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Interior Ministry Registers Nearly 70 Associations in 2022
The Interior Ministry registered nearly 70 associations in the last half of 2022’s Royal Gazette.
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9% of New Factory Representatives Are Cambodian
Some 87 factories were given new permits in the first three months of the 2023 Royal Gazette, mostly in garments but also for furniture, plastics, electronics, rice, cigarettes and other manufacturing.
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Nearly 1 Million Hectares of State Land Privatized in Half Year
Around 951,213 hectares of state land was reclassified in six months of Royal Gazette documents last year, with the bulk going to unexplained “community zones” and the remainder parceled out mostly to politically connected businesses and individuals as well as state institutions.
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Public Forest Privatized for Prime Minister’s Delegate
The government transferred a plot of state forest in Preah Sihanouk to minister delegate Sry Thamarong and his wife for personal ownership.
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Property Executives, ‘Timber Scion’ Appear Among New Citizens
Some 70 foreign nationals received Cambodian citizenship in the first quarter of the 2023 Royal Gazette, apparently including a Singaporean “timber scion” who heads a Cambodian microfinance firm and has tried his hand at K-pop.
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Foreign Reps Get Medals, Bureaucrats Reshuffled in Gazette 6
Two delegations of foreign workers were given honorary medals by the Cambodian government last year, according to book six of the Royal Gazette, alongside a number of provincial official appointments and transfers.
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Honors, Promotions for Chip Mong, Hang Meas, Hun Sen’s Son in Gazette Book 5
The fifth book of the Royal Gazette for 2023 doles out medals and new titles for the political and business elite, including the son of former Prime Minister Hun Sen and a prominent oknha.
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Nearly 200 Cambodian Citizenships Granted in Six Months Last Year
Nearly 200 people of 20 different nationalities were granted Cambodian citizenship in the Royal Gazette for the second semester of 2022.
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Angkor Wat Experts Lauded Amid Evictions at Heritage Site, and More in Book Four
Experts and administrators associated with an Angkor Wat oversight body and the current French ambassador were given honorary medals in Book 4 of the Royal Gazette.
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New Ambassador, Defectors and Overseas Medal Recipients: Gazette Book 3
Prominent opposition officials joined the government, overseas businesspersons were given medals and a new ambassador was appointed in documents published in the third royal gazette of 2023.
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Another Family Member Gets Appointed to Manet’s Administration
Prime Minister Hun Manet added another minister delegate to his staff — the son-in-law of former National Assembly president Heng Samrin.
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Airport Tycoon Made Adviser, Oknha Get Promotions: Gazette Book 2
Royal Gazette book 2, now indexed in English, contains appointments of Grassroots Democracy Party officials to government positions, OCIC tycoon Pung Kheav Se to PM adviser, and board members for the troubled HOPE hospital center.
