THE Cambodian Health Committee (CHC), an NGO offering healthcare, has changed its name to SAMIC Ltd in a bid to avoid confusion over its status, which since 2005 has also been as a microfinance institution, General Manager King Kap Kalyan said Tuesday. First established in 1994 as a healthcare provider in rural areas, CHC has for the past five years also offered a full range of microfinance services in the provinces as a body separate from the Cambodian Health Committee. As of the end of December, SAMIC had outstanding loans of US$5.5 million to 11,000 households across seven provinces, said King Kap Kalyan.
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‘Do not harm Cambodians’, says PM’s son to oppositionPrime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet said on Sunday that the Kingdom would not bow to international pressure, and accused some Western countries of siding with opposition politicians who hold dual citizenship to exert pressure on Cambodia. The remarks were made after