CEDAC due to ship its first batch of organic brown rice
NGO says $66,000 contract with US firm Lotus Food will see 60 tonnes of rice sold to Cambodia’s largest export market.Organic CEDAC products - including rice - are displayed in a Phnom Penh store. THE Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) has announced the export of... More
Duty-free garment access bill faces opponents in US Senate
Trade Act of 2009 would eliminate tariffs on Cambodian garments entering America, but might not escape committee in its current form, analysts say.Officials and analysts in the United States suggest that the Trade Act of 2009 has little chance of being passed. ABILL that would provide a major boost... More
Kiva: a different way to microlend
Kiva.org is putting Cambodians in touch with global lenders via local microcredit organisations, no matter that the borrowers themselves haven’t necessarily heard of the innovative Web site. Kiva borrower Le Mak (left) outside her shop with HKL's Head of Operations Department Toch Chao Chek. MICROFINANCE... More
Private sector debates Vietnam border deal
Members call for equal cross-border access among vehicles, saying that a level playing field would create revenue and jobs Vietnamese vehicles crossing the border (above) are allowed to continue to Siem Reap. THE Municipality Tourist Land Transportation Association has made a request to the government... More
Fighting corruption via accounting
Kak Key, chairman of Morison Kak & Associates, an auditing, tax and accounting firm, says that strict auditing can clean up Cambodia’s business environment for everyone’s benefit Chairman of Morison Kak & Associates Kak Key. Do people understand the importance of your firm’s role... More
Plans for new rehab centre meet with mixed response
Drug experts applaud Hun Sen’s new description of drug addiction as a treatable disease, but some say a rehab centre is not the best way forward. Students display anti-drug posters at a rally Friday marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Phnom Penh. THE announcement... More
