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Prime Minister Hun Sen to preside at the Closing Ceremony of the 3rd Anniversary of General-Assembly of the Cambodian Ex-veteran Association

Monday, 21 June 2010 10:36 DAP-NEWS

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, June 21, 2010-Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday of June 21, 2010 will preside at the Closing Ceremony of the 3rd Anniversary of General-Assembly of the Cambodian Ex-veteran Association at the National Education Institute.

Prime Minister Hun Sen called on the Phnom Penh Municipal and Provincial authorities to find the Cambodian ex-veterans who have lived in their local areas and to take great cares of them and their living standards.

“Before the Royal Government of Cambodia planned to dissolve the Cambodian military, but now the military dissolution plan is suspended because the Royal Government badly needs our military to defend the Cambodian territory against the foreign invasion,” he added.

Regarding the absence from meeting for talks with Mr.Surya Prasad Subedi, U.N Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he was very sorry that Mr. Surya used the words: “I was disappointed not to meet Mr. Prime Minister Hun Sen.”

Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Mr. Surya to correct his words, warning that the use of these words meant that he seemed not to pay any respect to the house-owner, to a completely independent country and also seemed to look down on the Cambodian people as a whole.

“Don’t try to break into the door while the door is open and do not tell me that it is raining while I am walking in the rain.” Prime Minister Hun Sen warned.

“Nobody loves Khmers more than Khmers love Khmers themselves and what you are thinking about Khmers is that now I am thinking about Khmers more than you a thousand time and ten thousands of time,” he said.

Cambodian Development can not Predict if No Coup in March: PM Hun Sen

Monday, 21 June 2010 08:30 dap-news

Cambodia,Phnom Penh,21,June,2010-Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said that Cambodian development would not be predicted if there was no coup leading by military Marshal Lon Nol to topple former king Norodom Sihanouk in March 18, 1970; the country would be in development of prosperity.

That time, Cambodia only got the impact from Vietnam war,” he said in ceremony of veteran day at the national institute of education in Phnom Penh.

From the coup until now, it had forty year ago. Can you foresee about the development of the country,” he noted.

War pushed the country in wreck and now we recovered and had peace and stability. We have worked together to gain the prosperity, he added.

Cambodian Armed Forces Stop Demobilizing: PM Hun Sen

Monday, 21 June 2010 08:27 dap-news

Cambodia,phnom penh,june,21,2010-Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday announced that the Cambodian armed forces stopped demobilizing from now on after the country needs troops to protect sovereignty against the invasion.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen remarked during the ceremony of Cambodian veteran’s day in Phnom Penh with attending hundreds of veterans.

“We stopped demobilizing our soldiers because we need the troops to protect country,” he said in ceremony.

The analyst said that Prime Minister Hun Sen remarked is to referred to Thai troops which invaded Cambodia soil at the border especially area near 11th century Preah Vihear temple.

We have had good cooperation with Laos, and Vietnam,” he said, adding that we did not send any troops to border with two countries.

Some people blamed that the armed forces are loyal with me but when we asked money from them to demobilize the troops. They did not provide it for us,” he said, adding that now we stop demobilizing the troops.

He highlighted that in case of demonization of soldiers, we were demanded from donor to pay money back after it has some irregular matters in project. But I think that matter occurred with irregularity because the bidding project of demobilization of armed forces implemented by China. If so, it will not have irregular matters,” he added.

Hundreds of Cambodian armed forces sent to border against Thai troops since 2008 when Cambodia successfully registered Preah Vihear temple as world heritage site. Thailand sent troops in July 15 to invade Cambodia by using unilaterally own map.

Vietnam Launches Rubber Tree Planting Project in Cambodia

Monday, 21 June 2010 05:54 DAP-NEWS

Dong Nai and Dong Phu rubber companies under the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) began a campaign to grow new rubber trees in 2010 in Sombo district, Kratie province in Cambodia on June 19.

“The campaign is the result of great efforts by VRG’s subsidiary companies to plant 100,000 hectares of rubber trees in Cambodia despite harsh weather conditions and escalating oil prices,” VNA said on Sunday.

“These companies have been implemented this project to grow rubber in Sombo district since 2008. After receiving a license to operate in more than 16,000 hectares of land in Sombo, the companies planted more than 2,000 hectares of rubber trees in 2008-2009 periods and each company is expected to plant around 2,000 hectares in 2010,” it added.

“ VRG’s investment models in Cambodia, adding that subsidiary companies of VRG have helped generate jobs, eradicate poverty and stabilize local residents’ lives,” Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Im Chun Lim was quoted saying VNA.

Addressing the ceremony, Le Quang Thung, Chairman of the VRG Management Board affirmed that VRG-funded projects in Cambodia have proved to be effective. Currently, the two companies have attracted more than 2,000 workers in Cambodia.

Cambodian Armed Forces Stop Demobilizing: PM Hun Sen

Monday, 21 June 2010 08:27 dap-news

ambodia,phnom penh,june,21,2010-Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday announced that the Cambodian armed forces stopped demobilizing from now on after the country needs troops to protect sovereignty against the invasion.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen remarked during the ceremony of Cambodian veteran’s day in Phnom Penh with attending hundreds of veterans.

“We stopped demobilizing our soldiers because we need the troops to protect country,” he said in ceremony.

The analyst said that Prime Minister Hun Sen remarked is to referred to Thai troops which invaded Cambodia soil at the border especially area near 11th century Preah Vihear temple.

We have had good cooperation with Laos, and Vietnam,” he said, adding that we did not send any troops to border with two countries.

Some people blamed that the armed forces are loyal with me but when we asked money from them to demobilize the troops. They did not provide it for us,” he said, adding that now we stop demobilizing the troops.

He highlighted that in case of demonization of soldiers, we were demanded from donor to pay money back after it has some irregular matters in project. But I think that matter occurred with irregularity because the bidding project of demobilization of armed forces implemented by China. If so, it will not have irregular matters,” he added.

Hundreds of Cambodian armed forces sent to border against Thai troops since 2008 when Cambodia successfully registered Preah Vihear temple as world heritage site. Thailand sent troops in July 15 to invade Cambodia by using unilaterally own map.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, CAMBODIA’S TELECOM INDUSTRY HAS BEEN LEVERAGED AT REGIONAL LEVEL WITH METFONE BRAND

Monday, 21 June 2010 03:06 DAP-NEWS

CAMBODIA, PHNOM PENH, June 21, 2010- On June 10th, 2010 at the Shangri-la hotel, Singapore, Metfone – the only representative of Cambodia and Indochina has been awarded as “the most promising service provider of the year” in the category “the Best of the Best” in Asia Pacific by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

This award demonstrates the international recognition of the outstanding development by Cambodia Telecom Industry that only in one year but mobile penetration rate has been remarkably increased from 15% to 40%, fixed phone penetration rate from 1% to 6%, Internet broadband penetration rate from 0,5% to 2%, infrastructure coverage from 120 BTS/1 million inhabitants and 150km optic cable/1 million inhabitants to 250BTS and 1000km optic cable /1 million inhabitants respectively. Each commune has now been served with one BTS and one sales person. Cable infrastructure has covered 100% districts and up to 75% communes, ready to serve for “E Government” at commune level which now firstly serve for online video conference at provincial level. This infrastructure has been ready for modernization of Cambodia’s Telecom Industry which can satisfy the requirements for new technology such as 3G and free Internet to 100% schools.

From now on, Cambodia’s Telecom Industry has been recognized to be at the same level with other countries in the world and region with the big contribution from Metfone brand.

Other recipients being awarded this year, along with Metfone, includes the famous name in the world such as Huawei, Microsoft, SingTel, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, etc.

“This is award for Cambodia’s Telecom Industry and people for their seamless effort in the past years that Metfone is just a representive to be awarded. Metfone honors to bring pride to the Kingdom of Wonder. On behalf of Metfone, I would like to take this opportunity to express the sincrest thanks to the Government, Ministries and Agencies, people, customers and all other operators in Cambodia for their support extended to us so far” said Mr Tho, Metfone’s Director at the award bangquet.

Frost and Sullivan’s Press Release stresses that “Historically, Japanese, Korean, South Asian as well as Greater China players have dominated the take-up of these coveted titles. This year rising stars, from emerging markets such as Telkomsel from Indonesia, Metfone from Cambodia and Axiata from Bangladesh have ousted competition and claimed prestigious titles for themselves.”.

“Despite the difficult economic climate in 2009, the award recipients demonstrated great success. They attained key wins with strategies including product and service innovation, customer focus and robust business models. Vendors excelled by offering tailored solutions focusing on individual markets rather than just offering products. Successful service providers used bundling and blending of services and effective market segmentation to monetize their networks and maximize their return on network investments. The award recipients are industry leaders in Asia Pacific and are shaping the ICT landscape of this region," said Manoj Menon, Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director at Frost & Sullivan

For your information:

• The Frost & Sullivan Awards are annually presented to companies that demonstrate best practices in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace. The panel of judges represents the who’s who in ICT, bringing to the table some of Asia Pacific’s most influential decision makers, captains of industry and leaders of corporations, who have in themselves pushed the boundaries of technology innovation and corporate excellence. The Frost & Sullivan ICT Practice team of over 85 highly qualified analysts and consultants based across 13 offices in the Asia Pacific region will be involved in the research process, applying the same thorough approach employed in research and consulting projects. All categories of awards are in line with the existing in-depth coverage of the Information and Communications Technology industry in Asia Pacific.

• Frost & Sullivan, the growth partnership company with a proud history of providing cutting-edge innovative growth solutions and strategies to some of the world's leading Global 1000 companies continues its legacy in the Asia Pacific region. With the largest team of analysts in Asia Pacific, the Frost & Sullivan ICT Practice is dedicated to researching the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the region.

• Further information about Frost and Sullivan Awards can be reached at http://www.ict-awards.com/.

Cambodia Sends 52 Mine Cleaners to Sudan

Monday, 21 June 2010 02:52 DAP-NEWS

Cambodia on Sunday dispatched 52 mine cleaners to Sudan under the umbrella of UN peacekeeping mission.

This is fifth time that our demining soldiers joined to clean mines in Sudan under UN peacekeeping mission and this time we sent 52 mine cleaners,” Pol Saroeun, Commander in chief of Royal Armed Forces said in the ceremony this morning. He added that they will depart at 11 o’clock this midnight.

In total, we send 509 mine cleaners to Sudan,” he noted. Soon, we will send about 52 soldiers to join UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.

Your mission this time is another great honor for our country which used to pass through civil war and had the presence of UN peacekeeping mission here but today we have ability to send our great men to join UN peacekeeping mission in other countries,” he said in ceremony.

Cambodia sent forces to Chad and Central Africa to join UN Mission there.