The Phnom Penh Post
Ocean reps take case to arbitration
Twenty representatives of workers locked in a monthlong dispute with management at the Ocean Garment factory appeared before the Arbitration Council yesterday, a union official said. A spokesman from the Arbitration Council yesterday told the Post that such cases are typically sorted out within 15 working days. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ocean-reps-take-case-arbitration
Wedding business a winning proposal
It’s no secret. Weddings in Cambodia are big, colourful and extravagant affairs. Guests drink and eat to their heart’s content, music draws revellers onto the dance floor and the party lasts for hours. But guests aren’t the only people having fun. Rising affluence paired with a ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/wedding-business-winning-proposal
Japanese firm signs agreement with bank
Publicly listed Japanese conglomerate Resona Holdings signed an agreement yesterday with Cambodia Public Bank (Campu) aimed at increasing its customer base in the Kingdom’s banking sector. Resona Holdings subsidiary firms Resona Bank, Saitama Bank and Kinki Osaka Bank are all part of the agreement, which allows ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-firm-signs-agreement-bank
(ខ្មែរ) សង្គ្រោះជាតិថា គណបក្សប្រជាជនភ័យខ្លាចមិនហ៊ានកែទម្រង់ គ.ជ.ប ឲ្យឯករាជ្យទេ
មេដឹកនាំគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានបន្ទោសគណបក្សប្រជាជនចំពោះការបន្តអូសបន្លាយនូវវិបត្តិនយោបាយជាអ្វីដែលគណបក្សប្រឆាំងថា គឺដោយសារតែគណបក្សកាន់អំណាចភ័យខ្លាចមិនចង់កែប្រែ គ.ជ.ប ឲ្យឯករាជ្យពិតប្រាកដ។ ដោយប្រាប់ ភ្នំពេញ ប៉ុស្តិ៍ បន្ទាប់ពីការសម្ភាសជាមួយទូរទស្សន៍ ALJAZEERA កាលម្សិលមិញ ប្រធានស្តីទីគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក កឹម សុខា បានថ្លែងថា ការចរចាមិនអាចបន្តទៅមុខបានគឺដោយសារតែគណបក្សប្រជាជនភ័យខ្លាចឯករាជភាពរបស់ គ.ជ.ប ឯករាជភាពរបស់តុលាការ និងកម្លាំងសាធារណជន។ លោកបន្តថា៖ «ប្រសិនបើ គ.ជ.ប ឯករាជ្យ គណបក្សប្រជាជននឹងចាញ់ឆ្នោត។ប្រសិនបើតុលាការឯករាជ្យតុលាការនឹងកាត់ទោសពួកគេពីព្រោះពួកគេបានប្រព្រឹត្តខុសនិងប្រព្រឹត្តិអំពើពុករលួយច្រើនណាស់»។ ជាងនេះទៀត លោក កឹម សុខា លើកឡើងថា គណបក្សប្រជាជនបិទទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យគឺដោយសារភ័យខ្លាចកម្លាំងសាធារណជនដែលប្រើសិទ្ធិតវ៉ាប្រឆាំងនឹងការកាន់អំណាចរបស់គណបក្សប្រជាជន។ «ការបិទទីលានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ វាក៏ដូចជាបិទសិទ្ធិរបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋអ៊ីចឹងដែរ»។ ...
មាស សុខជា
http://bit.ly/1sJOPfD
Gambling on change
The Cambodian government is drafting a series of changes to the Kingdom’s gaming laws in a bid to draw major players from Macau and the US to the market and potentially create a new tax base from the growing, if currently illegal, online betting industry, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gambling-change
Six unions call for pay, acquittals
Union leaders made another appeal for the Cambodian government to raise the minimum wage to $160 and rescind convictions of 25 workers arrested during deadly demonstrations in November and January. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/six-unions-call-pay-acquittals
Committee says gender gap threatens development goals
Cambodian women continue to be poorly represented in government following commune elections in May, the Committee to Promote Women in Politics said yesterday. This reality, the committee said, is endangering the Kingdom’s chances of meeting its UN Millennium Development Goals. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-says-gender-gap-threatens-development-goals
Without lawyer, Krom villagers face court trial
Arrest, detention and even an upcoming trial can’t sway 68 Khmer Krom families faced with eviction to give up a bitter land dispute over a bird sanctuary in Takeo province. After being charged in April with illegally occupying state land, three representatives from Sangkum Meanchey village ...
Laignee Barron and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/without-lawyer-krom-villagers-face-court-trial
Hundreds plea for PM’s help
Hundreds of families descended on Phnom Penh yesterday to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen and the United Nations to intervene in three separate land disputes. More than 800 families from across the country gathered in front of Wat Botum at about 9am, where they submitted petitions ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-plea-pm%E2%80%99s-help
Questions raised over land sale at lakeside
Developer Shukaku has sold off close to 1.3 hectares of land at the capital’s controversial Boeung Kak lake site to a Singapore-listed HLH Group company, according to a statement from HLH. HLH subsidiary D’Lotus Development purchased the land at Boeung Kak in Daun Penh district for ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/questions-raised-over-land-sale-lakeside
Big queues for $4 passport
A sub-decree aimed at stemming the massive influx of mostly undocumented Cambodian migrant workers returning from Thailand with a drastically reduced passport fee already appears to be generating an overwhelming response. Yesterday, an estimated 200 workers lined up outside the Battambang provincial passport office to get ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/big-queues-4-passport
Half-year protest shutters factory
A six-month protest over unpaid bonuses has seen production at a Por Sen Chey district box factory grind to a halt over the past four days, with more than 200 former employees blocking gates and preventing shipments. Former employees at Harta Packaging Industries began barricading gates ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/half-year-protest-shutters-factory
Aid, Aeon on agenda for Japan
The Japanese government will offer more than $21 million in grant aid and loans to Cambodia when Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida visits later this month, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the statement, Kishida will ink a number of ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aid-aeon-agenda-japan
Journalists need not apply for border trip
As part of the ongoing effort to create agreed-upon border posts between Cambodia and Vietnam, officials from both countries will demarcate land in Svay Rieng province this month, setting the stage for a possible confrontation with an opposition lawmaker-elect who intends to visit the same ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalists-need-not-apply-border-trip
South Korean bank buys local MFI
South Korea-based Woori Bank has purchased Cambodian microfinance institution Malis Finance for $4.9 million. Hun Soopheak, general manager of Malis Finance, said the deal was finalised two weeks ago; however, the firm is still awaiting approval from Cambodian regulators. ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/south-korean-bank-buys-local-mfi
Arbitration’s cost and value
The Arbitration Council Foundation, credited with helping resolve about 1,700 industrial disputes, has reached verbal agreement with a Swedish aid agency to receive funding until the end of 2016, a spokesman said yesterday. But members of the labour-dispute resolution body desire a more permanent solution that ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arbitration%E2%80%99s-cost-and-value
Lightning strike kills three men
Lightning struck three men dead as they stood under a tree in Kampong Cham province on Friday evening, police said. Sok Suon, 53, Vy Ponlork, 37, and Yam Khen, 27, died at the scene, said Long Thy, police chief in Srei Santhor district’s Prek Por commune. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-strike-kills-three-men
Life-saving diabetes program in limbo as state funds fall through
Every week, dozens of diabetics gather at a home in the Boeng Kak lake neighborhood to have their weight, blood sugar levels and blood pressure checked. They are among 12,000 impoverished people across the country taking part in the NGO MoPoTsyo’s peer support program, which allows ...
Holly Robertson and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/life-saving-diabetes-program-in-limbo-as-govt-funds%E2%80%88fall-through-62063/
‘One-stop office’ to help migrants at border
Following an exodus of more than 200,000 Cambodian workers from Thailand in the past two weeks, the junta has urged Cambodia to expedite planned border offices that will facilitate legal labour migration. Responding to that request, Cambodia announced yesterday that the first “one-stop service office” would ...
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98one-stop-office%E2%80%99-help-migrants-border
On the World Cup clock
It’s day seven of the FIFA World Cup, and the night staff at Phnom Penh’s popular Score Sports Bar and Grill are looking a bit sleep-deprived. Score is paying its staff “very well” in extra wages during the World Cup for the long nights they ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-cup-clock
Release our relatives: evictees
The families of four people from Pailin province’s Krinh village who have been incarcerated since March for allegedly living on state land are calling for their release. Fifty-year-old Nheb Nharn said that he and his wife, Om Som Ath, had lived on the land in Stung ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/release-our-relatives-evictees
Chinese firm acquires large stake in Kampot $100m cement factory
Chinese firm Huaxin Cement Co has purchased a 40 per cent stake in Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory Co, a cement-making factory currently under construction in Kampot province. Huaxin’s $24 million investment Cambodia Cement lifted the local factory’s working capital to $60 million, up from $32 ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-acquires-large-stake-kampot-100m-cement-factory
Will the World Cup hurt productivity?
Once every four years, when the FIFA World Cup rolls around, business surveys and studies are inevitably released telling us that all those hours spent watching football, thinking about football and talking about football have a tangible effect on the global economy. During the 2010 World ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/will-world-cup-hurt-productivity
Slow start for GTI as public firm
Grand Twins International (GTI) ended trading yesterday with a slight decline. The newly listed company was changing hands at 9,480 riel ($2.36) per share at the 1pm close, down from 9,640 riel ($2.40) at the morning’s opening. ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-start-gti-public-firm