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More tourists, less revenue
The Ministry of Tourism released its annual report on January 24 during its yearly meeting, showing growth continued for the sector in 2016, while launching a campaign to eliminate unlicensed tourist establishments that ministry officials claim slowed revenue collection last year. International tourism arrivals increased by ...
Families, authorities reach relocation deal
Locals and authorities came to a relocation agreement on January 23 after some 100 villagers, representing about 200 families living on a riverbank in Kampong Chhnang province protested on Sunday to demand proper compensation after they were told they must move to pave the way for ...
Fish yields rise, exports fall
The total export of fish products decreased in 2016 even though fish yields rose, causing income from the fisheries sector to drop by nearly a half compared with a year earlier. An Agriculture Ministry report showed that income from the fisheries sector in 2016 was ...
Families near airport push for land titles
About 600 families living next to Phnom Penh International Airport urged the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation on January 23 to help speed up the process of giving them titles to their land. While submitting a petition to the SSCA on January 23, resident representative ...
Prey Lang forest NGO in running for Yale prize
A member of the Prey Lang Community Network will travel to Connecticut in the United States this weekend after it was selected as one of only two finalists for Yale University’s International Society of Tropical Foresters Innovation Prize. The PLCN was nominated by the University of ...
Date set to debate assembly rules
The National Assembly’s Permanent Committee has scheduled January 31 as the date to debate amending article 48, an action that would strip acting CNRP president Kem Sokha of his role as minority leader. The decision was made in a meeting yesterday and was supported by ...
Passenger numbers rise 8.5% at airports
Passenger traffic to Cambodia’s three international airports continued to grow last year, with total arrivals and departures topping 7 million for the first time, according to the operator’s annual report. Khek Norinda, communication director for Cambodia Airports, the company that holds the concession to manage ...
NGOs may have stymied government health care: report
A new study examining the development of health care in post-conflict societies suggests that the influx of NGOs in Cambodia may have weakened the government health sector. The report, published last week by BioMed Central, compares Cambodia’s health care development after the fall of the ...
Mechanized farming on the rise
The use of agricultural machinery in Cambodia has risen noticeably compared with last year, said the Agriculture Ministry. A ministry report released last week showed that the use of agriculture machinery rose to about 91 percent in 2016, compared with 83 percent in 2015, while ...
Interior examines voter names
The Ministry of Interior on January 20 sent a letter to the National Election Committee verifying 152 of the 179 names in seven suites of complaints related to the new digital voter list had legitimate identity cards and would remain on the final voter list. ...
