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COVID-19: The Impact on Leases and Rental Payments in Cambodia
- 23 May 2020
The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to rage and tenants in Cambodia are now looking carefully at whether this situation can be considered a force majeure event in order to seek a cessation or reduction of their rental payments. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic. In respons...
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MEF calls for permit and license applications by end of April
- 11 April 2020
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has called on all owners of lot development businesses to apply for their permits of lot development businesses and land licenses of lot developments before 30 April this year. “MEF has mandated all owners of lot development business occupying land under 10,000 square meters to apply for their permit of lot development business at the Municipal-Provinci...
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No travel ban from one district to another, the government’s resolution statement
- 10 April 2020
On April 10, 202, the government issued a new decision stating that there is no travel ban from one district to another in the same province and that Phnom Penh and Kandal are considered one same region through which people can travel. Please note that this decision is an amendment to Order 02B.B issued on the night of April 9, 2020, banning domestic travel from Phnom Penh to the provinces or t...
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Government bans intra-national travel to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- 9 April 2020
Samdech Techo Hun Sen has ordered the imposition of travel restrictions to within city limits, from province to province and from district to district throughout the kingdom, starting from 24:00 on Thursday 9 April to 24:00 on Thursday 16 April 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a government order issued on the afternoon of 9 April 2020. The restrictions were announced followi...
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Government announces all workers and civil servants to work as normal during Khmer New Year
- 8 April 2020
Samdech Techo Hun Sen has announced that all workers and civil servants are to continue to work as normal during the Khmer New Year to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the Khmer New Year. The announcement was made at a press conference on updating the current situation of COVID-19 in Cambodia at the Peace Palace on 7 April 2020. Samdech ordered that “All workers and civil servants are n...
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Four communes in Ta Khmau to obtain tax exemption on properties until 2023
- 7 April 2020
Four communes in Takhmau city of Kandal province will be exempted from property taxes until 2023. Those communes are Svay Rolum, Koh Anloung Chen, Sitbo, and Rakar Khpos communes divided from S'ang and Kandal Stueng districts of Kandal province. This tax exemption aims to provide relief for those commune residents who never experienced tax duty previously, according to a Prakas issued by the Minis...
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Ministry of Education: Gym and fitness centres to temporarily close due to COVID-19
- 6 April 2020
All gym and fitness centres in Cambodia are to be temporarily closed to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension of gym and fitness businesses is to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 in Cambodia, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Pich Sok, a trainer at the Jouvance Fitness Center, told reporters that the closure of...
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Land Division from Sub-Decree 80 land area and Botum Sakor National Park not yet complete
- 6 April 2020
The request for the land division from sub-decree 80 covered land area and the Botum Sakor National Park for residents has not yet reached approval, mentioned by Mr. Chea Sovy, Governor of Koh Kong District, in an interview with Construction and Property Magazine on 3 April 2020. “The land division is to cut from the Botum Sakor National Park and Sub-Decree 80 on the Creation of the Tatai Wildl...
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The Impact of COVID-19 On Construction Contracts in Cambodia
- 3 April 2020
Questions and uncertainty related to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic on construction contracts in Cambodia have been the subject of great interest and concern by real estate developers and construction companies since the beginning of this outbreak. Parties to construction contracts are now carefully analyzing whether this situation can be considered a force majeure event. On 11 March...
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National Bank urges institutions not to foreclose on the property during COVID-19 crisis
- 2 April 2020
The First Deputy Inspector General of the National Bank of Cambodia has requested all banks and microfinance institutions to avoid seizure of clients' assets while the economic situation slows down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a local press release, Mr Kith Sovannarith, First Deputy Inspector General of the National Bank of Cambodia, requested all banks and microfinance to solve t...
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