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ILO Initiative Could Unravel Cambodia’s Garment Industry: Manufacturers
A move by the International Labour Organization to name and shame garment producers in Cambodia that flout workers’ rights and safety standards could damage the industry’s reputation and result in a drastic reduction in orders from buyers abroad, according to a senior manufacturing official. Last week, ...
Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/initiative-10042013150820.html
លោក ជាម យៀប៖ តំណែងក្នុងរដ្ឋសភារង់ចាំវត្តមានបក្សប្រឆាំង
មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បានអះអាងថា តំណែងគណៈកម្មការជំនាញក្នុងរដ្ឋសភានីតិកាលទី៥ មួយចំនួន កំពុងរង់ចាំសមាសភាពពីគណបក្សប្រឆាំង។ ប៉ុន្តែ មន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំងថ្លែងថា នៅបន្តរក្សាជំហរធ្វើពហិការមិនចូលប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភាដូចពេលមុន ដរាបណាមិនមានកែទម្រង់ស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋសភានោះទេ។ លោក ជាម យៀប សមាជិករដ្ឋសភា និងជាប្រធានគណៈកម្មការសេដ្ឋកិច្ច ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ធនាគារ និងសវនកម្មនៃរដ្ឋសភា។ លោកមានប្រសាសន៍នៅថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ទី៥ ខែតុលា ថា គណៈកម្មាធិការអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍នៃរដ្ឋសភា ត្រៀមបើកកិច្ចប្រជុំនៅថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ ទី៧ ខែតុលា មុននឹងបើកកិច្ចប្រជុំរដ្ឋពេញអង្គរដ្ឋសភា នៅថ្ងៃទី១០ ខែតុលា ដើម្បីជ្រើសតាំងសមាជិកគណៈកម្មការជំនាញទាំង៩ នៃរដ្ឋសភាអាណត្តិទី៥។ លោកបន្តថា តំណែងក្នុងគណៈកម្មការជំនាញរដ្ឋសភានីតិកាលទី៥ បានបើកទ្វារស្វាគមន៍បេក្ខភាពតំណាងរាស្ត្ររបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ដើម្បីចូលរួមក្នុងការជ្រើសតាំងនេះ៖ «ខ្ញុំមានការសោកស្ដាយណាស់ គេលើកឡើងថា រដ្ឋសភា និងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ដែលបានជ្រើសតាំងមកនេះ សុទ្ធតែសភា និងរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលមិនគ្រប់ទឹក។ ខ្ញុំថា ទៅមិនគ្រប់ទឹកយើងទៅបង្គ្រប់ទឹកជាមួយប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅតាមមូលដ្ឋាន ហើយទៅគ្រប់ទឹកទៅតាមច្បាប់។ អាអ្នកថាមិនគ្រប់ទឹកហ្នឹង គឺខ្លួនឯងទេ ដែលមិនគ្រប់ទឹក ...
CNRP Calls for Paris Peace Agreement Signatories to Intervene
CNRP vice president Kem Sokha on Thursday renewed the opposition party’s calls for the 18 signatories of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement to intervene in Cambodia, saying that the more than two-decades-old agreement had still not been properly implemented. The opposition has announced that October 23—the ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-calls-for-paris-peace-agreement-signatories-to-intervene-44432/
Opposition’s Demand for TV Access Crucial, Futile
Speaking on the first day of the opposition’s three-day mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann announced to an electrified crowd that the party would be seeking its own television station in negotiations with the ruling CPP. With the ...
Floods Claim 39 Lives; Crops, Hundreds of Schools Damaged
The death toll from flooding across the country has risen to 39, while the Mekong River remains above emergency levels in Prey Veng and Kandal provinces, a government official said on Friday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management, said that ...
Khy Sovuthy and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-claim-39-lives-crops-hundreds-of-schools-damaged-44434/
Controversial Dam Approved on Cambodia-Laos Border
Laos has notified the Mekong River Commission (MRC) that it will go ahead with the construction of the Don Sahong Dam, which environmentalists say could threaten the ecosystem of the Lower Mainstream Mekong and have a severe impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-dam-approved-on-cambodia-laos-border-44401/
Pchum Ben Prayers for Peace, Prosperity and Reconciliation
Some prayed for their businesses to prosper and for the CPP and CNRP to reconcile, others for peace and development. These and other wishes were made at pagodas across Phnom Penh and the rest of the country on Thursday, as the Pchum Ben festival got ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pchum-ben-prayers-for-peace-prosperity-and-reconciliation-44421/
Cambodia's rice output forecast to be similar to last year
Cambodia’s production of paddy rice is forecast at about 9.3 million tonnes this year, unchanged from last year’s estimate but up from 8.8 million tonnes in 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said Thursday. In its latest quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation report, the UN ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZmYxZmI5NTFjZWM
Cambodia sees steady growth in tourist arrivals despite disputed election result
Cambodia registered steady growth in international tourist arrivals in the first nine months of the year although the political dispute between the ruling and opposition parties over contested elections in July remains unsolved, officials said Thursday. Tith Chantha, secretary of state at the Ministry of Tourism, ...
Nguon Sovan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/04/c_132772459.htm
With Only 10 Units, National Blood Bank Hits Year’s Lowest Level
Phnom Penh’s National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC) has dropped to its lowest level of the year, with only 10 units in stock and doctors relying heavily on patients’ family members and friends to donate in emergency situations, health officials said Thursday. NBTC Director Dr. Hok Kim ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-only-10-units-national-blood-bank-hits-years-lowest-level-44405/
Banteay Meanchey Dam at Risk of Breaking, Inundating Villages
Hundreds of police and soldiers have been working around the clock since Wednesday to prevent a major dam built during the Khmer Rouge period in Banteay Meanchey province from breaking and flooding as many as eight surrounding villages, officials said Thursday. Heavy rains, compounded by floodwaters ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/banteay-meanchey-dam-at-risk-of-breaking-inundating-villages-44409/
Three Charged for $2.3 Million Embezzlement From Banks
The former manager of Canadia Bank’s credit section, along with two accomplices at the bank, were charged Thursday with theft and forgery for allegedly embezzling about $2.3 million from ABA and SBC banks, according to municipal court and police officials. “The deputy [municipal court] prosecutor has ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-2-3-million-embezzlement-from-banks-44403/
Another Court Clerk Arrested for Corruption
A clerk at the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of corruption and bribe-taking, police and Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) officials said, but rights groups said clerks alone are not in a position to determine the course of court cases and that more ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/another-court-clerk-arrested-for-corruption-44366/
At the Neak Leung Ferry Terminal, Bribes Pay the Way
Every year, tens of thousands of people cross the Mekong River from Kandal to Prey Veng province to celebrate the Pchum Ben festival with their families. For some, queuing at the Neak Leung ferry terminal breathing in the exhaust fumes of thousands of vehicles can ...
Matt Blomberg and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-the-neak-leung-ferry-terminal-bribes-pay-the-way-44330/
Cambodia to feel an energy crunch, but growth to remain stable: report
Energy demand in Southeast Asia is expected to increase by more than 80 per cent by 2035, fuelling some $240 billion in oil spending, a new report from the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) shows. In its “Southeast Asia Energy Outlook” published yesterday, the Paris-based IAEA ...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-feel-energy-crunch-growth-remain-stable-report
EU Ambassador Meets Sok An, Says CNRP Should Take Seats
Popular online news website CEN (Cambodia Express News) reported Wednesday that European Union (E.U.) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain told CPP Deputy Prime Minister Sok An that the E.U. wished to see the opposition CNRP take their seats in the National Assembly. Mr. Cautain’s comments were made during ...
Mech Dara and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/eu-ambassador-meets-sok-an-says-cnrp-should-take-seats-44310/
What does the future hold?
Officials, business professionals and political analysts have mixed opinions on the leadership of the single-party Cambodian government and what the future hold for the next five years. Sok Touch, a professor of political science at Khemarak University, said the political deadlock won’t help the nation become ...
Kay Kimsong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/analysis-and-op-ed/what-does-future-hold
Cambodian economy expected to remain buoyant: ADB
Cambodia’s economic growth rate is expected to exceed 7 percent both this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. The ADB maintained its forecast for this year’s economic growth at 7.2 percent, supported by strong exports and robust construction and service sectors. The ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/131002/cambodian-economy-expected-remain-buoyant-adb
Cambodia: Chut Wutty's legacy creates an opportunity for land justice
In Cambodia, there is talk of change. Not just from Hun Sen, the prime minister, who has promised reforms after his party suffered a significant blow in recent elections, but from environmental activists and campaigners, who say there has never before been such an opportunity ...
Kate Hodal
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/oct/02/cambodia-chut-wutty-land
Oxfam accuses Coke and Pepsi of taking land from the poor
Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a major new report. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are among the companies criticised by Oxfam for ...
Jamie Merrill
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/oxfam-accuses-coke-and-pepsi-of-taking-land-from-the-poor-8852161.html
សាលាក្រុងច្រានចោលសំណើបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ
ភ្នំពេញៈ សាលារាជធានី កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានច្រានចោលសំណើរបស់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ដែលស្នើសុំធ្វើការប្រមូលផ្តុំជាថ្មីទៀត នៅទីលានប្រជាធិតេយ្យ នៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យដោយមានអ្នកគាំទ្រប្រមាណ ២០០០០ នាក់ ដោយថ្លែងថា ពួកគេមិនអាចផ្តល់សន្តិសុខ សម្រាប់អ្នកចូលរួមច្រើនបែបនេះបានទេ។ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ដែលជាគណបក្សប្រឆាំង មានគម្រោងធ្វើ «សមាជគណបក្ស» នៅទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ នឹងគ្រោងធ្វើបាតុកម្ម នៅពេលក្រោយក្នុងខែនេះ។ បន្ទាប់ពីកិច្ចប្រជុំរវាងសាលារាជធានី និងគណបក្សប្រឆាំង អ្នកនាំពាក្យសាលារាជធានី លោក ឡុង ឌីម៉ង់ បានថ្លែងថា មន្រ្តីសាលារាជធានី បានថ្លែងថា ពួកគេ អាចអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យយ៉ាងច្រើនបំផុតចំនួន ១០០០០ នាក់ ហើយគណបក្ស ត្រូវសុំការអនុញ្ញាតពីក្រសួង មហាផ្ទៃ ប្រសិនបើពួកគេគ្រោងធ្វើលើសចំនួននោះ។ លោក ឌីម៉ង់ បានថ្លែងបន្តថា៖ «នៅក្នុងការប្រមូលផ្តុំពួកគេមិនត្រូវប្រើប្រាស់វេទិកានោះ វាយប្រហារព្រះមហាក្សត្រឬ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលទេ»។ លោកបន្ថែមថា គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិក៏ត្រូវបានណែនាំ មិនឲ្យធ្វើការហែក្បួនផងដែរ។ អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក យ៉ែម បុញឫទិ្ធ ...
មាស សុខជា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/104708-2013-10-02-03-37-10
វិភាគ៖ ការមិនមានឯកភាពនយោបាយនាំឲ្យកម្ពុជាប្រឈមទាំងបញ្ហាក្នុង និងក្រៅប្រទេស
ការបោះឆ្នោតថ្នាក់ជាតិអាណត្តិទី៥ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកក្កដា មករហូតដល់ដើមខែតុលានេះ គឺជាង២ខែហើយតែមិនទាន់មានពន្លឺណា ដែលបង្ហាញពីច្រកចេញនៃការខ្វែងគំនិតរវាងថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំគណបក្ស ទាំងពីរ ដែលទទួលបានអាសនៈក្នុងរដ្ឋសភា គឺគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា និងគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ នៅឡើយ។ សម្រាប់ លោក កែម ឡី អ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សង្គមធ្លាប់លើកឡើងថា ការពន្យារពេលជាការប្រសើរព្រោះអាចឲ្យគណបក្សទាំងពីរ មានពេលគ្រប់គ្រាន់ដោះស្រាយបញ្ហានៅសេសសល់ឲ្យអស់ ដើម្បីកុំឲ្យបញ្ហារបៀបនេះ កើតមាននៅពេលបោះឆ្នោតក្រោយៗទៀត។ តែចំណុចចោទត្រង់ថា បច្ចុប្បន្នការចរចារបស់គណបក្សទាំងពីរហាក់ដូចជា ដល់ផ្លូវមួយទាល់ច្រក គឺមួយបង្កើតសភា និងរដ្ឋាភិបាលម្នាក់ឯង ចំណែកមួយទៀតទន្ទេញតែពាក្យបាតុកម្មៗ។ ...
ពៅ មេត្ដា
http://vodhotnews.com/16502
Group Lease aims to raise Bt3.4 bn for expansion
Group Lease plans to raise Bt3.4 billion from shareholders to expand its main motorcycle-leasing business aggressively and enter other types of “small credit” businesses here and in neighbouring countries, especially Cambodia, over the next two years. The company is reportedly negotiating to take over a ...
The Nation News Staff
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Group-Lease-aims-to-raise-Bt3-4-bn-for-expansion-30216061.html
គណៈអចិន្ត្រៃយ៍លើករបៀបវារៈបោះឆ្នោតសមាជិកគណៈកម្មការជំនាញសភាថ្ងៃទី៨តុលា
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