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Plans underway to repair Kandal market
City Hall plans to repair the 30-year-old Kandal market in Daun Penh district which is in danger of collapse. District Governor Sok Penhvuth on Saturday visited the market with officials to discuss a plan and get feedback from vendors. He told vendors that the market is ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50621768/plans-underway-to-repair-kandal-market/
Street vendors told to move
Daun Penh district authorities have ordered a group of Kandal market vendors to move in the hopes of reopening a street that has blocked vehicular traffic for many years. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098331/street-vendors-told-move/
Market tycoon sent to prison over $140k toilet tax dispute
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court imprisoned a prominent businesswoman who has exclusive rights to collect taxes at a number of Phnom Penh markets Monday over breach of trust charges related to a subcontracting agreement, signed in 2008, to let a business partner collect fees at ...
Ben Sokhean and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/market-tycoon-sent-to-prison-over-140k-toilet-tax-dispute-65698/
The slaughterhouse blues
It’s 1am and, as Phnom Penh sleeps, the haunting squeals of distressed animals are all that can be heard in the darkness of a field in Russey Keo district. Pigs in open-air sheds have sensed what’s coming: Hundreds of them are about to be slaughtered for ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slaughterhouse-blues
Vendors: food prices rise before Khmer New Year
The price of meat will be higher during Khmer New Year, with prices rising between 2,000 riel and 3,000 riel ($0.50 and $0.75) per kilogram, according to vendors. Som Sreymom, a pork vendor at Kandal market, said the price of pork would hit as much as ...