Tag Archives: cambodia

UBER transport service is illegal

Posted on 27 August 2014 KUALA LUMPUR: The UBER mobile app transport service that connects passengers with drivers of private vehicles for hire and ride-sharing services is illegal. Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar (pix) said the use of private vehicles to carry fare-paying passengers is an offence under the Land Public Transport Act 2010. …

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WORLD LEADERS ARRIVE IN TURKEY TO ATTEND ERDOĞAN’S INAUGURATION

ISTANBUL — World leaders and international organizations’ representatives have started to arrive in Turkey to attend President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inauguration ceremony, which will be held at Turkish Parliament in Ankara on Thursday. More than 40 foreign invitees, including Bosnian chairman Bakir İzetbegovic, General Secretary of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Dmitry Mezentsev, Deputy PM of Swaziland have been greeted by officials …

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Kenya drops visa rules for South Africans

AUG 26, 2014 Confirmation has been received from Nairobi that the Kenyan government has, for the time being, suspended the introduction of what has been described retaliatory Visa requirements for South African citizens. Forward bookings by South African tourists visiting the Kenya coast had in recent weeks taken a drastic downturn when it became known that wannabe visitors were to …

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Senegal imposes Ebola-related travel curbs

Regional humanitarian hub Senegal said on Friday it had blocked a regional U.N. aid plane from landing and was banning all further flights to and from countries affected by Ebola, potentially hampering the emergency response to the epidemic. A number of aid agencies have their regional headquarters in politically stable Senegal. Both medical charity MSF and the United Nations, which …

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Nok and Scoot tie the knot

BANGKOK, 25 August 2014: Nok Air and Singapore’s Scoot have successfully acquired Pete Air Company Ltd that will allow the two airlines to speed up registration and air operating permits for their planned joint venture It is understood Pete Air Company was acquired as it already had an airline operating permit from the Thailand Department of Civil Aviation and this …

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Muslim in Cambodia

INTRODUCTION Kingdom of Champa: 192 – 1835. The Cham lived on the coastal area of the present day Vietnam, from Hoanhson (Porte d’Annam) to Vinh Tau / Vung Tau (Cape Saint – Jacques) in the south. Champa was one of the highly civilized “Malay” Kingdoms in Southeast Asia. DISPLACEMENT OF THE CHAM Champa people were progressively displaced from their territories …

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