Insight
Cambodia
Power Supply: Currently,
the total power supply capacity in Phnom Penh including that of the
Kirirom Hydroelectricity plant currently is around 150 megawatts.
Approximately 90% of the electricity supply comes from diesel power
plants. However, demand in Phnom Penh and throughout the country is
growing rapidly and the current power supply cannot meet the growing
demand. Power blackouts in Phnom Penh continue to occur. Currently,
Cambodia is currently importing electricity from Vietnam.and Thailand
to serve the provinces along the borders. According to the Cambodia
Power Sector Strategy (1999-2016) developed by the Ministry of
Industry, Mines, and Energy (MIME), annual electricity demand in
Cambodia is projected to rise from 522GWh in 1998 to 2,634 GWh in 2016.
To meet this demand, the government plans to develop $1 billion worth
of hydro, gas turbine, thermal, and combined cycle base load thermal
generating plants in Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Battambang, and other
cities between 2000 and 2010.
Article: Cambodia
is Building Transmission Lines
Telecommunication: In Phnom Penh, fixed lines are
mostly provided by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC).
Cellular phone companies such as Cambodia Samart Communication,
Mobitel, and Cambodia Shinawatra provide international roaming
services.
There are currently four
ISPs providing Internet services in Cambodia; Camnet, Online, TeleSurf
and Camintel. In Cambodia, accessing the Internet can be done through
dialup, wireless broadband, DSL and satellite broadband, or a leased
line.
Business
and Social Etiquette:
Cambodian Fonts:
Some
of the internet websites in Cambodian language offer a rich information
sources to those who speak the language. To utilize
these websites you will need Cambodian language text viewer software
although some sites also offer English language text as well. If
you wish to view these sites fully, you will need a Cambodian language
package which allows Cambodian character input. Cambodian
Fonts, click here.
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Newspapers:
- Phnom Penh Post (English
language) Website:
- Cambodia
Daily (English language)
- Koh Santepheap Daily
(Khmer language)
- KhmerNet.com
- Cambodian News and Information
- CambodiaJournal.com
- Washington Post News on Cambodia
> Radio
and Audio Broadcasts
- Voice of America
- offers Khmer language audio broadcasts
- Voice Of Cambodia Radio International - news and
music
- CambodianRadio.net
- Khmer language radio
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Television Stations:
- National
TV (TVK) of Cambodia
- IBC
TV Cambodia (Royal Military TV Station)
- TV9
(Khmer Television 9)
-
Apsara Television 11
- Phnom
Penh Municipality TV-3 Station
- Bayon
TV 27
- CTN (Cambodian TV
Network)
>
Land:
Investors Interested in Agriculture
Projects in Cambodia Cambodia has quietly started to
turn up on the agendas of major
agriculture, ethanol, bio-diesel, sugar and other producers and forest
plantation growers as an attractive and interesting site to locate
projects.
Cambodia's Thriving Real Estate Market
Enriches the Elite and Sidelines the Poor Source: International Herald Tribune,
3/2008.
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