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Camcontrol may leave border

Prime Minister Hun Sen recently unveiled a new campaign to boost economic independence and reduce the reliance on preferential trade statuses offered by advanced countries, saying the government will provide better trade facilitation and eliminate unnecessary procedures. At a dinner with 5,000 Cambodian journalists on Friday, ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/camcontrol-may-leave-border

PM calls for halt to ‘illegal’ protests

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on labour unions to immediately stop organising demonstrations and strikes to “illegally” demand benefits from factory owners. He said such actions could spin out of hand and force around two-thirds of the Kingdom’s factories, approximately 800 of the ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-halt-illegal-protests

PM open to wage demands

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to consider the request of six union groups who have petitioned the government to set a minimum wage for workers in the construction and service sectors. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-open-wage-demands

PMs ‘committed’ to settling border row

Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith have called on the French government to supply maps and other related documents to settle a border dispute, as they expressed their commitment to ending the spat. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-committed-settling-border-row

Chaom Chao project is underway

Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC), which is developing the Chaom Chao roundabout overpass and subway, said the company began clearing the site on Tuesday after it met with authorities and other stakeholders to push completion by the end of 2020. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chaom-chao-project-underway

Government to address prison issues

Prime Minister Hun Sen will allow the ministries of Interior and Justice, and relevant institutions to convene with the aim of solving the problem of prison overcrowding. Interior Minister Sar Kheng requested the meeting due to the rapid increase in convicted felons, according to Chin ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-address-prison-issues

Son of PM appointed as CMAC’s board member

Hun Manith, the son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been “promoted” as a board member and adviser of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) – a position equal to a cabinet minister. A royal decree, signed by the King on November 2 and obtained ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/son-pm-appointed-cmacs-board-member

Illegal reclamation carries on

Despite numerous cases of illegal landfilling coming to light and an order from Prime Minister Hun Sen to put a stop to it, authorities are seemingly powerless to halt illegal beach developments in Preah Sihanouk province. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-reclamation-carries

PM hopes Asean will ‘root deeply’ with ‘partner’ China

At the Asean summit in Singapore on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he hoped the bloc’s relationship with China would “root deeply”, hailing the Asian power as a “strategic partner”, while its Premier Li Keqiang called for improved trade and “healthier globalisation”. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-arrives-singapore-asean-summit

‘Speed up National Road 2’

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday criticised government officials in charge of the National Road 2 reconstruction. He told them to work with the South Korean government as the project cost $56 million, most of which was borrowed from that government. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/speed-national-road-2

PM urges ministers to end all cases against union leaders

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged labour and justice ministers on Wednesday to finish all court cases against union leaders. Speaking to more than 23,000 factory workers in Takeo province on Wednesday, he told the Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng and Minister ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-ministers-end-all-cases-against-union-leaders

Company undeterred by PM’s order to restore beach

A prviate company filling Preah Sihanouk province’s Praek Treng beach with soil is reluctant to dredge it despite a direct order from Prime Minister Hun Sen. On September 18, the prime minister ordered Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara to personally ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/company-undeterred-pms-order-restore-beach

Hun Sen: Claim that China is ‘invading’ Kingdom is crazy

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday slammed critics over claims that China is “invading” Cambodia, calling the argument “crazy”. Speaking to members of Cambodian diaspora in Geneva, Switzerland, Hun Sen said some people were concerned about the influx of Chinese nationals who live and work ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-claim-china-invading-kingdom-crazy

Police block villagers amid protest to seek land dispute solution

A woman fainted on Wednesday following a confrontation with police while she and 800 other protesters were marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence in the capital to deliver a petition. The protesters were among 1,642 families who have been locked in a long-running land ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-block-villagers-amid-protest-seek-land-dispute-solution

PM says no more negotiations

Prime Minister Hun Sen renewed his vow over the weekend not to negotiate with former opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Hun Sen reiterated that he would hold direct talks with the international community over political issues in the Kingdom. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-says-no-more-negotiations

Sand dredging in Kampong Cham to resume after forum held

Public forum was held on Thursday at the request of Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron to address the ongoing sand dredging operation along the Mekong river.Earlier on August 22, Naron called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to provide a solution to ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sand-dredging-kampong-cham-resume-after-forum-held

PM orders restoration of S’ville beach

Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara to personally inspect claims of landfilling at Praek Treng beach. He also ordered a private company to dredge the beach and restore it to its previous condition. The order, issued on September 18, ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-orders-restoration-sville-beach

PM departs on European tour

Prime Minister Hun Sen has left for his European tour, which will include attending an Asia-Europe meeting organised by the EU. Departing at 12:20am, he will lead a delegation at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, Belgium. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-departs-european-tour

PM: Programme to recover Vietnam War missing back on

Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced the resumption of the MIA programme to recover the remains of American service personnel missing after action on Cambodian soil during the Vietnam War. The programme was suspended for more than a year after the US government imposed visa ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-programme-recover-vietnam-war-missing-back

PM wants more Japanese investment in Cambodia

Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaking at the Mekong- Japan Business Forum in Tokyo on October 9, invited Japanese firms to visit Cambodia and convince themselves that it a worthy country for their investments. ...

Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540098/pm-wants-more-japanese-investment-in-cambodia/

Support, protest for Hun Sen as groups attack each other

During Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official visit to the UN, rallies in support and against him took place over the weekend as planned, with supporters of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) attacking each other. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/support-protest-hun-sen-groups-attack-each-other

Hun Sen to protect peace

Prime Minister Hun Sen has vowed to protect peace and people’s lives as long as he leads the Kingdom. Mr Hun Sen wrote on his Facebook yesterday saying that no one or group would be allowed to stage a coup or start a colour revolution ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50536177/hun-sen-to-protect-peace/

Teachers petition to march

The Kingdom’s teachers want a raise. That’s the demand from a prominent teachers’ union, which has applied to march to the Ministry of Education on World Teacher’s Day to submit their salary request. The Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) wants teachers to receive at least ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-petition-march

PM demands end to road blocking protest

Speaking at a gathering of 27,444 workers from 24 factories in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisey district, Hun Sen cited a recent incidence in which around 700 workers from Chim Li Cambodia blocked National Road 4 in Por Sen Chey district to demand severance packages ...

Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-demands-end-road-blocking-protest

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