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Tech 'tipping point'
Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:00 Jeremy Mullins
GERMANY-based software manufacturer SAP says Cambodia’s business environment now warrants further expansion for its information technology products, the company's Business Development Manager Robin Fong said Wednesday. Speaking at the sidelines of a information technology presentation at Raffles Le Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh, he said that "Cambodia is at a tipping point" for development.
Rising grain prices
Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:00 Jeremy Mullins
A worldwide move towards biofuels will contribute to higher prices for grains, vegetable oil and sugar over the next decade, according to an annual outlook report released late Tuesday. Prices for wheat and coarse grain products are expected to climb between 15 and 40 percent, and vegetable oil could increase by more than 40 percent until 2019, the report jointly released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Food and Agricultural Organisation stated. “Governments should implement measures to ensure farmers have better tools to manage future risks, such as production contracts and futures markets,” OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria said.
Rights Mission: Give graft law time, rights envoy says
Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:02 Cheang Sokha
Rights Mission
The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia has advised civil society groups and opposition parties to temper their criticism of the government’s Anticorruption Law until it is fully implemented, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. Koy Kuong said Surya Subedi made his remarks during a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong. “Civil society and opposition should not criticise [this law] before the implementation of this institutional process,” Koy Kong quoted Subedi as having said. Koy Kuong said Subedi also admired gains in the areas of human rights and democratic reform in response to recommendations from the UN. Sam Rainsy Party spokesman Yim Sovann said Wednesday that Subedi should focus on the purpose of his trip, which is to assess Cambodia’s progress in reforming its judiciary. He also said, as he has previously, that he has little faith in the anti-graft law. “I don’t believe the government can perform it effectively because the majority of the anticorruption board is appointed by the Council of Ministers,” he said. Subedi will conclude his visit today.
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