ទិសខាងត្បូង ឆ្លងកាត់ខេត្តកំពង់ធំ និងខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ ហើយបញ្ចប់នៅកំពង់ផែសាមិត ខេត្តកោះកុង ឆ្លងកាត់តាមស្ពាន ឆ្លងសមុទ្រ កំពង់ផែសាមិត ភ្ជាប់ជាមួយស្ថានីយផ្ទុកទំនិញ តំបន់ផែកោះម្នាស់ ប្រវែងសរុប ៤០៤,៤៨១ គីឡូម៉ែត្រ។ ស្ពានឆ្លងសមុទ្រកំពង់ផែសាមិត មានប្រវែង ៣.១៩២ ម៉ែត្រ ដែលស្ថិតនៅកោះម្នាស់ ជិតឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ ក្នុងទិសនិរតីប្រទេស ...
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http://cen.com.kh/localnews/details_more/20?token=ODE2ZmM3OTRkMGNhYWUzMDIzNTM3YjU5NWE3Njhj
Malaysian Maybank expands to outskirts
Malaysian-owned Maybank, one of the largest banks in Cambodia, opened its 12th national branch in Phnom Penh on Friday. The bank aims to reach emerging businesses in the city’s Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) with the new office. ...
Students Refer Land Dispute to Hun Sen's Son
The chief of 120 students spearheading the government’s land-titling program in Pursat province has filed a report with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s second son, Hun Manith, to find a solution for villagers who say local officials in the area have confiscated their registration documents. ...
OSK Investment Bank and RHB Capital merge
OSK Investment Bank Berhad (OSKIB), the parent company of OSK Indochina Bank Limited (OSKIBL), has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Malaysia-based financial services group RHB Capital Berhad (RHB Capital), effective from November 9. ...
Hun Sen says CPP will never tax farmland
Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) will never tax farmland. “It would burden our farmers,” he said in Takeo Sunday. “Although national revenue that comes from land taxes is spent on building roads, water systems, hospitals and schools, we still ...
Thai-Cambodian Meeting Addressed Illegal Migrants
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong returned to Phnom Penh on Friday after attending a two-day meeting of the Cambodian-Thai Joint Committee in Bangkok, during which he discussed the issue of illegal migrant workers with his Thai counterpart, Surapong Tovichakchaikul. According to a joint statement issued by the ...
Land protestors curse court
Residents of property development site Boeung Kok gathered Monday in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court to put a curse on court officials. Representative Heng Mom asked the court to review the case of Youm Bopha, sentenced to three years in prison for attempted violence on ...