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ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានរៀបចំវិធានសម្រាប់ការដាក់បណ្តឹងពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការបោះឆ្នោត សម្រាប់គណបក្សនយោបាយនានាថា ពួកគេនឹងមានសិទ្ធិដល់១១:៣០ព្រឹកនៅថ្ងៃទី២៩ កក្កដាក្នុងការតវ៉ាលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតមិនផ្លូវការទៅ គ.ជ.ប។ សមាជិក គ.ជ.ប លោក មាន សាទិ បានបង្ហាញពីប្រភេទនៃបណ្តឹងចំនួនពីរ គឺបណ្តឹងចោទប្រកាន់ទៅលើបុគ្គលឬគណបក្សពីករណីប្រព្រឹត្តខុសឆ្គង ដែលអ្នកដាក់បណ្តឹងមានពេលបីថ្ងៃចាប់ពីពេលកើតហេតុនោះ ដើម្បីប្តឹងទៅគណៈកម្មាធិការបោះឆ្នោតឃុំ សង្កាត់ និងបណ្តឹងមួយទៀតលើលទ្ធផលនៃការបោះឆ្នោតដែលអ្នកប្តឹងត្រូវតែ ដាក់បណ្តឹងនៅត្រឹមព្រឹកថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់នៃការបោះឆ្នោត។ លោក មាន សាទិ បានថ្លែងថា បណ្តឹងទៅលើមន្រ្តីបោះឆ្នោតអាចប្តឹងសាទុក្ខបានតែទៅ គ.ជ.ប ប៉ុន្តែ បណ្តឹងសាទុក្ខទៅលើអ្នកនយោបាយនិងគណបក្សនយោបាយ អាចប្តឹងគ្រប់វិធីទៅក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ ប្រសិនបើបណ្តឹងទាំងនោះមិនអាចដោះស្រាយបានដោយគណៈកម្មាធិការ បោះឆ្នោតឃុំ សង្កាត់ គណៈកម្មាធិការបោះឆ្នោតខេត្ត ឬ គ.ជ.ប។ លោក មាន សាទិ បានថ្លែងថា៖ «បណ្តឹង[ទៅលើលទ្ធផល]ត្រូវតែដាក់យ៉ាងហោចត្រឹមម៉ោង១១ កន្លះព្រឹកបន្ទាប់ពីថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោត។ ប្រសិនបើបណ្តឹងនោះមិនត្រូវបានដាក់ភ្លាមៗ នឹងត្រូវចាត់ទុកថាគ្មានបណ្តឹង»។ លោកបន្ថែមថា បើបណ្តឹងមិនអាចដោះស្រាយបានដោយគណៈកម្មាធិការបោះឆ្នោតឃុំ សង្កាត់ ក្នុងពេល ២ ...
មាស សុខជា សែន ដាវិត
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/election-watch/101080-2013-07-19-05-41-25
Villagers blame rubber company
Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district are seeking the assistance of rights group Adhoc, claiming a Malaysian rubber company has stopped them from receiving land titles. Sok Yam, 48, one of the four representatives of the Sro Yong commune residents, said members of 72 families thumbprinted ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-blame-rubber-company
Gems in the rough in Ratanakkiri
“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gems-rough-ratanakkiri
Villagers claim CPP arm-twisting
About 40 families of ex-Khmer Rouge and government soldiers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district complained to rights group Adhoc yesterday, accusing officials of forcing them to thumbprint a contract saying they would vote CPP so the party could resolve an ongoing land dispute, an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-claim-cpp-arm-twisting
Cambodian opposition chief arrives home after 4 years in exile
Cambodia’s charismatic opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived in his home country on Friday morning after spending nearly four years abroad in self-imposed exile to avoid an 11-year prison sentence on charges of disinformation and destruction of public property. Hun Sen said his request to the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/19/c_132555198.htm
Cambodia sees gold price dip
Gold prices in Cambodia are down about 27 per cent from January through June, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Gold trade changed little yesterday after the biggest drop in almost two weeks in response to the US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke’s comments ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-sees-gold-price-dip
Bavet border crossings up 6.2%
The number of foreigners arriving into Cambodia from its biggest border with Vietnam at the Bavet international crossing in Svay Rieng province increased 6.2 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. Data from the checkpoint show ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bavet-border-crossings-62
Parties slug it out in rare TV debate
Breaking into a medium almost universally controlled by the ruling party, acting opposition president Kem Sokha squared off yesterday against rival legislators during the filming of what may well have been Cambodia’s first televised national election debate. The debate at the state-run TVK studios, which featured ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-slug-it-out-rare-tv-debate
Ethical Sugar Group Suspends Tate & Lyle Over Plantations
An international group that promotes the ethical sourcing of sugar for the food and energy industries has suspended the membership of U.K. sugar giant Tate & Lyle for failing to answer complaints that it was buying from Cambodian plantations accused of stealing land from local ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ethical-sugar-group-suspends-tate-lyle-over-plantations-35438/
All quiet in Siem Reap for houses and land
Although Siem Reap is known as the land of smiles, the growth of the culture, civilization and power, the real estate sector in the province for the first six months of 2013 has not increased a great deal. The buying or selling of properties in Siem ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/all-quiet-siem-reap-houses-and-land
Timber Plantation Awarded Sustainability Certificate
Grandis Timber Ltd.’s teak plantation in Kompong Speu province is the fist company in Cambodia to receive a certification from U.S-based Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for its best practices in forest management, Grandis announced yesterday. “FSC certification recognizes FSC standard’s commitment to sustainable development of ...
Language gap cited at job fair
While Japanese investment is soaring in Cambodia, Japanese employers say there is a shortage of Japanese-speaking staff available to fill the demand. Kong Solina, assistant to the manager of the Service and Culture Department of the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC), said the purpose of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/language-gap-cited-job-fair
Textile Industry Gets Lessons From Korean Designers
Cambodian manufacturers on Wednesday received training from Korean designers on how to make apparel in line with current fashion trends in the hopes of assisting them in penetrating the lucrative but difficult Korean market. The event was organized by the ASEAN-Korea Center—an intergovernmental organization that aims ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/textile-industry-gets-lessons-from-korean-designers-35468/
Kingdom’s crafts can be hit in Korea
Cambodian handicrafts and home decor products could take off with South Korean buyers if certain obstacles – conceptual design, development techniques, and slow delivery services – are overcome, business owners and merchants said yesterday. Speaking at a seminar on Korean Market Access for Cambodia’s textiles at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom%E2%80%99s-crafts-can-be-hit-korea
Scooter connects to phone
Japan-base Terra Motors said it plans to sell its smartphone-compatible electric scooter in Cambodia by the end of this year. The lithium-battery-powered A4000i, introduced last week in Tokyo, can be connected to an iPhone, delivering live data while driving. “We will start to sell this scooter ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/scooter-connects-phone
Chinese Firm Joins Crowded Telecom Market
Mobile firm CooTel, a subsidiary of a large Chinese telecommunications corporation, is making plans to enter Cambodia’s oversaturated mobile phone market, officials said. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications granted CooTel’s parent company, Xinwei (Cambodia) Telecom Co. Ltd., an operating license in August 2011 and the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/chinese-firm-joins-crowded-telecom-market-35465/
Cambodia's trade with S. Korea up 12% in 5 months
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea has reached 329 million U.S. dollars in the first five months of this year, up 12 percent over the same period last year, showed the latest figures from the Korea Trade- Investment Promotion Agency to Phnom Penh on ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-07/17/c_132549530.htm
RISDA To Open Two Plantations In Cambodia
The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) is opening two plantations in Cambodia, its director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad Zuki Mohamad said Wednesday. He said discussions had been held with the companies that would be tasked with managing the plantations last week. “We are now awaiting approval ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=964158
Polls scaring off new business: ministry
The number of new businesses registering in Cambodia slid 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared with the same time in 2012 as investors fret over putting money into the economy during a potentially instable election year, a senior official said. Data ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/polls-scaring-new-business-ministry
Trading Floor Silent Two Years After CSX Launch
It is almost two years to the day since Cambodia’s stock market launched in Phnom Penh in front of proud government officials, senior financiers and eager investors from across the region. Initial expectations were that a total of three state-owned firms would be listed within six ...
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/trading-floor-silent-two-years-after-csx-launch-35211/
Chartered carrier takes off
Newly established Wat Phnom Airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap Airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees. The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chartered-carrier-takes
Political bias alleged
Four families in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samrong town have filed a complaint with their commune hall, alleging that a military official and a village chief are trying to block them from receiving land titles because the families support the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The families and ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/political-bias-alleged
UK Lawsuit Against Sugar Firm Heading to Trial
A lawsuit filed by families in Koh Kong province accusing U.K. sugar giant Tate & Lyle of wrongfully profiting off land stolen from them is heading to trial after efforts to mediate a settlement fell through earlier this month, according to those involved. Law firm Jones ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-lawsuit-against-sugar-firm-heading-to-trial-35233/
Teacher raises made public
In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers. The list contains figures that are somewhat ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teacher-raises-made-public