Day: December 11, 2008

The Prince Appointed top Adviser to the King

  Phnom Penh: The prince Norodom Ranariddh, the former Funcinpic and Norodom Ranariddh party president, recently has been appointed top adviser to the king Sihamoni, said Norodom Ranariddh party spokesmen Sut Kina. The position is equal to the prime minister’s.…

New school raises the bar

Siem Reap American educator Mark Fox brings top flight education to Cambodia, saying he hopes to groom 100 disadvantaged students a year to attend elite universities in the United States SIEM Reap’s Jay Pritzker Academy, modelled after private American college…

Cambodian economy to slow in 2009: World Bank

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s economic growth will slow to 4.9 percent next year amid the global financial crisis, less than half the country’s expansion pace of previous years, the World Bank said Wednesday. “Cambodia, compared to many other countries in the…