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Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen receives here today visiting H.E. Ms. Nguyen Kimngan, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Photo: Chey Phum PulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-17557463618342202632010-11-10T11:35:00.000+07:002010-11-10T11:35:52.458+07:00Samdech Techo Hun Sen Receives President of Import-Export Bank of ChinaAKP, Phnom Penh, November 8, 2010 <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1OK_fy1PKiKDKmkAG33MlTej33BNsk1qoEhrP6vn93b8ZDbbnz81KHfixI4g6hnPyygE0uHIo0wak0a-Ch6GtQo-bvLJYm7HYMqBCqAuu36Nk4C4voOW1-fSUo0FYp8saKSEnYw8I4Ee/s1600/2-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1OK_fy1PKiKDKmkAG33MlTej33BNsk1qoEhrP6vn93b8ZDbbnz81KHfixI4g6hnPyygE0uHIo0wak0a-Ch6GtQo-bvLJYm7HYMqBCqAuu36Nk4C4voOW1-fSUo0FYp8saKSEnYw8I4Ee/s320/2-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen meets here on November 6 Mr. Li Ruogu, President of Import-Export Bank of China. <br />
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On the occasion, Premier Techo Hun Sen asked the Import-Export Bank of China to consider reducing the interest rate of Cambodian loans in order to help develop the country and boost the BOT-system investment through major companies on infrastructure and railroads from Phnom Penh to Vietnam as well. Photo: Chey Phum PulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-16302786034034775022010-11-10T11:34:00.000+07:002010-11-10T11:34:01.537+07:00H.E. Keat Chhon meets President of Import-Export Bank of China.AKP, Phnom Penh, November 8, 2010 <br />
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On the occasion, Cambodian minister asked Chinese side to boost for the agreements’ signing during the upcoming official visit of Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen to China over the five projects which the two sides have already discussed. Photo: Hun Yuth KunUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-5069264962859691612010-11-10T11:31:00.000+07:002010-11-10T11:31:43.914+07:00H.E. Keat Chhon meets Director of Commercial and Industrial Bank of China.AKP, Phnom Penh, November 8, 2010 <br />
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During the meeting, Mr. Jiang Jian Qing told Cambodian minister of his interesting on the agriculture and construction fields in Cambodia. <br />
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Photo: Hun Yuth KunUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-22496995745921199492010-11-06T05:04:00.002+07:002010-11-06T05:04:21.374+07:00Malaysia Airlines Steps Up Partnership with Cambodia<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, November 5, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Malaysian airlines has increased its routine flights to Cambodia due to higher demand from passengers, Chinese News Agency Xinhua quoted a statement released Thursday by Société Concessionnaire des Aéroports (SCA), which overseas airports in Cambodia. <a name='more'></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">“When flight MH 762 touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport on Nov. 3 at 15:59, it marked a new milestone in the partnership between the airport and the Malaysian carrier,” it said in the statement. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">With the addition of two new weekly flights to its scheduled daily operations between Kuala Lumpur and Phnom Penh, Malaysian Airlines is showing its confidence in the traffic growth potential between the two countries, it added. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Passenger on board of the B737-800 (166 seats) were received and greeted by representative from both SCA & Malaysia Airlines. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The additional flights operate on Wednesday and Saturday, with arrival time at 16:10 pm and departure time at 17:10 pm. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Nicolas Deviller, CEO of SCA, the developer and operator of Cambodia’s international airports said, “Malaysia Airlines is the first airline that started operating at Phnom Penh International Airport when the country just reopened to the world in 1992.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">“We have built very strong relationships since then and they keep on growing. Today is a significant evidence of them,” he added. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Abdul Karim Md. Isa (Area Manager Cambodia) at Malaysia Airlines declared that “the growing market demand for the route prompts the airline to introduce additional frequency from 7 per weekly to 9 per weekly.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Malaysia Airlines also operates three weekly flights between Siem Reap and Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. --AKP</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-69265179302464922172010-11-06T05:03:00.000+07:002010-11-06T05:03:17.624+07:00Cambodia Hosts 6th Meeting of Anti-Corruption Body under ASEAN Framework<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, November 5, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Cambodia</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> hosted on Nov. 4 the 6<sup>th</sup> annual meeting of the ASEAN member countries, the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on “Preventing and Fighting Corruption” at Apsara Angkor Hotel in Siem Reap province. <a name='more'></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The meeting, scheduled to be concluded today, is aimed at sharing mutual experiences in fighting corruption among nine ASEAN member countries (Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), according to a spokesman for the National Council of Anti-Corruption. --AKP<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(By LIM Nary)</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-72164139499775040862010-11-06T05:01:00.002+07:002010-11-06T05:01:52.396+07:00Spouse of China’s Top Legislature Chairman Appreciates Cambodia’s CRC President<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, November 5, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Zhang Ruizhen, the spouse of H.E. Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, expressed strong appreciation and compliment at the work and merit in humanitarian activities of Lok Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Sen, president of Cambodian Red Cross (CRC). <a name='more'></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Zhang made the expression during a talk with the Cambodian CRC president on Nov. 4, 2010 in Phnom Penh. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In reply, Lok Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Sen expressed deep thanks to the Chinese people and government for their assistance to Cambodia, especially in improving and building many kinds of infrastructures including roads, schools, bridges, etc. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The CRC president attributed the achievements to increasing, good cooperation between both countries. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Lok Chumteav Bun Rany Hun Sen also extended profound thanks to the Chinese government for providing medical and health cares for the Cambodian King-Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. --AKP </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(By Théng)</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span> </span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-39933077752466291832010-11-06T05:00:00.000+07:002010-11-06T05:00:12.012+07:00PM Receives ICBC and BOC Chairmen<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, November 5, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, received here today Mr. Jiang Jianqing, chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). <a name='more'></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In the meeting, Mr. Jiang said his bank has been conducting a study to open an ICBC’s branch in Cambodia because, he explained, Cambodia is China’s good friend and neighbor, Ieng Sophalet, assistant to the Cambodian premier told reporters after the meeting. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">ICBC has so far established its branches in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, Mr. Jiang said, adding that the upcoming ICBC’s branch in Cambodia will provide credits to hydro-power field, in which many Chinese companies have invested and to other fields as well in order to contribute to Cambodia’s development. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In reply, the Cambodian prime minister welcomed and encouraged ICBC to open a branch in the country because, he said, Cambodia-China cooperation in the future as well as now will advance incessantly. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Samdech Techo Hun Sen further asked ICBC, once being present in Cambodia, to consider providing support to companies investing in agricultural field. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">On the same day, the Cambodian premier also met with Mr. Li Lihui, chairman of the Bank of China (BOC). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Samdech Techo Hun Sen thanked BOC for providing loans to Royal Group, a private company. He said private sector is a major force pushing Cambodia into development. He thus urged BOC to continue its support to other private companies, particularly those investing in agricultural field. --AKP</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(By SOKMOM Nimul)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-7340035572512071532010-11-06T04:58:00.002+07:002010-11-06T04:58:56.879+07:00Cambodia and China Become Strategic Partners<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, November 5, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Cambodia</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> and China have expressed their congratulations on the rapid development over the bilateral relations and all-round cooperation in recent years, <a name='more'></a>Cambodian Information Minister H.E. Khieu Kanharith told the media upon the meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and visiting Chinese top legislator H.E. Mr. Wu Bangguo at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on Thursday.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">H.E. Khieu Kanharith who is also spokesman for the Royal Government of Cambodia further told the press that H.E. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, has underlined China’s commitment to developing ties with Cambodia, labeling Cambodia as a reliable neighbor, friend and brother.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">H.E. Wu Bangguo proposed the two countries to further deepen on agriculture cooperation, encouraging Chinese business to expand agricultural products trade with Cambodia and supporting Cambodia to upgrade its inspection and quarantine capability on agricultural products.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The top Chinese legislator called for stronger infrastructure construction cooperation, urging Chinese businesses to play a bigger part in Cambodian transportation, electricity, telecommunications construction and expressed his hope on stronger investment and industrial cooperation and appealing for faster construction of a special economic zone at Preah Sihanouk Port, which Chinese businesses got involved in the construction.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">H.E. Wu Bangguo also thanked Cambodian government, particularly Premier Techo Hun Sen’s stance over the South China Sea crisis, in which Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has opposed to any attempt for the internationalization of the issue.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">In reply, Samdech Techo Hun Sen agreed with H.E. Wu Bangguo, saying that the two countries should work more closely in agriculture, infrastructure, economic zone construction and resources development.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Cambodian premier also reaffirmed Cambodia’s adherence to the one-China policy, saying that Cambodia banned any forces from separating China.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Following their meeting, the two leaders have also witnessed a singing ceremony for 16 deals between the two countries.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Earlier Thursday, the Chinese top legislator was also granted a royal audience by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, and met with Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Thamma Pothisal Chea Sim and National Assembly President Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">H.E. Wu Bangguo who is accompanied by his spouse and other entourages arrived in Phnom Penh on Wednesday afternoon for a four-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian National Assembly President Samdech Heng Samrin. --AKP</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">(By KEO Chandara)</span></i></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-42712754514291867932010-11-06T04:55:00.000+07:002010-11-06T04:55:46.895+07:006th Annual Meeting of Memorandum of Understanding’s Parties on Anticorruption<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">AKP, Phnom Penh, November 5, 2010</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQp4AYAPiBtnFwJR5H41L3b38ABPnyr8LUQYqDQ7NiWN7goHu_ilNBE038sFwawafC1esewXLMy4MCvQV0NN22Qx1QZs8DpshOXuuDR7VDjVVLoO6-LBy9Ld00tJ6UfnKD19QkFMUA-IgA/s1600/nhim1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQp4AYAPiBtnFwJR5H41L3b38ABPnyr8LUQYqDQ7NiWN7goHu_ilNBE038sFwawafC1esewXLMy4MCvQV0NN22Qx1QZs8DpshOXuuDR7VDjVVLoO6-LBy9Ld00tJ6UfnKD19QkFMUA-IgA/s320/nhim1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Bin Chhin (Centre), Chairman of National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution, chairs the 6<sup>th</sup> Annual Meeting of Memorandum of Understanding’s Parties on Anticorruption in Siem Reap Provincial Town on Nov. 4 with the participations of nine ASEAN representatives.</span></span></div><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Photo: Hang Seak, AKP-Siem Reap </span></span></i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-24356163714188317222010-11-06T04:51:00.000+07:002010-11-06T04:51:05.421+07:00H.E Sok An Receives President of World Best Beach Club<div><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">AKP, Phnom Penh, November 5, 2010.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMjym4zpXkdhB-fE_AEhLVkGbRZXDyE-OICavT7hyJGAg0xaeA7rsTmNB5CT0Nihx6HC6uSa_RUtXPkafLigbdpIKaLfOoRnALL459rVDGC-31bdbENOpacqFQ7OYMn7RCIM3Z5VJ0mqY/s1600/sk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMjym4zpXkdhB-fE_AEhLVkGbRZXDyE-OICavT7hyJGAg0xaeA7rsTmNB5CT0Nihx6HC6uSa_RUtXPkafLigbdpIKaLfOoRnALL459rVDGC-31bdbENOpacqFQ7OYMn7RCIM3Z5VJ0mqY/s320/sk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Deputy Prime Minister H.E Sok An, Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, meets here on Wednesday with Mr. Jerom Byong, President of World Best Beaches Club, to discuss on the registration of Cambodia’s beaches into the member of World Best Beaches Club.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Photo: Hun Yuth Kun, AKP-Phnom Penh </span></span></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-19935760552923457712010-11-06T04:48:00.000+07:002010-11-06T04:48:36.692+07:00Samdech Techo Hun Sen Receives Director of Bank of China<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">AKP, Phnom Penh, November 5, 2010</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtKi8N3bVBrn4wxooFqNQfjp3EVxza2hTda7H9gykaMjA6fd4if2JyJFWgoDXANFngAbyhcywlET4bwrAiYcehWRMpzCP7Ww7gKhmg_juKUUwDu0Iw9IFoVpuAJGcctbXHsk_VZ8qEzkC/s1600/hsdirector.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtKi8N3bVBrn4wxooFqNQfjp3EVxza2hTda7H9gykaMjA6fd4if2JyJFWgoDXANFngAbyhcywlET4bwrAiYcehWRMpzCP7Ww7gKhmg_juKUUwDu0Iw9IFoVpuAJGcctbXHsk_VZ8qEzkC/s320/hsdirector.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen meets here this morning with Mr. Li Li Hui, Director of Bank of China.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Photo: Chey Phum Pul</span></span></i></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-5399130310472700502010-11-06T04:43:00.000+07:002010-11-06T04:43:52.318+07:00Samdech Techo Hun Sen Receives CIBC Director<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">AKP, Phnom Penh, November 5, 2010</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLayOm0ZzkmGWtsSP5EzVlSzCLXxicAyhh2QGuaR4tCFQF8CBxtQd8tPEQIdrHiqF-WQgZBOEbq4jpYzFqqwOdhn_N-SukUN_rmK6enOs3XsUOamr9tNmHmgJrDK8fnEZNs-Y7qAHMIDa_/s1600/1-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLayOm0ZzkmGWtsSP5EzVlSzCLXxicAyhh2QGuaR4tCFQF8CBxtQd8tPEQIdrHiqF-WQgZBOEbq4jpYzFqqwOdhn_N-SukUN_rmK6enOs3XsUOamr9tNmHmgJrDK8fnEZNs-Y7qAHMIDa_/s320/1-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen (Right) warmly receives here today Mr. Jiang Jian Qing, Director of Commercial and Industrial Bank of China (CIBC).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Currently, the CIBC is conducting a feasibility study to open its branch in Cambodia.</span></span></div><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Photo: Chey Phum Pul</span></span></i></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-79792429603629090192010-11-05T09:47:00.000+07:002010-11-05T09:47:24.321+07:00Sixteen Cooperation Documents Signed between Cambodia and ChinaAKP, Phnom Penh, November 4, 2010 <br />
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A visiting H.E. Mr. Wu Bangguo (Left), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, preside over the signing ceremony on 16 cooperation documents between the two countries at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh today. <br />
Photo: Chey Phum PulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-6616465152961569182010-11-05T09:41:00.000+07:002010-11-05T09:41:39.636+07:00Samdech Techo Hun Sen and H.E. Mr. Wu BangguoAKP, Phnom Penh, November 4, 2010<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6D2hK_oMRJ4t4x4cihDVcQiGSi54Jw9bt2jKKFtxK0azPxvdl9CmrtsCCsCq4cNEzqdccTxWKwTTsw2dcMP4jpKYp07XQN9Ppuw-UB7bS97hGNTXmIroL2K97r5C-65M4QkQaJCOQEi7C/s1600/hswu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6D2hK_oMRJ4t4x4cihDVcQiGSi54Jw9bt2jKKFtxK0azPxvdl9CmrtsCCsCq4cNEzqdccTxWKwTTsw2dcMP4jpKYp07XQN9Ppuw-UB7bS97hGNTXmIroL2K97r5C-65M4QkQaJCOQEi7C/s320/hswu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen (Right) shake hands with visiting H.E. Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China during an official meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh today. <br />
Photo: Chey Phum PulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-18311721301485464012010-11-04T18:19:00.002+07:002010-11-04T18:19:35.962+07:00NA President Receives VCFA Delegation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span></place></city><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, November 4, 2010 AKP --</span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A delegation of Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) led by its president Mr. Vu Mao paid here on Nov. 3 a courtesy visit to Samdech Akka Moha Ponhea Chakrei Heng Samrin, president of the National Assembly. </span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The aim of the visit of the Vietnamese delegation composed of VCFA members, journalists, investors, etc. is to learn more about economic potentiality and to study investment opportunities in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>, Korm Kosal, head of cabinet of the national assembly president, told reporters after the meeting. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">For his part, Samdech Heng Samrin highly valued and welcomed the visit of the Vietnamese delegation in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>, through which he said the ties of friendship and solidarity between the two countries, peoples and parties (the Cambodian People’s Party and the Communist Party of Vietnam) will be further strengthened. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">He further expressed his satisfaction with the development of the trade and economic exchanges between both neighboring countries and called for more cooperation in investment, tourism and economic fields. --AKP</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">(By CHEA Vannak)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-89562883523736245252010-11-04T18:18:00.002+07:002010-11-04T18:18:48.081+07:00PM Highlights Cambodian Women’s Role in the Country Development<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span></place></city><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, November 4, 2010 AKP --</span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Cambodian women have played an important role in the country development and the royal government has always acknowledged their potentiality, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen said yesterday. </span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Now, not only we re-examine the women’s traditional role, but also we recognize their capacity, their knowledge, their skills as well as their potentialities, which constitute an important part in the country’s socio-economic development,” Samdech Techo Hun Sen addressed the closing ceremony of the forum on “Uplifting Women’s Leadership Role at the Sub-national Level”. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Cambodian premier further expressed the royal government’s determination to enhance women’s participation in the public and political sectors. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>, the role of women has been remarkably uplifted. The proportion of women elected to the National Assembly has seen an increase – 5 percent in 1993, 11 percent in 1998, 19 percent in 2003 and 22 percent in 2008, while the proportion of women holding positions as secretary of state and undersecretary of state has increased from 7 percent and 9.6 percent in 2003 to 7.7 percent and 14.6 percent in 2008 respectively. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The number of women who are municipal and provincial council members, city, district and commune council members has been also on the rise during this past decade.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">According to a report, the Secretariat of Public Service has issued and disseminated instruction information on selecting government officials serving public institutions as women from 20 to 50 percent. As a result, the proportion of women government officials has increased from 32 percent in 2007 to 34 percent in mid 2009. --AKP</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">(By KHAN Sophirom</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-84068853583615991192010-11-04T18:17:00.002+07:002010-11-04T18:17:55.582+07:00German Ambassador Meets Cambodian DPMs<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span></place></city><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, November 4, 2010 AKP --</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Newly-appointed German Ambassador to <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region> H.E. Wolfgang Moser was received here last Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers H.E. Sok An. </span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The meeting mainly focused on the discussion on the prospect of Cambodian-German cooperation in order to further strengthen and enhance the relations between the two countries, according to the Press and Quick Reaction Unit of the Council of Ministers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Both sides believed that the bilateral relations between <country-region w:st="on">Cambodia</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Germany</place></country-region> have come to a good stage which could allow the cooperation between the two countries to be further enhanced. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The German diplomat</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> underlined that <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Germany</place></country-region> would focus its cooperation on two main sectors, namely health care and land reform. He added that his colleagues and he would strive to bring about more profound level of cooperation between the two countries. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">On the occasion, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">H.E. Sok An</span> also updated <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">H.E. Wolfgang Moser</span> on the general situation in Cambodia by highlighting the political and economic stability in the country and increased number of foreign tourists to Cambodia, in particular to Siem Reap province. In addition, the Cambodian deputy prime minister informed the ambassador about the success of Cambodia in having the Temple of Preah Vihear inscribed in the World Heritage List, the success of Cambodia in being elected as a member of the World Heritage Committee, the success of the International Coordinating Committee on the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC), and the successes made in the framework of Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">H.E. Wolfgang Moser</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> expressed his congratulation and appreciation to the Royal Government for these great successes. He would like the royal government to support the investment plan of the German company which will invest in rubber plantation in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In response, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">H.E. Sok An</span> expressed his support for the rubber plantation investment plan by saying that Cambodia has potential in rubber plantation due to its richness in red soil which can provide high quality for rubber plantation, and the price of rubber on the international market is on the upward trend. Moreover, the deputy prime minister encouraged German investors to study the investment possibility in other fields as well. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The following day, the newly-appointed ambassador of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Germany</place></country-region> met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E. Hor Namhong. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In the meeting, H.E. Hor Namhong welcomed the direct flight project from <country-region w:st="on">Germany</country-region> to <country-region w:st="on">Cambodia</country-region> and thanked the German people and government for their assistance to the development of <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>, particularly to mine-clearance, the ECCC and the development of rural infrastructure. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Germany</span></country-region><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> pledged in June 2010 to provide over US$143 million to support development projects in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region> from 2010 to 2012. --AKP</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(By SOKMOM Nimul)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-87954591439247876002010-11-04T18:16:00.000+07:002010-11-04T18:16:06.950+07:00Fifteen Stock Exchange Firms LicensedPhnom Penh, November 4, 2010 AKP -- <br />
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia has decided to license 15 stock exchange firms to take part in the operation of stock market in Cambodia. <a name='more'></a><br />
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The licenses were handed over in Phnom Penh Tuesday by Keat Chhon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance. <br />
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Of the 15 licensed firms, seven are underwriters, two dealers, four brokers and two investment advisors. <br />
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Speaking at the license hand-over ceremony, Minh Ban Kosal, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, said that within the framework and vision of the financial sector development, the stock exchange firms are key players and an important infrastructure in the operation and development of stock exchange market in Cambodia. <br />
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He further said that the hand-over of the licenses reflected the achievement of an important step in putting the stock exchange market into operation and providing legal status to the stock exchange operators. <br />
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Keat Chhon advised the licensed firms to abide by laws, regulations and other requirements for the maintenance of order, market effectives, and especially the investors’ confidence to ensure the strength of stock exchange market system and the whole financial system of Cambodia. --AKP<br />
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(By Ravuth M.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-57450225075522725622010-11-04T18:14:00.000+07:002010-11-04T18:14:26.413+07:00Cambodia Hosts Road Safety Seminar to Highlight Asian Road Safety Innovation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span></place></city><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, November 4, 2010 AKP --</span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">More than 150 leading road safety experts, practitioners, business representatives and government officials from around the world are gathering in <city w:st="on">Siem Reap</city>, <country-region w:st="on">Cambodia</country-region>'s <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Northern province</place></state> on Wednesday for a particular topic on the Global Road Safety Partnership's (GRSP) Asia Road Safety Seminar, reported Chinese News Agency Xinhua.</span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In a statement released by Handicap International Belgium, it says it is a three-day key regional event in which participants will share strategies for reducing road-crash related injury and discuss the implementation of the United Nations' Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This year's event is being run with the support of the Government of Cambodia through its National Road Safety Committee (NRSC).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“<place w:st="on">Asia</place> has a critical role to play in addressing the road safety crisis,” said Andrew Pearce, CEO of GRSP. “A region with diverse cultures, growing economies and rapid motorization, <place w:st="on">Asia</place> is at the front-line of the road safety crisis, suffers heavily from a crisis that claims 1.3 million lives worldwide annually.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“Fortunately, Asia has also become a hotbed for road safety innovation, where best practices have proven to make a difference in changing behavior and reducing road crash related death and injury,” he said.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">And he added that “those attending the seminar will hear about numerous cases in which multi-sector road safety interventions in <place w:st="on">Asia</place> have provided proven, life-saving results and inspired other efforts around the world.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Some of the road safety interventions to be featured include: Programs to promote helmet use in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam that have led to quantifiable increases in helmet wearing, and in the case of Cambodia and Vietnam, they resulted in clear reductions in motorcycle related death and injury.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The speeches will cover road infrastructure projects in Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea and Bangladesh using the latest technology to identify safety issues and design road improvements, as well as the updates on projects in China that have improved safety pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The GRSP Asia Road Safety Seminar has become a key platform for developing effective responses to this global, man-made humanitarian crisis.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Each year, 1.3 million people are killed on the world's roads and 90 percent of these fatalities are in developing countries.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This death toll is set to rise dramatically over the next decade unless action is taken. In March this year, the United Nations passed a resolution calling for a Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2011-2020.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sharing speech at the opening of the seminar, Sou Phirin, governor of Siem Reap province said, “I would like to inform that death resulting from road accidents has worryingly increased day to day. Road accident has become a main subject of serious concern to the Royal Government of Cambodia, which has considered it as 2nd biggest catastrophe after AIDS.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">He recalled the report filed by Road Crash Victim Data System (RCVIS) which showed that over the last five years, the number of crashes and fatalities has increased by almost doubled.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“Almost 90 percent of road crash casualties are motorbike riders, pedestrians and bicyclists. As a result, road crashes in 2009 caused 1717 people died and had an enormous impact on the social and economic welfare of Cambodia with an estimated annual cost of US$248 million,” he was quoted as saying.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The seminar has been supported over the years by GRSP through its corporately funded Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI) program, with funds provided by Ford, General Motors, Honda, Michelin, Renault, Shell and <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Toyota</place></city>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">This year's event is also supported by the International Road Assessment Program (IRAP), FIA Foundation, Asian Development Bank, and Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">GRSP is a global partnership between business, civil society and governmental organizations collaborating to improve road safety conditions around the world.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">It was initiated by the World Bank Group in 1999, and is a hosted program of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). GRSP undertakes a range of activities in low and middle income countries worldwide, ranging from program delivery and demonstration projects to capacity building and advocacy. --AKP</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-87669986455000836992010-11-04T18:09:00.002+07:002010-11-04T18:09:56.150+07:00World Bank Assists Cambodia's Poor Affected by Typhoon Ketsana<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div><city w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Phnom Penh</span></place></city><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, November 4, 2010 AKP --</span> <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The World Bank approved a US$40 million grant and credit on Nov. 2 to help restore the losses and damage from typhoon Ketsana in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>. </span></div><a name='more'></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Ketsana Emergency Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project (KERRP) aims to restore transportation and water and sanitation services to the affected people who are mostly poor and live in the rural areas, as well as to strengthen the capacity of the government in disaster preparedness and management, said a press release of the World Bank. <br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“Typhoon Ketsana devastated the lives and livelihood of tens of thousands of Cambodian people, particularly the poor. This project will help to restore the damaged infrastructure such as rural roads and provide basic services such as water and sanitation facilities, to the affected people in mostly rural areas,” </span>said the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">World Bank Country Manager for <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region>, Qimiao Fan</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The International Development Association – the division of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries – is providing a grant and an interest-free loan for the project: each valued at US$20 million. This four-year project will focus on four main components:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The rehabilitation, reconstruction and improvement of </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">920 km of existing rural roads, including bridges, culverts and drainage facilities. The construction of 1,400 community-based wells with hand pumps, and the building of 32,000 units of pour-flush latrines for the affected households. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Supporting Emergency Response </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">by providing retroactive financial support for specific eligible expenditures for emergency response works. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Supporting project implementation agencies </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">by providing technical assistance in project management such as detailed surveys, engineering designs, procurement, financial management, construction supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and community outreach. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Strengthening the capacity building of institutions </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">by supporting the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) in increasing its capacity for disaster preparedness and management. This will be achieved through the development of national and provincial risk maps, emergency management information, and early warning systems, as well as the development of housing and building codes.</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The World Bank's program in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Cambodia</place></country-region> is designed to provide support to the poorest segments of the population, within the overarching goal to improve governance, said the press release. --AKP</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666570444523674835.post-3473685550336353382010-11-04T17:40:00.000+07:002010-11-04T17:40:41.129+07:00Cambodia Senate President Meets with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of ChinaAKP, Phnom Penh, November 4, 2010<br />
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Cambodian Senate President Samdech Akka Moha Thomma Pothisal Chea Sim warmly receives visiting H.E. Mr. Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China in Phnom Penh today.<br />
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