Economy and commerce
Cambodia’s petroleum imports decrease
- 15 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Imports / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Trade
- Cambodia Chamber of Commerce / Cambodia Chamber of Commerce Director General Nguon Meng Tech / Cambodian Petrochemical Co Ltd / coal plants / energy / fuel prices / hydropower / imported petrol / Kampot / Kampot provinces / Meng Saktheara / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy director general Meng Saktheara / Nguon Meng Tech / oil / oil imports / oil refinery / Petroleum / petroleum imports / Preah Sihanouk / Preah Sihanouk Province / PTT / Sinomach China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp
The Kingdom imported 412,190 tonnes of petroleum in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 471,000 tonnes in the same period the previous year, a decline of 12 per cent, according to the Ministry of Commerce. A private sector representative said the drop does not mean ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565620/Business/cambodia-s-petroleum-imports-decrease.html
Cambodia-Japan trade volume up 14% in 3 months
- 14 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Trade
- automobile imports / Cambodia-Japan bilateral trade / Cambodia-Japan trade / construction materials / cosmetic items / Exports / Fish / Footwear / foreign aid / garments / Imports / Investment / Japan External Trade Organization / Japanese aid / Japanese Embassy to Cambodia / JETRO / machinery imports / pharmaceutical items / Seafood / sugar
Bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Japan had amounted to 180 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of this year, up 14 percent compared with the 158 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, a report of the Japan External Trade ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-05/14/c_132381154.htm
Vietnam rubber tycoon rejects land grabbing accusations
- 14 May 2013
- Thanh Nien News
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Social development / The poor
- Cambodian Government / company shares / corporate environmental responsibility / corporate social responsibility / deforestation / Deutsche Bank / Doan Nguyen Duc / environmental responsibility / forced evictions / forest protection / Global Witness / Global Witnesses / HAGL / HAGL Group / HAGL Group chairman Doan Nguyen Duc / HAGL shares / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai chairman Doan Nguyen Duc / Hoang Anh Gia Lai company / IFC / illegal logging / job creation / Kien Thuc news / land acquisitions / Laos / Laos government / Radio Australia / Royal Government of Cambodia / rubber / Rubber Barons / Rubber Barons report / Rubber Companies / rubber plantations / stock market / Taxes / VRG / World Bank
A Vietnamese rubber tycoon has rejected accusations by Global Witness, a group that campaigns on resource issues, that it was involved in a land grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia. Doan Nguyen Duc, the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group, told Vietnamese media the information ...
IFC, Deutsche Bank respond to Global Witness report
- 14 May 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Logging and timber / Public land lease / Rubber
- Deutsche Bank / Deutsche Bank Head of Communications Michael West / Deutsche Bank Managing Director Michael West / Dong Phu Rubber / Dragon Capital / DWS / environmental management / forced evictions / Global Witness / HAGL / Hannfried von Hindenburg / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / Hoang Anh Gia Lai company / Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group / IFC / IFC Head of Communications Hannfried von Hindenburg / illegal logging / Investment / land acquisitions / Land grabs / Land rights / Michael West / rubber / Rubber Barons / Rubber Barons report / rubber plantations / social risk management / VEIL / Vietnam Rubber Group / Vietnamese rubber companies / VRG / World Bank
On May 13, we ran an interview with London-based NGO Global Witness accusing the Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation of financing two Vietnamese rubber companies that are allegedly involved in land grabs in Cambodia and Laos. We asked both banks for a response ...
Compulsory insurance for car owners planned
- 14 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Law and judiciary
- ASEAN / car insurance / cars / Chhay Rattanak / Council of Ministers / David Carter / Ear Chariya / Forte Insurance’s general manager / Handicap International / hit-and-run accident / IAC / Infinity Insurance’s CEO / insurance / Insurance Association of Cambodia / insurance industry / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Ministry of Finance / motor insurance / National Assembly / National Bank of Cambodia / Norodom Boulevard / third-party liability insurance / Youk Chamroeunrith
Private car owners could soon be required to buy motor insurance if a planned law amendment gets the green light, stoking optimism that such a bill could put the brakes on Cambodia’s high rate of hit-and-run accidents. Currently, only commercial vehicles, such as buses, legally require ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051465590/Business/compulsory-insurance-for-car-owners-planned.html
Fears over new bank note
- 14 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce
- 100000 riel banknote / ANZ Royal Bank chief executive / banknotes / Cambodian Institute for Development Study / cash society / Chinese aid / Currency / exchange rate / Grant Knuckey / Inflation / Kang Chandararot / Khmer riel / King Father Norodom Sihanouk / liquidity / National Bank of Cambodia / NBC / NBC director-general Nguon Sokha / Nguon Sokha / Norodom Sihanouk / Thailand / US Dollar
The new 100,000 riel banknote depicting the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk is not just a pretty historical token. It will also help inject much needed cash into the economy, according to the National Bank of Cambodia. Although take-up will occur as older banknotes of other ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051465591/Business/fears-over-new-bank-note.html
Cambodia Plantations Not IFC’s First Controversy
- 14 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Rubber / Sihanoukville / Sugar
- Cambodia Airports / Deutsche Bank / Deutsche Bank spokesman Michael West / Dong Phu / DWS Vietnam Fund / Equitable Cambodia / forced evictions / forest clearing / Global Witness / Global witnesses report / HAGL / Hannfried von Hindenburg / Hoang Anh Gia Lai / IFC / IFC spokesman Hannfried von Hindenburg / IFC’s compliance ombudsman / illegal logging / KSL / Michael West / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh International Airport / Plantations / rubber / Rubber Barons / rubber plantations / Sihanoukville airport / sugar / sugar plantations / VEIL / Vietnam Enterprise Investment Limited / Vietnam Rubber Group / Vinci Group / World Bank
In the wake of a new report from environmental rights group Global Witness rebuking the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank for investing in rubber plantations accused of illegal logging and forced evictions, both institutions have denied responsibility and deflected the blame ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-plantations-not-ifcs-first-controversy-23793/
Koh Kong cashes in on conservation
- 14 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Community forest / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Environmental and biodiversity protection / Forest classifications / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Investment / Land / Logging and timber / National parks and wildlife sanctuaries
- Australian aid / charcoal / Chinese aid / deforestation / ecotourism / Forest / France / German aid / Koh Kong / kratie / Kratie Province / mangrove forests / mangrove trees / Mangroves / Mekong river / Minister of Tourism Thong Khon / Ministry of Tourism / Netherlands / Peam Krasorb commune chief / Peam Krasorb community / Phnom Penh / Sacombank / Sambo district / Sandan commune / Sok Raksmey / Sophiya / Sophiya Travel and Tour Company / South Korean aid / Switzer / the United Kingdom / Thong Khon / Tourism / United States aid / Yem Yan
Koh Kong province’s mangrove forests have changed from being a source of charcoal to serving tourists who help to protect their biodiversity. The forests have now become a popular destination for Cambodian tourists. Yem Yan, Peam Krasorb commune chief in Koh Kong, said gradually visitors ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051465588/Business/koh-kong-cashes-in-on-conservation.html
Villagers Burn Down Soldiers’ Shelter on Disputed Land
- 14 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Land / Land tenure and land titling
- Adhoc / CIV Company Development Agro-Industry / Disputed Land / KDC / KDC agro-industry firm / Kompong Chhnang / Kompong Chhnang Province / Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court / Kompong Tralach district / land demarcation / Minister of Industry Mines and Energy Suy Sem / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Ministry of Management / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / Ta Ches commune
Three members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) on Monday filed a complaint with police in Kompong Chhnang province, accusing irate villagers of torching a wooden shelter built for them by the well-connected KDC agro-industry firm. The soldiers have accused local residents, who have been ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-burn-down-soldiers-shelter-on-disputed-land-23790/
Agricultural brokerage firm begins operations
- 14 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Investment / Maize (corn) / Rice
- agricultural products / agricultural sector / Agriculture & Agri-business / Amru Rice Cambodia / brokerage firm / Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture / CEDAC / Chief Cambodia Holding / Director of Chief Cambodia Holding Te Tea Sieng / Hong Kong / Phnom Penh / rice / Rice Millers / Song Saran / Te Tea Sieng / Yang Saing Koma
Chief Cambodia Holding, a Hong Kong-based brokerage firm, started its operations in Phnom Penh yesterday. The company aims to strengthen Cambodian agricultural products, a company official said. The company reserved $100 million investment capital to connect domestic agricultural producers to the market, Director of Chief Cambodia ...
Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
- 13 May 2013
- The Nation
- Coal / Coal / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment / Minerals and mineral products / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources
- Cambodia / Chinese aid / Chinese nuclear power plant / coal / coal plants / coal-powered plants / Dawei / EGAT / Electricity / Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) / electricity production / energy / fuel imports / Gulf of Thailand / hydropower / independent power producers / IPP / Krabi / liquefied natural gas / LNG / Myanmar / natural gas / nuclear power / nuclear power plants / Pongsak Ruktapongpisal / Thailand / Thailand Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia – providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity. Egat has also been instructed to negotiate the ...
Hun Sen Orders Toxic Ice Factory Shut Down
- 13 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Government / Industries / Manufacturing
- ammonia / human health / ice-making factory / Industrial pollution / Kilometre 6 commune / Kilometre Pram Muoy Commune / Kompong Chhang province / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong / pollution / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Russei Keo district
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Saturday that he had ordered a Phnom Penh ice-making factory to shut down, after pungent chemical emissions from the plant in Russei Keo district caused more than 100 nearby residents to be hospitalized with breathing problems on Friday. At least 20 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-orders-toxic-ice-factory-shut-down-23617/
Investment and Trade Fair Opens In Koh Kong
- 13 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Investment / Trade
- bilateral trade / Cambodia / Cambodia Southern Provinces / Cambodian-Thai bilateral Trade / Cambodian-Vietnamese Bilateral Trade / Cham Prasidh / Development / domestic companies / Economics / Exports / foreign companies / International products / Investment / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong Province Development / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / National Product / Product Price / Product Supply / Thai Customs / Thai Excise / Thai Imports / Thai investment / Thai Provinces / Thailand / Trade / Trade Area / Trade fair / Trade Fair Booths / Trade Fair Product / Tripatite Trade Area / Vietnamese exports / Vietnamese Investment / Vietnamese Provinces
The first three-day Koh Kong Investment and Trade Fair 2013 kicked off on Saturday, promoting trade and investment in the southern provinces of Cambodia with neighbours Thailand and Vietnam. “The [fair] is aimed at promoting trade and development in Koh Kong province and other border ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051365565/Business/investment-and-trade-fair-opens-in-koh-kong.html
Boost For Animal Healthcare
- 13 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agricultural commodities, processing and products / Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Animal feed / Economy and commerce / Exports / Imports / Livestock farming / Trade
- Animal Antibiotics / Animal Feed Sector / Animal feeds production / Animal Growth / Animal Health Business / Animal Health Products / Animal Healthcare / Animal Medicine / Animal Vaccination / Antibiotics / Bayer / Bayer Animal Health / Chemical Feed / Chemicals / Commercial Feed / CP Marketing Manager Vannara Roeung / Department of Animal Health Production / Europe / Feed / Feed Mills / Government Funding / husbandry / IFAD / IFAD’s Country Operations Officer / Illegal Imports / Imports / International Fund for Agricultural Development / Khalid Baig / Local Animal Husbandry / local markets / Meng Sakphouseth / Mill / NGO / non-governmental organisations / Nutritional Premixes / Pharmaceutical Manufacturer / pharmaceuticals / public sector / Ros Limhy / Skill of Animal Health Worker / Thai Pharmaceuticals / Thai Vet / Thailand / Vannara Roeung / Veterinarians / Village Animal Health Workers
Cambodia’s promising animal feed sector will soon see support from a big pharmaceutical manufacturer which is now studying local demand for animal healthcare – a nearly untapped market. “We intend to introduce animal health business in Cambodia for our farm products and feed mills,” Khalid Baig, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051365566/Business/boost-for-animal-healthcare.html
CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract
- 13 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
- coal / coal-fired power plants / Council of Ministers / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / Dams / Electricity / electricity grid / government contract / hydropower / Hydropower dams / KK Power Company / Koh Kong / Kompong Cham / kratie / Ly Yong Phat / LYP Group / LYP Group Co. Ltd. / Mondulkiri / national electricity grid / national grid / Phnom Penh / power lines / power plants / Power Transmission / Power transmission lines / power transmission network / power transmission systems / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Ratanakkiri / Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company / Stung Treng / Thailand
The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to install power lines in Cambodia’s eastern provinces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, senior officials including Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/
The canes of wrath
- 10 May 2013
- Southeast Asia Globe
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
- Agro-Business / agro-business firms / American Sugar Refinery Company / assault / Boycott Blood Sugar campaign / child labor / child labour / compensation / CPP / CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat / criminal activity / Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Dr Pung Chhiv Kek / EBA / economic land concession / education / ELC / ELC scheme / EU / EU in Cambodia ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain / Europe / European Parliament / European Union aid / Everything But Arms / Everything But Arms Agreement / Everything But Arms scheme / Everything But Arms Treaty / Exports / farming / forced evictions / Human Rights / human rights violations / illegal possession of land / ILO / International Labor Organisation / International Labour Organisation / Jean-Francois Cautain / Jones Day / Jones Day law firm / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Public Company Limited / KKP / KKS / KKS industry / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Koh Kong Sugar Industry / Koh Kong Sugar Plantation / KSL / labor / labour / land / Land grabs / Land rights / Land titles / Lawsuits / LICADHO / Licadho president Pung Chhiv Kek / livestock / London / Ly Yong Phat / National Human Rights Commission of Thailand / NGO Equitable Cambodia / NHRC / NHRC commissioner Dr Nirun Pitakwatchara / Nirun Pitakwatchara / Oddar Meanchey / Oddar Meanchey Province / OECD / Omlaing / Omlaing commune / Omlaing sugar plantation / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises / PC Law Firm / Phnom Penh Sugar Company / Phnom Penh Sugar director Seng Nhak / Phnom Penh Sugar’s Omlaing plantation / plantation workers / Plantations / preferential trade scheme / protests / Pung Chhiv Kek / razed crops / Rees Broome law firm / Seng Nhak / shootings / subsistence farming / sugar / sugar exports / sugar industry / sugarcane / sugarcane plantations / Taiwan / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle Sugars / Thailand / Thpong district / UK / UK’s High Court of Justice / UN / United Nations / United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / US / US National Contact Point / Ve Wong Corporation / wages
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
SMC to invest 1.5 billion dollars in Cambodia Airlines
- 10 May 2013
- ABS-CBN News
- Economy and commerce
- Airlines / airplanes / Cambodia Airlines / EADS Group / Kith Meng / Lucio Tan SMC / Neak Oknha Kith Meng / PA / Philippine Airlines / Philippine Airlines president Ramon S. Ang / RGC / Royal Group of Cambodia / Royal Group of Cambodia chairman Kith Meng / San Miguel Corp / San Miguel Corp president Ramon S. Ang / SMC
Diversified conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) will invest $1.5 billion for its airline venture in Cambodia, its top executive said yesterday. Cambodia Airlines will have about 20 aircraft in its fleet and add as much as $400 million revenues per year to Philippine Airlines (PAL), said ...
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/05/10/13/smc-invest-15-billion-dollars-cambodia-airlines
Work underway on 'catastrophic' Cambodian dam
- 10 May 2013
- DW
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S network / 3S rivers / Ame Trandem / Ame Trandem program director International Rivers / Electricity / electricity grid / electricity shortages / Eric Baran / Fish / fish yields / fisheries / food security / hydroelectric dams / Hydropower dams / Hyrdopower / Infrastructure / International Rivers / irrigation / Lower Mekong Basin / Lower Se San 2 Dam / Lower Sesan 2 dam / Mekong river / migratory fish / Mine and Energy Suy Sem / Minister of Industry / national electricity grid / PANAS / PANAS Report / relocation sites / Se Kong River / Se San River / sediment flows / Sesan river / Srekor / Srekor village / Srepok River / Suy Sem / tributary dams / tributary rivers / UN Millennium Development Goals / US journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton / WorldFish / WorldFish senior researcher Eric Baran
Srekor village has stood on the banks of the Se San River in northeastern Cambodia for generations. In a few years it will be gone, submerged along with more than 300 square kilometres of surrounding farmland and forest. For 37-year-old rice farmer Pa Tou, the ...
http://www.dw.de/work-underway-on-catastrophic-cambodian-dam/a-16803423
Opposition Lawmakers Want ‘Social’ Land to Go to Farmers
- 10 May 2013
- Voice of America (VOA)
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Land / Public land lease / Rice
- agri-business / Agriculture & Agri-business / agriculture law / Casino / casino tariffs / ELCs / Farmers / Farmland / moratorium on Economic Land Concessions / moratorium on ELCs / National Assembly / rice / Sam Rainsy Party / Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Yim Sovann / social land concessions / Vun Chheang
Cambodian lawmakers have passed a new law on agriculture, but critics say the law does not go far enough to protect the country’s farmers. The law passed on Thursday evening, but not before debate at the National Assembly. During the debate opposition representatives called on the ...
Kingdom to reach rice target
- 10 May 2013
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Exports / Rice / Trade
- Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia / Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia secretary / Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture / Cham Prasidh / DULOG / Europe / European markets / Green Trade / Hun Lak / Indonesia / Indonesian state-owned DULOG / Milled Rice / milled rice export / Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh / paddy rice / Philippines / Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality / Yang Saing Koma
Following a considerable increase in Cambodia’s milled rice exports in the first four months of the year, Minister of Commerce Cham Prasidh said he was optimistic the Kingdom’s rice exports would reach the 2015 target of one million tonnes. With this year’s export figures notably higher ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065539/Business/kingdom-to-reach-rice-target.html
Cambodian Parliament Ratifies ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement
- 10 May 2013
- Xinhuanet News
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Energy / Exports / Generation and distribution facilities / Imports / Non-DAC members / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
- Agreement on Maritime Transport / ASEAN / ASEAN countries / ASEAN Economics Ties / ASEAN-China Maritime Transport Agreement / Assembly / Assembly Session / Association of Southeast Asian Nations / Brunei / cargo Transport / Chinese aid / Indonesia / international cooperation / International Maritime Transport / international trade / Laos / Malaysian aid / Maritime Development / Maritime Transport / Ministry of Public Works and Transport / Ministry of Public Works and Transport Minister Tram Iv Tek / Ministry of Transportation / Myanmar / National Assembly / Nin Saphon / parliament / Passenger Transport / Philippines / sea transportation / Singapore / Thailand / Trade / Tram Iv Tek / Transportation
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Friday ratified the agreement on maritime transport between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, saying the agreement is essential to develop trade and economic ties between ASEAN and China. “The agreement aims to facilitate and foster ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/10/c_132372924.htm
As Phnom Penh Grows, So Does Its Sewage Problem
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Infrastructure / Phnom Penh / Pollution and waste / Population and censuses / Rivers and lakes / Transport and shipping / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities / Water pollution / Waterways and ports
- Boeng Trabek / Boeng Trabek pumping station / Boeung Tampoun / Bonna Realty Group / Bonna Realty Group CEO Noun Rithy / Cambodia Environment Outlook UN report 2008 / construction / Construction projects / De Castle Royal / drainage networks / drainage pipes / drainage project / drainage system / environmental damage / Housing Developments / human health / In Chamkar Mon District / Infrastructure / Japan International Cooperation Agency / JICA / lakes / Ministry of Public Works / Noun Rithy / Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation / Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation deputy CEO Touch Samnang / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh canals / Phnom Penh City Hall / raw sewage / Sewage Problem / Sewage system / shopping malls / Tonle Bassac river / Tonle Sap river / waste management / wastewater treatment plant / water pipes / water pipes network / water waste management / waterwatse / waterways
Since 1998, Phnom Penh’s population has doubled to more than 2 million. High-rise buildings have popped up in the city’s center and housing developments have been hastily erected. Yet the city’s antiquated, decades-old drainage system has undergone little improvement in that time and experts say the ...
Residents Call for Foul-Smelling Factory to Move
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities
- environmental damage / Factory owner Seng Kanha / human health / ice-making factory / Kilometer 6 commune / Klaing Hout / Kompong Spue / Kompong Spue deputy district governor Ly Rosamy / Kompong Spue District Governor Klaing Hout / Kompong Spue governor Tong Seng / Kompong Spue province / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Mines Industry and Energy / Phnom Penh / Russei Keo district / Seng Kanha / Tong Seng / waste management
About 100 people protested Wednesday evening outside a Phnom Penh ice-making factory owned by the daughter of deputy Kompong Spue governor Tong Seng, complaining that the factory causes a bad smell and that the health of residents in Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 commune was ...
CIMB says Local Investors Bring More Franchises to Cambodia
- 10 May 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Investment / Trade
- Almond Hotel / Australian aid / Burger King / CIMB Bank / CIMB Bank plc / CIMB head of retail financial services Thida Heng / d'Tandoor franchise / Dairy Queen / franchises / Hard Rock Cafe / Hun Kimleng / Imex Pan-Pacific Group / Investment / KFC / Malaysia-based CIMB Bank / Malaysian aid / Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh / Malaysian Franchise Association / Malaysian Franchise Association chairman Abdul Malik Abdulla / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism / Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism director Mohd Nasir Noryakin / Mohd Nasir Noryakin / Phnom Penh / property investments / Real estate / Saudi Arabia / Secret Recipe franchise / Sok Hong / Sokimex Corporation / Sokimex Corporation chairman Sok Hong / US
The steady growth of franchises from overseas is likely to continue as young, moneyed Cambodians seize the opportunity to bring name brands into the country, a bank official said yesterday. Hoping to help its customers and others invest in franchises, Malaysia-based CIMB Bank yesterday organized ...