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BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA About 100 gymnasts from provinces throughout the country have participated in the onwide Gymnastic Tournament 2010 Nationwide Gymnastic Championship Tournament 2010 over five days from the 14th to the 18th of May in Phnom Penh to compete to become the 2010 gymnasts champion in Cambodia. Nationwide Gymnastic Championship Tournament 2010 is organized by the Department of Physical Education and Youth in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) in collaboration with the Cambodia Gymnastic Federation (CGF) in Cambodia. Nay Sophanna, Secretary General of the Cambodia Gymnastic Federation (CGF), said that every year the Cambodia Gymnastic Federation has organized the nationwide gymnastic tournament but this year’s competition is organized by the Department of Physical Education and Youth in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports. The purpose of the competition is to select the champions of Cambodian for 2010. It is also to select the best performers of g...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MoEYS) in collaboration with the Cambodian Wu-Shu Federation (CWF) have organized the Nationwide Wu-Shu Championship Tournament 2010 for five days from the 7th to the 11th of May at the National Stadium Complex in Phnom Penh. About 300 Wu-Shu players in Phnom Penh have attended the Nationwide Wu-Shu Championship 2010 to compete for Wu-Shu champions 2010 in Cambodia. As results, 26 people received gold medals, 26 people received silver medals and other 34 people received the bronze of the nationwide Wu-Shu Championship 2010 in Cambodia. Bou Chom Serey, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, said that his ministry appreciated it’s work with CWF in its collaboration with MoEYS for organizing this competition successfully. He added that the ministry appreciates all sport delegates and athletes who have participated in this year’s competition in Phnom Penh. ‘On behalf of the Ministry of Education...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Mahkota Medical Centre (MMC), a Malaysian based hospital has singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MEGA We Care Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (MEGA WCRHAC), Caminco Insurance and Haung Association of Cambodia to provide a better health education and medical services for people in Cambodia. The official MoU Signing Ceremony between Mohkota Medical Centre and MEGA We Care Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia Caminco Insurance and Haung Association of Cambodia was made by Christine Lee, Director of Clinic Support Services and representative of the Mahkota Medical Centre and the representatives from MEGA We Care Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia, Caminco Insurance and Haung Association of Cambodia on the 7th of May in Phnom Penh. Christine Lee, Director of Clinic Support Services and representative of the Mahkota Medical Centre, said that it marked the first time as Mohkota Medical Centre has signed a MoU with MEGA We Ca...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia is going to build good quality and durable roads in order to make better serve the communications services, poverty alleviation and economic development in Cambodia, said the government high official. H.E. Tram Iv Tek, Minister of Public Work and Transport (MPWT), said that to promote safety and to serve communication services, the government will construct good quality and durable road as well as to improve national infrastructures in Cambodia. “As you aware, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport has been tasked with the mission by the Royal Government of Cambodia to be responsible for managing and implementing and maintaining transport infrastructure to better serve the communication services through out the country,” he said during opening remarks of the national workshop on “How to Build Roads with Good Quality” on May 11th. The Minister continued to say that this noble mission requires us to pay great attention to the ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh has inaugurates its celebration of the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cambodia with a free concert in the park across from Wat Botum Vatey on May 13th, 2010. The concert was headlined by the Los Angeles Band Dengue Fever which is led by Chhom Nimol, a well known Cambodian vocal artist. The DJ and hip hop artist Pou Khlaing opened the event which highlighted the cultural connections between the two countries. “The U.S. Embassy is thrilled to be able to host Dengue Fever for a free concert in Phnom Penh, 2010, as part of our celebration of the 60th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and the United States,” said Carol A. Rodley, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia.” The main purpose of the free concern was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Cambodia. “I cannot think of a better way to kick of this celebration than t...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Sony Electronics (Singapore) Company Limited, SUNSIMEXCO Company and K.Four Company in collaboration with the Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) have organized the “Sony’s FIFA Football Promotion Family Fair” in Phnom Penh to celebrate the FIFA World Cup™ South Africa, which will take place on the 1st of June 2010 in South Africa. The “Sony’s FIFA Football Promotion Family Fair” was conducted for five days from the 5th to the 9th of May at the National Stadium Complex in Phnom Penh and the entry was free of charge for all people in Cambodia. Mr. Vincent Yip, General Manager of the Sony Electronics (Singapore) Company Limited, said that it marked the first time the Sony Company, SUNSIMEXCO Company and K.Four Company in collaboration with the Football Federation of Cambodia have organized this “Sony’s FIFA Football Promotion Family Fair” in Phnom Penh. The General Manager Vincent Yip continued to say that Sony Electronics (Singapore) Company Limited has s...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Thai Airways International Public Company Limited has been a story of rapid growth and success almost without parallel in the international aviation history over the past 50 years. Few could have visualized that by 2010, as the Thai Airway could have a fleet of 85 jetliners and carry almost 20 millions passengers and 500,000 tons of air cargo annually. Mr. Narinthorn Purnakupta, General Manager of the Thai Airways International PCL Phnom Penh, said that it was on May 1st, 1960 that Thai flew flights connecting 10 major cities in the region and one of them was located in Phnom Penh. “This morning, Thai Airways International Public Company Limited relived its historical first flight as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration, on the Bangkok-Hong Kong route with a Boeing B747-400 repaired in the original livery design as seen on the DC-6B aircraft in 1960,” he said during his opening remarks delivered to the celebration of the Thai’s 50th Anniversary on May 3rd i...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Youth Council of Cambodia (YCC) which is the youth networking non-governmental organization in Cambodia has been working hard in encouraging and promoting the youth participation for development in Cambodia. Oeur Samath, Representative of the Youth Council of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, said that YCC was established in 2001 aiming at focusing a greater participation of youth in development and provide a voice for young people in Cambodia. The main objective of YCC is to build up the ability of youth to participate in development of all sectors; to build up good relationship and cooperation with national and international organizations and other concerned institutions to promote the roles of youth in development; to motivate society pay greater attention on youth issues by encouraging and supporting Cambodia youths activities; and to build up youth networks and coordinate your activities countrywide. “The youths are the main potential human resources in the deve...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA About 150 Buddhist monks, nuns and laypeople in Phnom Penh have gathered in order to celebrate the Birthday of His Majesty the King Preah Karuna Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his age of 58 years. The Celebration of the King Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni’s Birthday was organized by Samdech Preah Sangareach Bou Kry, Leader of the Dhamayut Buddhist sect in Camnbodia, and the Rector of the Preah Sihamoniraja Buddhist University, and presided over by Samdech Kong Samol, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Royal Palace on 7th May at the Porpey Pagoda in Phnom Penh. Samdech Preah Sangareach Bou Kry, Leader of the Dhamayut Buddhist Sect in Cambodia, said that every year Preah Sihamoniraja Buddhist University has always marked the celebration of the King Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni’s Birthday in order to bless and wish him to have a good health and long age so tha...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Youth Team Working for Volunteers and Development (YTWAD) has raised the fundraising to support the orphaned and disabled children and also children who are living with HIV/AIDS. About 50 students from YTWAD have attended the fundraising program. The fundraising program was initiated by Soy Pisey who is the President of the Youth Team Working for Volunteers and Development (YTWAD) and the Centre for Development of Happiness (CDH) called W-Care aiming to build up the ability of youth to participate in the development of all sectors, networking and coordinating youth activities in the society. Soy Pisey, President of YTWAD and CDH, said that it marked the first time because YTWAD has organized the youth fundraising for helping or rescuing the disadvantaged groups especially orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS in Cambodia. The main objective of the program was to raise money from youths and students at universities and faculties in Phnom Penh to buy food...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Cambodia has provided a total of US$ 3.3 Million in grant aid to the Ministry of Health for the “Project for the Strengthening of the Siem Reap Provincial Hospital Services” in Cambodia. The singing ceremony of the Record Discussion was made between Dr. Eng Huot, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health and Mr. Kim Byung-gwan, Resident Representative of KOICA Cambodia Office on May 7th at the Ministry of Health. Dr. Eng Huot said the Royal Government of Cambodia and his Ministry appreciated KOCIA’s financial support and hard works in promoting and improving the Cambodians’ heath care, peace, social developments and the progress in Cambodia. This KOICA’s financial assistance is very important because it will help the Ministry of Health and the Royal government in improving the capacity of medical services in Cambodia, he said, adding that IT is also to strengthen the public health sector of Cambodia by ap...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia in cooperation with the Ministry of Information, Press Council of Cambodia (PCC), Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ), and Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) have celebrated World Freedom Day under the scheme “Freedom of Information: The Rights to Know” on May 4 in Phnom Penh. About 200 Cambodian and foreign journalists from cities and provinces across the Kingdom of Cambodia have attended the evening aiming to commemorate the fundamental principles of press freedom and also commemorate the journalists who have been killed or jailed in the line of duty. Dr. Nouv Sovathero, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Information, said that the World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the world every May 3rd in commemorating the fundamental principles of press freedom as well as to pay solemn contribu...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA A total of 48 Cambodian Table Tennis Technical Committees and Coaches have attended the “Tournament Organization Course” training over five days from the 25th to the 30th of April 2010 in Phnom Penh. The 48 Cambodian technical committees and coaches included 12 people from CTTF, 11 people from Department of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Students, five people from National Training Center, five people from the National Institute of Physical Education and Sport in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS); four from the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC). Oknha Rat Sokhorn, President of the Cambodian Table Tennis Federation (CTTF) and also President of the Cambodian Vovinam Federation (CVF), said that it marked the first time CTTF has organized the “Tournament Organization Course” training for Cambodian table tennis technical committees and coaches in Cambodia. The main purpose of the training is to prepare for the or...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA A total of 217 shuttle cock players from 12 shuttle cock associations and clubs in Cambodia have participated in the Nationwide Shuttle Cock Championship Tournament 2010 over five days from the 30th of April to the 4th of May 2010 in Phnom Penh to compete to become the shuttle cock champions for 2010 in Cambodia. Nationwide Shuttle Cock Championship Tournament 2010 is organized by the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport in collaboration with the Cambodian Shuttle Cock Federation. Tuy Bunhoeun, Chief of the Modern Sport Office in the Ministry of Education Youth and Sport, said that every year the Ministry has organized the nationwide shuttle cock championship tournament in Cambodia in order to select the best players of the year. Tuy Buhoeun continued to say that the main purpose of the nationwide shuttle cock competition was to promote and develop the sport as well as to select the best players for the future national and international shuttle cock tournament...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Seng Chantho, 22, one of The University of Cambodia’s “Samdech Hun Sen-Handa National Scholarships 2007” students. She was born in 1989 in Kratie province and she has two brothers and one sister. She is the youngest sister in her in family. Her parents are the business people and living Kratie province. Chantho now is studying Law at The University of Cambodia (UC) and also studying the English Literature at the Norton University (NU) in Phnom Penh. She passed the scholarship exams offered by The University of Cambodia in Phnom Penh in 2007. Before studying with UC, she studied at Preah Kossamak High School in Kratie and earned a Baccalaureate in 2007. “I think that I was lucky to pass the scholarship exams from The University of Cambodia in 2007. I am great full to Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Dr. Handa and Dr. Kao Kim Hourn very much for offering me the chance to study free of charge with UC in Phnom Penh,” she said during an interview with The South...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Embassies of the European Union (EU) Member States and the Delegation of the European Union to Cambodia is in collaboration with the Centre Culturel Français (CCF) will organize the 8th European Union Festival 2010 under the scheme “the Role of Women in Society” from the 3rd to the 9th of May in Phnom Penh, aiming to present the EU films in Cambodia as well as to promote the EU value of culture and arts for the people in Cambodia. A total of ten EU films including German film, Finish Film, French film, Polish film, Italian film, Spanish film, Dutch film, Portuguese film, British film, and Swedish film will be displayed publicly at the CCF’s cinema hall, at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, and Bottum Vadey pagoda in Phnom Penh from May 3-9. Rafael Dochao Moreno, Charge’ d’ Affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to Cambodia, said that it is the first time for EU to organize the Film Festival under the scheme of the “the Role of Women in Soci...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA About 10,000 people including 480 Buddhist monks, laypeople and other people from government officials, parliamentarians and senators have gathered and celebrated Visaka Bochea Day Festival which is the full moon day of sixth lunar month at the Phnom Preah Reach Troap-Udong in Ponhear Loeu district in Kandal province on 28 April, 2010. The celebration of Visaka Bochea Day 2554 was organized by the Ministry of Cults and Religion and the National Committee for Organizing National and International Festivals (NCONIF), and presided over by Samdech Heng Samrin, President of the National Assembly to respect the Buddha Lord who passed away 2554 years ago. Samdech Heng Samrin said that Visaka Bochea Day is the most important traditional ceremony in the Buddhism in Cambodia. It is a ceremony that Cambodian people in the country always celebrate in the monasteries every year with pleased minds on full moo...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) which is a leading independent development policy research institute in partnership with the Oxford Policy Institute, with funding from the Department For Independence Development UK (DIFD-UK), has organized an international conference on the scheme “Improving Health Sector Performance: Institutions, Motivations and Incentives” over two days from the 26th to the 27th of April 2010 in Phnom Penh. The conference is organized to explore the institutions and incentives that moderate the behavior of health workers and health service consumers in Cambodia. The conference has explored four main schemes including alternative organizational arrangements for delivering health services including commissioning and purchasing; the incentive associated with alternative health workers employment contracts; health workers management regime; and the incentive associated with effective use of healthcare by service customers whic...

BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Sale Rado Watch Company which is Switzerland-based famous company has donated a total of US$ 5,000 to the Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) to buy ten tones of rice for helping the poor in Cambodia. The handing over ceremony of the US$ 5,000 cash donation was made between Her Excellency Pum Chantinie, Secretary General of the Cambodia Red Cross and the Highest Representative of the CRC’s President Dr. Bun Rany Hun Sen and Mr. Olivier Cosandier, First Vice-President of the Sale Watch Company with the participation and witness of Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, Personal Advisor to Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and President of the University of Cambodia (UC) and Mr. Rikhi Thakral, Executive Director of the Thakral Group on April 30th at the CRC Headquarter in Phnom Penh. Mrs. Pum Chantinie, Secretary General of the CRC, said that CRC was very pleased to receive a US$ 5,000-humanitarina donation provided ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA About 3,000 Buddhist monks from 14 different countries and Cambodian laymen and women, government officials, parliamentarians and senators have attended the 4th Trail of Civilization and Performance 2010 at Bayon Temple in Siem Reap on April 28-30, 2010 in Cambodia. The 14 countries included Cambodia, Lao, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea. The huge event was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in collaboration with the Ministry of Cults and Religions, aiming to promote the Buddhism field in Asian region and the world as well as to attract national and international tourists to visit ancient temples in Siem Reap province. H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Interior, said that it marked the first time and an historical event for the Kingdom of Cambodia has hosted the 4th Trail of Civilization of Civilization and Performance in accordance with the celeb...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Over 100 journalists including 31 veteran international journalists, photographer and cameramen who worked in 1970s in Cambodia have gathered in Phnom Penh on April 20 to meet with each other and to pay respect for those journalists, photographers and cameramen who were killed or missing-in-action (MIA) between April 1970 and April 1975. The Celebration of the Reunion of Journalists in 1970s was organized by the Ministry of Information and was celebrated under the presidency of Khieu Kanharith, Minister of Information and Spokesman of the Royal Government of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. The Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said that it marked the first time the Ministry of Information has celebrated the “Reunion of Journalists Celebration” in Cambodia in order to pay respect for the journalists, photographers, and cameramen who were killed during the Khmer Rouge regime between 1970 and 1975 in Cambodia. The main purpose of the event was to pay respect for all...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Ministry of Information has provided a seminar on digital television broadcasting for 44 television broadcasters from 11 states and private television stations in Cambodia. The two-day seminar was conducted from the 21st to the 22nd of April 2010. The Digital TV Broadcasting seminar was organized by the Ministry of Information and sponsored by the Rohde and Schwarz Company, aiming to consult about the TV digital technical broadcasting system in accordance with the recent and most updated development of the New Information Technology of the TV broadcasting in the world. H.E. Khieu Kanharith, Minister of Information, said that it marked the first time that the ministry has organized the Digital Television broadcasting to train Cambodian television broadcasters about the Digital technical broadcasting system and also to prepare them for the use of the Digital Television broadcasting in Cambodia in near future. ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia is now working hard to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco, and also to promote the people’s healthcare, progress and the prosperity in Cambodia. Dr. Mam Bunheng, Minister of Health, said that the serious impact affected by the tobacco use is now requiring the world to work hard and join hard in reducing the epidemic of the tobacco use in order to promote the public health and poverty reduction in accordance with the Royal Government’s policies. In order to raise awareness about tobacco use as well as to promote people’s healthcare in Cambodia, the Royal government is in collaboration with the inter-ministries and involved NGOs have been working hard to educate people and to raise awareness on the danger and impact of the tobacco use the people in Cambodia, he said. The Minister stated that the government has also issued a sub-decree on “Publishing of Health Warning Message on cigarette package” in Cambodia which was singed b...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA In order to provide the most updated Information Communications and Technologies (ICTs) solutions, InterFlex and DEAM Computer International Pte Ltd have launched their partnerships in selling the most updated development of their ICT technology products and ICT solutions in Cambodia. The announcement of the InterFlex and DEAM partnership was made at a press conference which was organized by Deam Computer, Interflex, Symantec, LSI and Sun of Oracle Cambodia on April 22 in Phnom Penh. Diep Ho Seng, Chief Executive Officer of the InterFlex, said that Interflex 100 percent local ICT system integrator company who can provide the world class enterprise solution and specializing in ORACLE Technology, core banking system and related systems. InterFlex works very closely with ORACLE and Oracle Financial Software Services, previously known as I-Flex has implemented two international level core banking systems in Cambodia, namely National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and PRASA...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA The Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Sates of America have launched a five-year program with US$ 16.2 million program designed to promote accountability and transparency in government in Cambodia. The Official Launch of Accountability in Governance and Politics Program (AGAP) 2009-2014 was made under the presidency of the Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An, Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers and Carol A. Rodley, Ambassador of the American Embassy to Cambodia on April 20 in Phnom Penh. The AGAP program will be implemented by a consortium composed of the International Republic Institution (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems working in Cambodia, according to Cambodian government and U.S. Embassy officials. Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Sok An said that the new Accountability in Governance and Politics (AGAP) program will help Cambodian government hold its government ...

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA At least 10,000 Cambodian people from Phnom Penh and other provinces and people abroad have come to meet with Preah Sak Khyak Vong Roath Saroeun, Advisor to Samdech Preah Sangkareach Tep Vong, and Chief of the Sovann Moni Sakor Pagoda called “Wat Samrong Andeth” locating in Phnom Penh Thmey, Russey Keo district, Phnom Penh, during the three days of the Khmer New Year Celebration, this Year is of the Tiger, in order to ask him for blessing the magic water, raising their Reasey (good luck), for happiness in their lives and families. Most of them said that Preah Sak Khyak Vong Roath Saroeun is one of the most well known Cambodian Buddhist monks who had strong magic and performs miracles in Cambodia. He can help them to reduce there sins as well as to raise their Reasey, lucky, happiness, prosperity and successes in their lives. Preah Krou Roath Saroeun, 62, was an orphaned child and born in Battambang province. He became a Buddhist monk since his childhood about 5...