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Ahead of aid meet, NGOs urge reform

More than 100 NGOs and human rights groups yesterday urged foreign donors to flag issues regarding land policies, democratic processes and human rights during today’s Government-Development Partner Coordinating Committee (GDCC) meeting.   Intended as a preparatory meeting for Cambodia’s main government and donor summit, the GDCC is generally ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092658913/National-news/ngos-urge-reform-ahead-of-aid-meet.html

The Bottom Line

Clashes between garment workers and the local manufacturing industry came to a head in February when three women were shot while protesting for increased bonuses outside their workplace. It was almost five more months before manufacturers and governing bodies agreed to raise the earning potential ...

Cambodia: Kampot Port Development Hits Hurdle

A local investor revealed yesterday that the construction of the US$100 million Kampot sea port had been further delayed by rain. Vinh Huor, president of the Kampot Special Economic Zone, (KSEZ) said: “We are preparing to be better, and that may take some time. I am ...

Dredging Today Staff
http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/09/25/cambodia-kampot-port-development-hits-hurdle/

Dell announces two new services for IT firm's enterprise clients

Dell Corporation (Thailand) has announced two new services to support enterprise customers and expects them to be key for potential business in the near future Dell services now come with global support and deployment, providing onsite service, customisation and outsourcing. Its infrastructure and cloud unit offers ...

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Dell-announces-two-new-services-for-IT-firms-enter-30191061.html

Reluctance to join single-visa scheme could prove to be costly

Thailand has to revise its strategy concerning a regional single visa scheme, or it could lose millions of tourists to neighbouring countries, which are kicking off the “CLMV Single Visa” next year without the Kingdom’s participation. Five countries – Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar – ...

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Reluctance-to-join-single-visa-scheme-could-prove--30191048.html

Global financial crisis threatens progress of least developed countries - UN report

The ongoing financial crisis and weak global economic growth have hampered development in the world’s poorest nations, a U.N. report has warned, adding that half of the world’s least developed countries now risked missing their development goals. The Enabling the Graduation of LDCs report, produced ...

http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209427&Itemid=2

Japan to build $200 m shopping mall in Cambodia

AEON Mall, a Japan’s single-largest shopping mall developer and the largest retailing operator, will invest $200 million to build a four-storey shopping mall here in December, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday. The construction will be begun on December 10, 2012 on the land area ...

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/735229.shtml

Cambodia's flash floods kill 5, affect 15,510 families in NW province

At least five people were killed and some 15,510 families have been affected by flash floods that have been hitting the country’s Banteay Meanchey province since earlier this month, the latest report of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) showed Tuesday Some 14,300 houses have ...

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/735246.shtml

Southeast Asian scientists look to reinvent the flush toilet

Scientists in Bangkok are about to start work on a new flush toilet especially designed for the urban poor in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Their aim is to create a toilet that will process wastewater in family homes and convert it into gas or electricity, ...

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/southeast-asian-scientists-look-to-reinvent-the-flush-toilet

Citibank (NYSE:C) sees business opportunities in Cambodia

Citibank, one of the largest banks in the United States and the World, is seeking for investment opportunities in Cambodia, a bank senior official said Tuesday. During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Cambodian Keat Chhon on Tuesday afternoon, Darren Buckley, country ...

http://www.livetradingnews.com/citibank-nysec-sees-business-opportunities-in-cambodia-87222.htm

Biomass is more than energy

Rural Cambodian communities are seeing economic benefits as a result of a biomass and farming resilience project run by GERES, a French NGO. As part of the AREA project, 200 households in Kampong Chhnang province are growing 22 varieties of trees to negate the effects of ...

Erika Mudie, P. 10
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biomass-benefit-rural-cambodia

Companies aim to be socially minded

Four companies in Cambodia — EZECOM, Manulife Cambodia, Angkor Gold and Unilever — have demonstrated their commitment to corporate social responsibility this month by giving support to schools, a hospital and sustainable living. CSR Asia, the leading provider of information, training, research and consultancy services on ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558888/Business/cambodian-companies-aim-for-corporate-social-responsibility.html

Gov's to Lay More than 400 Km of Fiber-Optic Cable

With a loan from Japan, the government will begin laying more than 400 km of fiber-optic cable early next year to connect Phnom Penh with five provinces, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) said yesterday. Telecommunication Minister So Khun said the cable-which will connect Phnom Penh with ...

Number of Internet Users More Than Doubled Last Year

The number of Internet users in Cambodia more than doubled last year, but the country still has the third-lowest Internet penetration rate in the region, according to recent statistics released by the World Bank. Internet users jumped from 178,142 in 2010 to 443,461 in 2011-reaching about ...

Active acquisition is a GO

Malaysian-based GO Communications Group signed an acquisition deal to buy out Cambodian based Active Event Management, on Friday, Sept 21, 2012. Siet Sisopheak, managing director of Active, said GO became interested in the company because of improvements in Cambodia’s economy and how it would benefit the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558890/Business/active-acquisition-is-a-go.html

Rain delays Kampot port construction

Construction of the US$100 million Kampot sea port had been further delayed by rain, materials not being available and incomplete preparations, a local investor revealed yesterday. Vinh Huor, president of the Kampot Special Economic Zone, (KSEZ) said of the delay: “We are preparing to be better, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558887/Business/rain-delays-kampot-port-construction.html

More B' Meanchey Homes Evacuated After Floods

Serei Saophan City has become the latest area in Banteay Meanchey province to be hit by floods, with more than 300 families evacuated to higher ground yesterday, according to provincial officials. Banteay Meanchey provincial prison has also been affected by the flooding, with some parts ...

Rubber up $100 a tonne in a week

The price of rubber jumped to $2,500 per tonne last week after months of the commodity steadily dropping, industry analysts reported. The jump of $100 a tonne, or 4.2 per cent, comes after the price for rubber dropped in June from above $3,000 per tonne, according ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558889/Business/rubber-up-100-a-tonne-in-a-week.html

Borei Keila, Boeung Kak march on embassies

More than 60 people yesterday rallied at the National Assembly, the UN Human Rights Office, the Danish Embassy and the German Embassy as part of a petition campaign to seek the release of two jailed women from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities. Villagers and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558894/National-news/people-march-for-land-activists-release.html

Firm Owned by Ministry's Wife Files Suit Against Four Villagers

The Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has summoned four villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute over charges of alleged incitement  and violence involving a company owned by the wife of government minister, a court official said yesterday. Two summoned vllagers, from Kompong Tralach district’s Ta Ches commune, faced similar ...

Bank Collapse Sees Property Up for Grabs

A prime piece of Phnom Penh real estate was put up for auction last week by a South Koran government agency attempting to recoup taxpayers’ money lost during a bank collapse last year. Bids have been made that could see a new development on the site, ...

Poipet Casino Dragging Feet on Promise

A casino in Poipet that pays wages only in Thai baht is yet to fulfil its promise to improve conditions for its 500 workers, a union representative said yesterday. Workers are still working 12­-hour days – often without a break – at the Tropicana Casino, one ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558900/National-news/poipet-casino-drags-feet-on-promise.html

UN Concerned By Authorities' Use of Violence

Unprovoked violence by government and private security guards, the use of weapons to quell protests, and communities resorting to violent means in land disputes is a growing cause for concern in Cambodia, the U.N.’s Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in its ...

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