Khmer Times
PTT expects Thai fuel use to rise
PTT Plc., the national oil and gas conglomerate, forecasts Thailand’s fuel consumption will increase by two to three percent this year, in line with the country’s economic growth. The outlook was trimmed from the previous forecast because demand is expected to slip after subsidy cuts, ...
Demand for meat rises
Cambodia’s expanding population, urbanization, economic growth and the changing consumption patterns of the population have created opportunities for the growth of the livestock sector in the country, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. “With an estimated annual human population ...
Minister plans railway for workers
The Labor Ministry is considering constructing a railway line connecting Phnom Penh and select provinces to special economic zones or industrial areas in response to the high number of road accidents involving commuting workers. Speaking at the 2016 Annual Report and Direction for 2017 of the ...
South Korea offers loan to Cambodia
South Korea has agreed to provide more than $400 million in loans to Cambodia for infrastructure and health development. Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn and South Korean ambassador Kim Weon-jin signed two agreements at a ceremony on January 31 outlining loans that will be dispersed to ...
Japan cold to China in TPP
Japan is cold to the notion of inviting China to join a pan-Pacific trade pact abandoned by US President Donald Trump, fearing such a step would boost Beijing’s clout and water down what was meant to be the “gold standard” for rules of trade. Nor are ...
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 ...
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 ...
