Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: IRI to hold seminar on how polls work
The
International Republican Institute of Cambodia is today holding a
seminar aimed at improving understanding of their polling techniques.
The seminar will outline how IRI polls work, why they are effective and
how they are used by the country's political parties. IRI polls are
used in Cambodia to measure national sentiment and ensure that
government responds to the peoples' needs. The latest polling data will
be released February 16.
Ministers to tackle sea pollutantsPreah Sihanouk provincial authorities and members of local communities have collected 77 tonnes of water hyacinth at a Sihanoukville beach, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall spokesperson Or Saroeun said. He told The Post yesterday that the aquatic weeds had been floating along some of the province’s
EU timber deal in firing lineA committee of more than 20 national and international organisations filed a petition to the EU on October 10 to prevent it from signing a timber trade agreement with Vietnam, noting that the deal would be disastrous to the Kingdom’s forests. The petition claims Vietnamese timber
Negotiations on EBA being heldIn an effort to defuse tensions, a senior government official said Cambodia is negotiating with the European Union (EU) on the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade deal, which allows the Kingdom to export goods to the 28-member bloc tariff-free. The EU notified Cambodia on October 5
Kim Sok to keep up fight ‘for change’ from FinlandKim Sok, wanted by the Kingdom’s authorities for defaming the government, reiterated on Sunday his determination to continue helping to make “a real change” to Cambodian politics after receiving asylum in Finland, even as a government spokesman mocked the political analyst over the development.
