The Phnom Penh Post
Krungsri expects more growth from Cambodian MFI
Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya released its first financial statement since completing its acquisition of Cambodian microlender Hattha Kaksekar Ltd (HKL) last month, showing a quarterly net profit increase of 10.6 percent from a year earlier. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/krungsri-expects-more-growth-cambodian-mfi
New unit to fix prosthetics
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cambodia announced yesterday the launch of a new mobile workshop that repairs prosthetics for the disabled in Siem Reap province. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-unit-fix-prosthetics
Cambodia worst in region for rule of law: report
Cambodia ranked 112 out of 113 countries surveyed globally and dead last in the East Asia and Pacific region when it comes to the perceived rule of law, a new report released today states. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-worst-region-rule-law-report
Despite the lofty goals of the Paris Peace Agreement, 25 years on, Prime Minister Hun Sen has achieved his own
Amid the winding-down of the Cold War in early December 1987, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Sihanouk met in the quiet northern French village of Fère-en-Tardenois for their first talks on ending Cambodia’s intractable civil war. It was an overture that opened the ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/well-always-have-paris-peace-accords-25-years-later
Job site seeks to curb dangerous migration
The NGO Open Institute has launched a new online service that aims to help Cambodian unskilled labourers find jobs within the country as part of an effort to discourage worker migration in hopes of reducing human trafficking. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/job-site-seeks-curb-dangerous-migration
NBC survey shows riel perceptions
The central bank released its first-ever national study yesterday on perceptions and usage of the riel and foreign currencies in Cambodia, which aimed at not only understanding existing trends, but also at steering future financial legislation to boost the circulation of Cambodia’s national currency. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-survey-shows-riel-perceptions
Forestry crimes triple, but fines down: report
Illegal forest clearing is taking place at about three times the rate it did last year, but fines for forestry and wildlife crimes have fallen dramatically, according to a progress report released last week by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (MAFF). ...
Mech Dara and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-crimes-triple-fines-down-report
Cambodian rice exports cause a stir in Italy
Ente Nazionale Risi (ENR), Italy’s national rice agency, has raised concern over increased European rice imports from countries such as Cambodia, according to rice industry publication Oryza. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-rice-exports-cause-stir-italy
Casinos pay $37.4M in tax during first 9 months
Tax revenue from Cambodia’s 69 licensed casinos reached $37.4 million for the first nine months of the year, growing 35.5 percent compared to the same period last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/casinos-pay-374m-tax-during-first-9-months
Low marks for Cambodia’s efforts to combat illicit trade
Cambodia ranked third-worst for illicit trade out of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in a recently released index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that analysed governments’ abilities to combat illegal trade operations. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/low-marks-cambodias-efforts-combat-illicit-trade
Chinese dual tax burden relieved
An extensive tax treaty that would shield Chinese businesses operating in the Kingdom from double taxation, and vice versa, has been drafted and is expected to be approved imminently, according to a senior Cambodian tax official. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-dual-tax-burden-relieved
Natural drainage routes replaced by concrete cause severe floods
As floods have been raging on in many provinces, especially in the outskirts of the capital, locals are demanding the government inspect all boreys, factories and other developments in affected areas to ensure that there are proper drainage and road systems. ...
Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/natural-drainage-routes-replaced-concrete-cause-severe-floods
Asian Development Bank announces $45M loan for secondary education
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $45 million loan for Cambodia to overhaul its upper secondary education in order to address the increased demand for skilled workers. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asian-development-bank-announces-45m-loan-secondary-education
Repo auction offers quick liquidity fix
The National Bank of Cambodia rolled out a new mechanism yesterday that offers immediate liquidity to financial institutions to cover their payments and reserve obligations, while giving the central bank greater control over the country’s money supply and moving toward the establishment of a benchmark ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/repo-auction-offers-quick-liquidity-fix
Singapore’s data mirrors UN’s in Cambodia’s sand export numbers
Singaporean customs data on sand imports from Cambodia show near identical figures to those recorded by the UN, which last month were dismissed by a top official amid a reporting discrepancy in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/singapores-data-mirrors-uns-cambodias-sand-export-numbers
Emerald infill assays confirm gold at Okvau
Australian mining company Emerald Resources has found “encouraging” results from a round of infill drilling at its Okvau gold project in Mondulkiri province, the company said in a filing to the ASX yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emerald-infill-assays-confirm-gold-okvau
Sihanoukville casino gambled with an expired licence
reah Sihanouk provincial authorities have ordered a casino that operated in Sihanoukville shut down after it failed to renew its operating licence, local media reported yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sihanoukville-casino-gambled-expired-licence
Sub-decree could back evicted villagers’ claims
A little-publicized sub-decree signed in July and discovered by the Post yesterday in an NGO database raises questions as to whether the eviction on Saturday of six ethnic Kuoy families in Preah Vihear was in contravention of an order by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Jack Davies and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sub-decree-could-back-evicted-villagers-claims
Interactive: Few arrests in timber smuggling crackdown
Suspected timber smugglers have gotten off the hook in the vast majority of busts that have followed Prime Minister Hun Sen’s January call for a crackdown on the illegal timber trade, a Post analysis has revealed. In the wake of the prime minister’s creation of ...
Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interactive-few-arrests-timber-smuggling-crackdown
Failure of dams leads to flooding in Phnom Penh, Kampong Speu
Thousands of homes in Phnom Penh and Kampong Speu have been flooded after three dams were seriously damaged following two weeks of torrential rain and warnings from government officials. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failure-dams-leads-flooding-phnom-penh-kampong-speu
Airports deemed ready for ICAO security audit
A spokesman for Cambodia’s aviation authority said yesterday that the Kingdom’s airports are “prepared and ready” for an audit by the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization that is set to commence on Thursday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/airports-deemed-ready-icao-security-audit
Ethnic minority families claim violent evictions in Preah Vihear
Six ethnic Kuoy families were violently evicted from their homes in Preah Vihear over the weekend, according to eyewitnesses, with further evictions threatened for another 13 families this morning. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-minority-families-claim-violent-evictions-preah-vihear
Another setback for online business registry
The Ministry of Commerce has extended the deadline for companies to re-register their businesses online for a third – and “final” – time, giving companies until December 31 to complete the online registration before penalties kick in, according to a document posted yesterday on the ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/another-setback-online-business-registry
Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland
A Forestry Administration official said yesterday that authorities have filed a court complaint accusing a commune chief in Kampong Thom province of clearing protected state forestland for private sale. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-accused-clearing-state-forestland