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Hun Sen moves to reshuffle his cabinet
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday submitted a proposed cabinet reshuffle to the National Assembly, just weeks after he publicly warned some ministers to improve their work or risk being fired, according to a senior official. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-moves-to-reshuffle-his-cabinet-109986/
‘Cyber PM’ calls for swifter wi-fi at airports
Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has recently found an outlet for his charming side in cyber space, called for swifter wi-fi at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday while inaugurating the expansion of its terminal. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22878/---cyber-pm----calls-for-swifter-wi-fi-at-airports/
PM scraps ministry’s passport control plan
Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive on Monday instructing officials returning from work overseas to hold on to their mission passports, directly contravening two recent Foreign Ministry announcements calling on officials to hand the passports over upon return in a bid to prevent their ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-scraps-ministrys-passport-control-plan
PM dispatches sons to handle land dispute arrests
Two village representatives in Kampong Speu who were detained for protesting against the actions of their provincial authority were released yesterday by the provincial court after Prime Minister Hun Sen sent two of his sons to help deal with the situation. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22816/pm-dispatches-sons-to-handle-land-dispute-arrests/
PM urges tighter rules on micro loans
Prime Minister Hun Sen told a summit on micro-finance development yesterday that stricter rules needed to be applied to organizations and institutions lending money as many people were being cheated, embezzled and losing their collateral to unscrupulous lenders. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22751/pm-urges-tighter-rules-on-micro-loans/
Prime minister pledges arrests over false debt promises
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday threatened to have any politician arrested on the spot for promising to erase people’s debt if elected, revisiting criticism that he leveled against the opposition CNRP prior to the 2013 national election. ...
Kuch Naren and Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-pledges-arrests-over-false-debt-promises-109881/
More doctors to become public servants: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen wants more specialized doctors to work for the government in public medical facilities and become public servants, according to a speech given by the premier to close yesterday’s annual conference held by the Ministry of Health. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22635/more-doctors-to-become-public-servants--pm/
Shift to tech curbs corruption: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government is now paying almost all civil servants’ salaries and collecting taxes using technology, rather than relying on officials to handle cash, which reduces corruption. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22539/shift-to-tech-curbs-corruption--pm/
Government considering increase in allowances
Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the government is considering raising family allowances for the wives and children of public servants across the Kingdom. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22491/government-considering-increase-in-allowances/
Private sector urged to spur infrastructure development
Poor infrastructure and transportation services are holding Cambodia back by stifling exports and investment, a conference was told yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22389/private-sector-urged-to-spur-infrastructure-development/
Institutional reforms or leadership change?
A Cabinet reshuffle is expected this year after Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that if there were no quick and effective reforms, several cabinet ministers would be removed. The Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Agriculture have been rated as the lowest performers, but other ...
Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22338/institutional-reforms-or-leadership-change-/
Cambodia preps peacekeeper deployment
Prime Minister Hun Sen told the United Nations that Cambodia is well equipped to send more peacekeepers on missions abroad if such a request is made. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22074/cambodia-preps-peacekeeper-deployment/
Healthcare revolution ‘not the answer’
While the Kingdom’s frequently criticized hospitals and doctors need to upgrade their services and skills, it is incorrect to label most Cambodian doctors “bad,” Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22024/healthcare-revolution----not-the-answer---/
New scrutiny for heavy trucks on tsubasa bridge
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has set up a checkpoint with a vehicle scale at the eastern entrance to Tsubasa Bridge on Friday, after an overloaded rice truck damaged the bridge’s pavement last week. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-scrutiny-heavy-trucks-tsubasa-bridge
PM pledges 1m hectares of ELC land to poor
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday declared an end to the government’s review of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs), pledging that nearly 1 million hectares of reappropriated property would be handed over to poor families. He also announced a major reorganization of the two ministries ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-pledges-1m-hectares-of-elc-land-to-poor-109007/
Cambodia embarks on E-Government
Early this month Prime Minister Hun Sen stated that his administration was moving toward e-government, praising the efforts made by the Ministry of Commerce, under the leadership of Minister Sun Chanthol to make services like commercial registration available online. He also urged all ministries to ...
Chheang Vannarith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21840/cambodia-embarks-on-e-government/
Thai princess technology institute to begin construction
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn have high expectations for the Kampong Speu Institute of Technology, which was funded by the Thai royal in order to develop human resources in Cambodia. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21782/thai-princess-technology-institute-to-begin-construction/
PM, Sokha spar over road toll
Political leaders from both parties have once again taken their grievances to Facebook as they fight to take credit for the decision to remove the tolls on National Road 4. ...
Ros Chanveasna and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21731/pm--sokha-spar-over-road-toll/
CPP touts Hun Sen’s attendance at US summit
Sitting in a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and fellow Asean leaders in California on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen seemed to have his mind on what Cambodians would think of his participation in this week’s U.S.-Asean Summit. ...
Anthony Jensen and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-touts-hun-sens-attendance-at-us-summit-108697/
US-ASEAN Summit boosted ties with US, Hun Sen says
A two-day summit between US President Barack Obama and leaders of ASEAN ended Wednesday with 17 points of a joint declaration, aimed at strengthening between Southeast Asia and the US. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-asean-summit-boosted-ties-with-us-hun-sen-says/3194943.html
PM gets his photo-op with Obama as Cambodian-Americans protest
A grinning Prime Minister Hun Sen walked up to US President Barack Obama and shook his hand in California yesterday, lending the premier his long-sought aura of legitimacy even as hundreds of angry Cambodians protested his 31-year rule less than half of a kilometre away. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-gets-his-photo-op-obama-cambodian-americans-protest
Cambodia is open for investment, PM tells America
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday made a direct appeal to businesses in the United States to increase investment in Cambodia, ahead of the US-ASEAN Summit in Sunnylands California, and just days after Deputy Prime Minister Sok An spoke with officials from the US Embassy here ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21410/cambodia-is-open-for-investment--pm-tells-america/
PM pulls no punches on US arrival
In a wide-ranging speech to ruling Cambodian People’s Party supporters in California yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen slammed the US government as well as the opposition, and said his presence at the US-ASEAN Summit at Rancho Mirage was no different than that of US President ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21430/pm-pulls-no-punches-on-us-arrival/
Dueling missives press Obama, Cambodian PM on human rights
More than 100 Southeast Asian parliamentarians are urging President Barack Obama to address regional human rights issues during his meetings with ASEAN leaders next week, according to an open letter posted online Thursday. ...