Archive for May, 2008

Malaysia biggest investor in Cambodia

The report from the Development Council of Cambodia revealed that Malaysia has been Cambodia’s biggest investor for 14 consecutive years totalling US$2.19 billion, Malaysia’s Ambassador to Cambodia told Malaysian National News Agency May 29.
With investments of [U]S$1.761 billion, China ranked second, Datuk Adnan added.
“Among the business carried out by Malaysian companies are power generation, textile [...]

Debate over mandatory arbitration in employment dispute

It’s an old article written by Fitz as far back as 1999 but there may be something in his article interesting for the development of the Cambodia-based Arbitration Council.
Debate over mandatory arbitration in employment disputes, The[...]
Dispute Resolution Journal, Feb 1999, by Fitz, Andrea
I will sure read it once I’ve known what exactly to do for [...]

“Shake Girl” a “graphic novel” re Tat Marina’s True Story

The graphic novel “Shake Girl” produced by 14 Stanford students really has opened my eyes to the chains of life events of a former Cambodian karaoke performer before she was attacked with acid and severely burnt over 45% of her body.
In the comic form of novel, not only was it visually easy and interesting to [...]

Approximately 250,000 jobs necessary to bring unemployment down

An average of 250,000 entered the Cambodian job market every year from 2003 to 2007 while only an average of 150,000 new jobs were created, Sok Hach, director of the Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC), has told The Cambodia Daily, according to Xinhua.

Vietnam ranks third on number of tourists visiting Cambodia

“Vietnam ranks third following the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan on the number of tourists visiting Cambodia in the first quarter of this year,” VietNamNet Bridge wrote May 5 in its news article More Vietnam tourists keen on Cambodia tourism (Link last visited May 6), following a visit by Cambodian Minister of Tourism.
In January [...]

Wordpress for Dummies: A quick review

Wordpress for Dummies is just a great book for learning Wordpress software! Whether you’re a newbie or intermediate, it’s the right book. Once you’ve finished the book, you can be confident enough to get the best out of the Wordpress software both as a blogging platform and as a content management system (CMS).