Infrastructure
‘Scales are needed to stop road damage’
Following a directive by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation to improve their monitoring of overloaded vehicles, a ministry official said they will build more vehicle scales. ...
Sean Teehan and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/scales-are-needed-stop-road-damage
EDC plans power line linking lake provinces
Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) will spend $167 million to install a 350-km-long high-voltage transmission line connecting four provinces around the Tonle Sap lake, the state-owned utility announced in a press release Monday. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/edc-plans-power-line-linking-lake-provinces-79879/
Plaza extends network to Cambodia
Hong Kong-based company Plaza Premium Lounge Management Limited (Plaza Premium), will design and operate airports lounges at the newly built terminal extensions of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap international airports. Both terminals will be fully operational next year. ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2015/03/plaza-extends-network-to-cambodia/
China hugely contributes to world economy, says Cambodian scholars
China has greatly contributed to the development of the world economy, even though it is still a developing country, scholars in Cambodia said Sunday. “China helped other Asian economies to recover from the Asian financial crisis in 1997, assisted the Eurozone to recover from the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1O1mABr
PM’s response to licence plate problem ‘too little’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on citizens to report the illegal use of army, police and civil servant licence plates, while at the same time defending the government’s regulation of the plates – a response that an opposition parliamentarian said was insufficient to combat ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/pms-response-licence-plate-problem-too-little
‘E-premier’ eyes digital future
Prime Minister and self-proclaimed “e-premier” Hun Sen shamed technological troglodytes throughout the government yesterday for their laggardly embrace of new communication tools, which he maintained would quicken the government’s work if properly applied. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/e-premier-eyes-digital-future
Self-sufficiency in 3 years: minister
Cambodia’s energy minister promised lawmakers from the National Assembly’s public works and energy commission yesterday that the country will be weaned off of foreign electricity imports within three years, the commission’s vice chairman said in a press conference after the meeting. According to Mao Monyvann, a ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/self-sufficiency-3-years-minister
Kids to get schooled on Traffic Law
High school and university students, considered particularly at risk of road accidents, may soon be taking lessons on the new traffic law if a proposal from the Transport Ministry comes to fruition. Tram Iv Tek, minister of public works and transport, yesterday said that the government ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/kids-get-schooled-traffic-law
Cambodians flock to the net
Internet use in Cambodia grew a staggering 414 per cent since January 2014, but penetration still remains relatively low at 25 per cent, according to a new report from a Singapore-based consultancy firm. The Digital, Social and Mobile in APAC 2015 report, published yesterday by We ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodians-flock-net
Derailed dam angers EdC boss
Electricite du Cambodge director Keo Rattanak said on Saturday that the stalled Chinese-backed hydropower project in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley has set back Cambodia’s plans to become energy self-sufficient. Rattanak, who was speaking at a gathering for soldiers in the Odar Meanchey province, singled out ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/derailed-dam-angers-edc-boss
New bus links plan between far South, Malaysia
The Transport Ministry is speeding up work on a joint plan for bus services that would link the far South and Malaysia to meet the needs of commuters between the two countries. Thailand also plans to hold talks with Cambodian authorities this month over increasing ...
Amornrat Mahitthirook
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/491558/bus-scheme-seeks-more-malaysia-links
A road changes course
The rules of Sothearos Boulevard are once again shifting. After recently converting the road to a one-way street – a move that was largely ignored by the motos and cars that use the busy thoroughfare – the Phnom Penh Municipality released a new statement on Saturday ...
Mega First signs agreement for development of Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos
Mega First Corp. Bhd. has signed an agreement with Laotian utility Electricite du Laos to regulate its participation in developing the 240- to 360-MW Don Sahong hydropower project. ...
Michael Harris
http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2015/03/mega-first-signs-agreement-for-development-of-don-sahong-hydropower-project-in-laos.html
Fund intended to improve country’s urban sanitation
The government will set up a $5 million fund to allow Cambodia’s 26 provinces and municipalities to take responsibility for waste management in their cities, it was announced recently. With a focus on garbage management, the decentralisation initiative, revealed at a two-day workshop in Phnom Penh ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/fund-intended-improve-countrys-urban-sanitation
Cambodian villagers threaten renewed protests against dam developer
Hundreds of indigenous villagers on Monday threatened to continue protests against the developer of a controversial hydropower dam in Cambodia if it does not halt construction of the project, which they say will negatively affect their cultural traditions and livelihoods. ...
Prach Chev
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/dam-03022015173133.html
Project to connect 150,000 to grid
Thirty-one thousand new households, with 150,000 people, across three western provinces will soon have access to reliable and affordable electricity, after a $23.9 million investment project, launched Thursday, will connect them to the national grid. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/project-connect-150000-grid
Villagers call on spirit to curse officials, company behind dam
Villagers in Stung Treng province displeased local authorities on Saturday by holding a traditional ceremony calling upon a powerful local spirit to curse those behind the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-call-on-spirit-to-curse-officials-company-behind-dam-78885/
After deportation, opposition wants Vietnamese out
After the government deported Spanish environmental activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson on Monday, the opposition CNRP has called on the Interior Ministry to turn its attention to thousands of Vietnamese immigrants living in the country illegally. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-deportation-opposition-wants-vietnamese-out-78762/
Talking trash: PM Hun Sen backs review of contracts
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday personally backed the review of government contracts with private waste removal companies, two weeks after the Council of Ministers signed an order indicating they will review the capital’s contract with garbage collector Cintri. ...
Vong Sokheng and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/talking-trash-pm-hun-sen-backs-review-contracts
AirAsia launches ASEAN flight pass
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia launched on Monday “AirAsia ASEAN Pass” in a bid to grab the ASEAN market ahead of the open sky policy that will be implemented next year. AirAsia ASEAN Pass is a travel pass that allows passengers to enjoy flights at a fixed ...
Nadya Natahadibrata
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/02/24/airasia-launches-asean-flight-pass.html
April 1 debut set for new bridge
The Neak Leung bridge, which spans the Mekong River on the border between Kandal and Prey Veng provinces, will officially open to traffic on April 1, ahead of the busy Khmer New Year holiday, officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/april-1-debut-set-new-bridge
Road safety: Accidents ‘down over New Year’
The number of traffic accidents over Lunar New Year has decreased since last year due to more widespread knowledge of the upcoming traffic law, government officials and road safety experts say. ...
Mom Kunthear and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/road-safety-accidents-down-over-new-year
Sanitation check-up
The Ministry of Education will ask government schools to provide information on toilet numbers, fresh water supply and vegetable gardens as part of efforts to tackle poor sanitation and nutrition discouraging students from attending class. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sanitation-check
Mekong countries, Japan eye new development strategy beyond 2015
The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of the Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday. “Taking this opportunity from this ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www2.bangkokpost.com/news/general/478989/mekong-countries-japan-eye-new-development-strategy-beyond-2015