Monday, 6 April 2009

The Phnom Penh Post News In Briefs

In Brief: Meas Chanta pulls out

Written by ROBERT STARKWEATHER
Monday, 06 April 2009

PHNOM PENH - Reigning ISKA world welterweight champion Meas Chanta pulled out of his main event fight against Voy Sothun Sunday at TV5 arena. Meas Chanta was "feeling unwell" in the hours leading up to the bout according to his trainer Chit Sarim. Stand-in fighter Um Dara went on to lose on points to Voy Sothun.


In Brief: Vietnam trade initiative

Written by May Kunmakara
Monday, 06 April 2009

THE Vietnamese government has plans to construct a warehouse to store traded goods in Cambodia, a Vietnamese official said Sunday. Le Bien Cuong, commercial counsellor at the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh, said a Vietnamese delegation led by Ho Chi Minh City Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong met with Cambodian government officials Wednesday to discuss the project, which would be used to store imported goods and to help process trade taxes. The location is yet to be decided, Sok Darith, deputy director of the Trade Promotion Department, said.


In Brief: World Bank report due

Written by STEVE FINCH
Monday, 06 April 2009

THE World Bank is due to publish a new economic review of Cambodia and the rest of the region on Tuesday, it said in a press release late last week. The report will give an update on the impact of the global financial crisis on the region, the organisation said, with particular focus on the repercussions for poor people in Cambodia and the Asia-Pacific. The report is to also assess the impact of China's slowed GDP growth on the rest of the region.


In Brief: Education official heads to Europe

Written by Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Monday, 06 April 2009

Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodia Independent Teachers Association, will attend a series of advocacy meetings in London this week, as part of a lecture series run by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. CITA spokesman Leng Bunhong said Sunday that Rong Chhun will address education and the desperate working conditions currently facing teachers in Cambodia. Leng Bunhong added that Rong Chhun will continue on to France and Norway for further talks.


In Brief: Land-mine deaths falling: Authority

Written by Sam Rith
Monday, 06 April 2009

The Cambodian Mine Action Authority has recorded that the number of people injured by land mines in Cambodia has dramatically decreased over a 5-year period. From 2001 to 2005, some 838 people were injured by mine explosions on average per year, but the number dropped to 450 in 2006, to 352 in 2007 and tp 266 last year, the group announced in a press release Sunday.


In Brief: Ranariddh loses mansion to FCC

Written by Vong Sokheng
Monday, 06 April 2009

Prince Norodom Ranariddh has lost a court battle over the ownership of a colonial-era mansion to the owners of the FCC, giving them permission to develop the site, which they currently operate under the name Le Mansion. Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled Saturday that the house, located on Sothearos Boulevard, would be leased to the company on a 99-year contract. But Ranariddh's spokesman Chea Chanboribo disputed the ruling, saying that Prime Minister Hun Sen certified the house as the prince's property in a 2005 letter. "The Prince lost his case the same way as many Cambodian people who have their land grabbed by the powerful," he said.

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