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HM Says Garments Made in Cambodian Factory Without Approval
Hennes & Mauritz AB (HMB) , Europe's second-biggest clothing retailer, said some H&M garments were produced without its knowledge or approval at a factory in Cambodia where workers were injured in a partial building collapse this week. A supplier of the Stockholm-based company placed two minor orders with an unapproved sub-supplier at the Hong Kong-owned Top World garment ...
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Cambodias insurance revenues rise by 30 pct in Q1 - Shanghai Daily
PHNOM PENH, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's insurance industry earned a total premium of 12 million U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2013, up 30 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the industry's report released Wednesday.The main sources of the premium were from fire insurance of 28 percent, motor insurance of 18 percent, personal accident insurance of ...
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Royal projects in aid of Cambodia extended by three more years - Thailand National News Bureau
BANGKOK, 22 May 2013 (NNT) - Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on 21 May witnessed the signing of an agreement to extend the Royal Project on educational and public health assistance to Cambodia by three more years. The signing ceremony was held at Chitralada Palace between representatives of the Committee for the Royal Project on educational and public health assistance to ...
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Garment saving lives of mothers in Cambodia - International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Fistula will be held on Thursday (May 23rd) and be commemorated with events and campaign launches around the world, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has announced. A non-pneumatic anti-shock garment has been successfully deployed in rural health centres in Cambodia, having saved the lives of two mothers since April, the USAID Better Health Services project has ...
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Cambodian Prince Ordered to Declare Assets - Radio Free Asia
Cambodia's official Anti-Corruption Unit has demanded that the former spokesman for late King Norodom Sihanouk declare his assets or face legal action in a move he says is retribution for his decision to join the country's opposition party ahead of upcoming national elections.The investigative Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), which critics have accused of being linked to the ruling ...
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Laos considers requirements to adopt timber trade regulations
Laos is examining the conditions necessary to enforce international rules on the timber trade and the sourcing of wood products, which will ensure effective and sustainable forest management.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Phuangparisak Pravongviengkham, revealed the progress made at a workshop held yesterday in Vientiane to enhance and understand the Forest Law Enforcement, ...
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For ambitious young Cambodians Chinese is becoming the obvious second ... - the Diplomat
When 20-year-old Suon Chiva was choosing a language to complement his native Khmer, it didn’t take him long to decide. He saw where the products in his local markets were made and where the new investments in his country were coming from. Learning to speak Chinese, he decided, made the most sense. "Cambodia now has a lot of business people coming here from China," Chiva says. ...
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Britain jails Cambodia sex offender
David Graham admitted abusing a 14-year-old Cambodian boy in Phnom Penh in 2006. He has been jailed for the crime in Britain, after more than six years on the run. (Daily Mail photo) David Graham, 47, had been on the run for six years after committing the crime in 2006, but was arrested in France, before being extradited to Britain. It is only the second time that a sex offender has been ...
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- IFEX General Meeting and Strategy Conference - Phnom Penh Cambodia 17 to 20 June 2013
IFEX Strategy Conferences take place every two years and are the largest global gatherings of free expression advocates. Local stakeholders, donors and other special guests are invited to join IFEX members in a broad dialogue -- to network, exchange skills, forge new alliances and take part in a dynamic and experiential programme of structured sessions, small group work, and a marketplace of ...
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Factorys walkway collapses 23 injured - UPI.com
A connecting walkway at a garment factory in Cambodia collapsed into a pond sending 23 employees to hospitals, officials said. The 30-feet-long walkway collapsed Monday while workers were eating lunch on the structure, The Phnom Penh Post reported. A pregnant woman, Khem Rany, was among the injured. "We don't know what happened," she said. "The construction collapsed into ...
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Seven Feared Trapped in Cambodian Gold Mine Collapse
PHNOM PENH -- A gold mine shaft has collapsed in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia, trapping at least seven miners, officials said Monday. Police said late Monday they are trying to rescue the trapped miners, near Romtum village, Rovieng district, but the shaft is very deep and old, making rescue efforts difficult. "We don’t have the identities or the exact number of people, ...
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Cambodia launches cassava development project under China UNDP support - Peoples Daily Online
PHNOM PENH, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia launched Tuesday the second phase of cassava development project under the support of China and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).Speaking at the launching ceremony, Teng Lao, secretary of state of Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, said the second phase of the project, which will last until September 2014, was made possible with the funding of ...
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Cambodia reliant on China for a range of infastructure projects
Cambodia is in need of foreign investment for a number of major infrastructure projects and China is becoming the country’s biggest investor on several key ventures. This is part of a broader expansion in China’s influence in Asia as the country continues to develop into the world’s second superpower.
Cambodia suffered through the economic downturn that came about following the financial crash toward the end of 2008. In 2009, the economy contracted 1%, which wrought significant hardship for many hundreds of thousands of people, most notably those employed in the garment sector as the export of clothing fell by around 20% in value. Read more
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