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ខ្មែរ Laws and Regulation
Transport Minister Urges Relevant Officials to Speed Up Work on Drafting New Port Law
- 27 July 2021
Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol urged all relevant officials to speed up works on drafting the new port law during an official meeting on Monday 26 July. According to HE Sun Chanthol, to date, the working group has completed most of the draft. “Currently, we are still revising the meaning, wording, and spelling of some parts to make the draft more comprehensive,” said ...
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Kampong Chhnang Authorities to Strengthen Controls on Divided Land Plot Businesses
- 15 July 2021
Kampong Chhnang Governor HE Sun Sovannarith has urged community-based authorities to collect data and update the numbers of divided land plot development businesses throughout the province, to be able to enforce a better management system. HE Sun Sovannarith gave the order while chairing a meeting with relevant officers to discuss divided land plot development on Monday 12 July. The meeting ...
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Transport Minister: No More Reckless Construction, MPWT to Launch Road Construction Quality Monitoring App
- 15 July 2021
The Minister of Public Works and Transport HE Sun Chanthol has ordered the relevant officers to strengthen road construction works to ensure quality and longer durability, while also announcing a plan to launch a new road construction quality monitoring application. HE Sun Chanthol gave the order and revealed the application initiative at a meeting to review the work progresses, challenges, and...
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Over 10 Commercial Real Estate Disputes Resolved Through National Arbitration Centre
- 15 July 2021
From 2013 to June 2021, the National Commercial Arbitration Centre has settled more than 29 disputes in various commercial fields, or equivalent economic value of approximately US$80 million, 57% of which were from the construction and property sectors. National Commercial Arbitration Centre President Bun Youdy said that out-of-court cases solved include sectors such as construction, real estat...
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Council of Ministers Approves New Investment Draft Law
- 9 July 2021
The Council of the Ministers has approved the new draft investment law in its plenary session held on the morning of Friday 9 July. Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen said during the plenary session video conference that the proposed law is a legal basis to attract and facilitate investors to invest more in Cambodia. This new investment law was compiled by inter-ministries led by the Ministry of...
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Understanding Wastewater & Sewage Regulations in Cambodia
- 8 July 2021
By law, all buildings both under-construction and completed projects must follow the regulations regarding wastewater and sewage management. According to Sub-decree 235, all building owners must build a septic tank (a type of storage tank for the separation of organic waste from toilets and bathrooms before releasing it into the sewage system) following the building permit. Before releasing ...
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Ministry of Environment Issues New IESIA Guidelines for Five Development Sectors
- 6 July 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) has issued five new Prakas providing detailed procedural guidelines on five development sectors while conducting their Initial Environmental Social Impact Assessment Report (IESIA). According to five different Prakas dated 29 June 2021, those sectors include: 1) All kinds of construction with a total area of between 15,000 to 45,000 square metres, except for...
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New Draft Investment Law to be Submitted for Government Approval Next Week
- 2 July 2021
The long-waited draft of the new investment law will be submitted for government approval next week after the respective ministries completed compiling new inputs with the updated situation in Cambodia. HE Sok Chanda Sophea, Minister attached to Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), said that the draft will be submitted to the government’s pl...
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Thai Government Mulls Permitting Foreign Ownership of Property & Land
- 28 June 2021
The Thai Government is considering making changes to its immigration policies to provide 10-year visas to foreigners who own property in Thailand, reported the Bangkok Post in early June. The revised investment-based immigration program would provide the long-stay visas to four priority groups; wealthy retirees, high-net-worth global citizens, rich professionals working in Thailand and highly-s...
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Koh Kong Governor Revokes All Protected Land Transaction Papers Signed by Local Authorities
- 26 June 2021
Koh Kong Provincial Governor HE Mithona Phouthong has ordered commune and Sangkat officers to stop approving or signing off on all illegal protected land transaction documents and also voided all the previously-signed ones. According to the order letter issued on 24 June, those documents include land transfers, land use permissions, state land purchase agreements, land boundary and location ver...
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