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Ministries eye budget bumps for next year

The Ministry of Economy and Finance finished month-long consultations with key ministries on Thursday in preparation for the drafting of Cambodia’s budget for 2017. ...

Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-eye-budget-bumps-next-year

US offers tips for cybercrime team

Cambodian police, prosecutors and policymakers were hosted in Washington recently by the US government, as part of America’s efforts to support the drafting of the Kingdom’s controversial cybercrime law. ...

Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-offers-tips-cybercrime-team

Chams not integrated into society: US report

Cham Muslims are not fully integrated into Cambodian society and many Cambodian people continue to think Chams are practitioners of “black magic,” according to a report on religious freedom released last week by the US State Department. ...

Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28645/chams-not-integrated-into-society--us-report/

Consumer protection draft law almost ready

Officials at the Ministry of Commerce and Council of Ministers announced yesterday that a draft consumer protection law, which is intended to ensure that food and consumer products made domestically or imported into Cambodia are safe, was almost complete. A quarter of the almost 60 ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28562/consumer-protection-draft-law-almost-ready/

Vietnam wants its citizens protected

In the wake of startling deportation numbers released by the general department of immigration last week showing that more than 85 percent of those deported since 2014 were Vietnamese, the government in Hanoi has asked Cambodia to ensure that the rights of those being sent ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28164/vietnam-wants--its-citizens-protected/

Spared eviction, airport families ask government for land titles

Families living next to Phnom Penh International Airport filed a petition with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Wednesday to find out why City Hall has not yet issued them land titles now that Prime Minister Hun Sen had promised to protect them from eviction.   ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/spared-eviction-airport-families-ask-government-for-land-titles-115993/

Petroleum law a step closer

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) yesterday sent the newly-drafted petroleum law to civil society organizations and other partner institutions working in the extractive sector for consultations before submitting it to the Council of Ministers for approval by the end of this year. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27469/petroleum-law-a-step-closer/

$5.23 billion for public sector

Cambodia needs $5.23 billion for 519 development projects in the ongoing three-year public investment program (PIP) that was approved by the Council of Ministers on Friday, according to a government media release. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27051/-5-23-billion-for-public-sector/

Cambodia positions itself along new silk road

The ancient Silk Road sprawled across tens of thousands of kilometers, reaching east to west from Ja­pan to Venice and passing through five seas. Together, the road and maritime trade routes linked more than 40 countries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, fostering early globalization.   ...

Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-positions-itself-along-new-silk-road-114629/

New international airport on table as PPIA expansion plans halted

A senior government minister yesterday announced a halt to plans to expand the Phnom Penh International Airport, and instead revived talk of a new airport altogether, mentioning plans to identify a location 30 to 40 kilometres outside the city in hopes of completing the new ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-international-airport-table-ppia-expansion-plans-halted

National carrier expands routes

The Kingdom’s national flagship carrier Cambodia Angkor Air is now setting its sights to fly to international destinations in an interline agreement with South Korea-based Jin Air. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Cambodia Angkor Air and Jin Air late last week paves the ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25814/national-carrier-expands-routes/

Government kicks damage control into high gear

The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday released a statement accusing foreign delegations of hypocrisy for criticizing the government’s crackdown on the opposition, even suggesting that they were pretending not to know the law.   ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-kicks-damage-control-into-high-gear-113430/

Organ transplant, donation draft law approved

The Council of Ministers approved a draft law last week regulating and controlling organ donations and transplants in response to a World Health Organization (WHO) report which revealed that the lives of patients with non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes could be further endangered following ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25517/organ-transplant--donation-draft-law-approved/

Construction law being built

A draft construction law has been completed and will soon be submitted to the Council of Ministers and may be enacted by the end of the year, but there needs to be a discussion and more feedback before sending it to the government to be ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25469/construction-law-being-built/

New human rights czar defends government against ‘darkness’

As protesters were being arrested during peaceful demonstrations in Phnom Penh on Monday morning, the new chairman of the government’s human rights committee held a press conference to reassure the public that the country’s human rights situation was stable.   ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-human-rights-czar-defends-government-against-darkness-112386/

Government lifts decade-old Snakehead fish farming ban

The government has lifted a decade-old ban on snakehead fish farming following a request from the Ministry of Agriculture last month to once again allow farmers to breed the voracious fish, according to a statement dated Thursday.   ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-lifts-decade-old-snakehead-fish-farming-ban-112009/

Treaty aims to attract, secure Hungarian FDI

A bilateral investment agreement between Cambodia and Hungary will be sent to the National Assembly floor this week after it gained approval from the Council of Ministers on Friday, according to spokesman Phay Siphan.   ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/treaty-aims-attract-secure-hungarian-fdi

Unions seek sit-down with premier over draft law

Failing to receive a response to a letter submitted to Prime Minister Hun Sen via his Facebook page last week, a group of unions yesterday took their cause to the Council of Ministers, this time submitting a formal letter requesting a sit-down with the premier ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-seek-sit-down-premier-over-draft-law

City hall pulls plug on market fee collector

Phnom Penh City Hall plans to replace the controversial contractor in charge of collecting parking and stall fees from markets around the city, according to a letter from the Council of Ministers posted on social media yesterday. ...

Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-pulls-plug-market-fee-collector

New Phnom Penh land master plan passed

The Council of Ministers yesterday approved a sweeping new master plan for managing urban development in Phnom Penh over the next 20 years, according to a statement from the cabinet, although it was scant on specifics. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-phnom-penh-land-master-plan-passed-102872/

Budget for a rising economy

Government spending on social welfare and economic development could both see double-digit growth next year, according to a document summarizing expenditures in next year’s budget that will be discussed at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen today. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16970/budget-for-a-rising-economy/

Monitoring the internet

Coming on the heels of high-profile arrests linked directly to Facebook posts, the Interior Ministry has revealed plans to establish a new “anti-cybercrime” department that will not only “crack down” on crimes like hacking, but a broad range of misdeeds open to interpretation including incitement ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-internet

Council of Ministers lambastes Sam Rainsy for citing $168 map

The Council of Ministers released a statement on Friday blasting CNRP President Sam Rainsy over a French-made map he posted to Facebook, claiming the opposition leader was disrespecting the territorial integrity of Cambodia. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/council-of-ministers-lambastes-sam-rainsy-for-citing-168-map-88894/

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