Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth (centre) discusses digital platforms with officials at an inter-ministerial meeting on Monday. Photo supplied
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The government on Monday (Dec 28) held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss setting up a digital television platform as part of the Kingdom’s shift away from analogue.
Held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the meeting discussed the would-be platform operator’s models of management and financing (public, private or mixed) and shutting off analogue signals before 2023.
Also on the agenda were management of internet and mobile audiovisual services in the 700MHz frequency band, medium and long-term digital infrastructure and their implications for channels and progress updates, as well as business models for investment, the finance ministry said in a press release.
The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia.- IOM Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The report found that nearly 30 per cent of migrant households have no income at all and nearly 60 per cent of them have no source of earnings in Cambodia. IOM Cambodia
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Cambodia and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Cambodia released a survey report describing the hardships and vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers who returned to Cambodia from abroad following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project will benefit nearly 200,000 people in five provinces, covering 51,000ha of arable land. - PPP
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth said the Cambodian government welcomed investments worth €80 million (US$97 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (IAIP) in Cambodia.
He regarded the project as a crucial step towards improving living conditions and agricultural production in the country.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), EIB, EU and the Cambodian government will be joining hands to implement the project.
In a press release on Dec 15, the EIB said the purpose of IAIP is to modernise water supply infrastructure and irrigation systems in rural Cambodia.
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Disabled people drive vehicles along Sothearos Boulevard in Phnom Penh s Chamkarmon district last year. - PPP
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Cambodian government, through three relevant ministries, issued an inter-ministerial prakas (declaration) allowing disabled people to have the right to legally get a driver’s licence.
The prakas was co-signed by Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol, Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng, and Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Vong Soth on Dec 3 and made public on Dec 10.
It states that disabled people have the right to drive motorcycles with engine displacements greater than 125cc, or that utilise more than 11kW of electricity, as well as motorcycles with trailers, tuk-tuks and four-wheeled motorcycles.