Monday, 14 December 2009

The Phnom Penh Post News in Brief



(Posted by CAAI News Media)

Brief: Medals given for losses

Monday, 14 December 2009 15:00 Dan Riley

VIENTIANE – Cambodia slung a couple more bronzes on their medals heap Sunday thanks to the efforts of their shuttlecock team. However, the medals can only be regarded as a consolation prize with Heng Rawut and Chea Sreymeas losing all of their round-robin matches in straight sets, and collecting bronzes by default. The game, like a cross between badminton and volleyball and played using only the feet, is currently only competed by Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Doubles and teams events start today, and conclude Wednesday.

Brief: Boxers earn 2 bronzes

Monday, 14 December 2009 15:00 Dan Riley

VIENTIANE – Legendary Cambodian boxer Ei Phouthang, 31, lost his semifinal Sunday against Malaysia’s Muhd Fairus Azwan by a 9-3 points decision to finish the competition with a bronze medal. Hin Saiheng also lost his semifinal to Laotian Chanthachone Keoudone, with a 6-0 points decision, to double the bronzes from boxing ring. Finals for the various weight divisions are on Wednesday and Thursday.

Conference to focus on industrial relations

Monday, 14 December 2009 15:00 May Kunmakara

THE Arbitration Council Foundation will deliver a set of recommendations to improve industrial relations in industries affected by the global economic crisis today at its fourth National Industrial Relations Conference in Phnom Penh. The foundation was established in 2004 to support the labour dispute resolution work of the Arbitration Council, an independent quasi-judicial body with authority established in 2003 under the Labour Law of Cambodia.

Vietnam inks dam pact

Monday, 14 December 2009 15:00 Ith Sothoeuth

THE Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding last week with a Vietnamese state-owned corporation to complete a feasibility study into a potential 980-megawatt hydroelectricity dam in Stung Treng province, Ministry Deputy Director General Victor Zona said Sunday. The study, to be conducted by Vietnam Urban and Industrial Zone Development Investment Corporation would last two years. Eventually a green light would be required from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of the Environment and the Mekong River Commission, he said. “If one of these three institutions opposes the project, it will not go ahead.”

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